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Uhtoff · Veteran Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 75

Definitely remove the space from boingboing, that's the solve that worked for me anyway.

**Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:11 pm

Dickie911

Thanks J

I removed the space and it worked!

Why is it so sensitive! With only 3 chances each day it is just so frustrating. It can so easily put you off the scent. You think your answer's right only to get an "incorrect".

It makes me want to take my hat off to all those heros who were playing back in Oct and Nov. It must have been virtually impossible.

Thanks again.

**Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:44 am

maevey · Veteran Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 106

Could the list of numbers possibly be a book cipher based on one of the websites, or even just a simple substitution cipher. Just noticed the repetition of the sequence 27.55.25.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:31 am

Brian Morton

I just tried a letter count on the Metafilter site and ended up with EOOESPAWOOSCEBFOTOGAEOOIESVO (God I hope that's correct it's a lot harder that it looks). Then ROTed it to no avail. Maybe if it the right letters it's a difficult anagram? Or I maybe I'm just an idiot. Thanks for listening.
brian the probable idiot

**Posted:** Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:43 am

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c1023 · Boot Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 58 Location: Hampshire, UK

I have a feeling that the numbers make up an email address. It would explain the 500, which could be an @ symbol.

I think there is somthing odd about all of the 55s, but I don't know what it could be. There are five numbers between each of the last four 55s, but not between the first two.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:32 am

maevey · Veteran Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 106

Came across something while I was reading over Kurt's blog. In his entry for the 31st of August (when he discusses the interdepartmental meeting) he uses the word insights. I have a funny feeling that if the numbers are a book code/cipher then this could be the text we are to use. It was made early enough to have been written in relation to the card.

I've tried doing a bit of deciphering but I just end up with lots of vowels and not much else. Anyone else want to give it a go?

**Posted:** Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:14 am

sackofpotatoes · Veteran Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 86

So is the general opinion that we need more information to solve this sequence of numbers?

I just got this card a did a bit of poking around. The IP addresses of the four websites on the card have no similarities to the sequence of numbers, nor can I pull any IPs out of the sequence that seem like promising leads to me.

The MetaFilter post on the card (this post) is an article about some other ARG websites, which makes me think these numbers are related to a website or an email address, etc.

Anyone else still thinking about this one?

**Posted:** Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:22 pm

Bakers_12

Re: IP Addresses, anyone?

**Posted:** Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:44 am

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maevey · Veteran Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 106

I tried emailing Kurt about 4 weeks ago and so far nothing apart from the autoresponder email saying he'll get back to me as soon as possible. No clues in that email.

**Posted:** Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:49 am

Bakers_12

I got nowhere with the e mail. Sad

just out of intrest is anyone activelly trying to sort out whats with the numbers or is every one playing a weaiting game with them? Confused

I don't think the sky line thing can be all it is.

**Posted:** Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:09 am

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sackofpotatoes · Veteran Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 86

I think the key is figuring out what the 500 could be. Someone mentioned that it could be an @, making the sequence an email address. I can't find any ASCII (or other character sets) that have such a character code. I think others have tried to decipher/decode the other numbers in the sequence, but nothing seems to have come of that.

I thought the fact that there are four websites on the card might be a lead, but I'm not getting anywhere.

Other thoughts?

**Posted:** Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:45 pm

zaeil · Decorated Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 233 Location: NC, US

**Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:03 pm

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sackofpotatoes · Veteran Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 86

Would Mind Candy entertain a question as to whether this sequence of numbers is more than the Perplex City skyline? If so, who do I ask? cardsSPLATperplexcity.com?

Not sure if this is even allowed...

**Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:16 pm

sackofpotatoes · Veteran Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 86

Just so no one else tries it...

I tried to apply a book cipher to the MetaFilter post, the Slashdot post, and the text on the card using the sequence of numbers (i.e. take the 27th letter, then the 55th letter, etc. -- just making sure I'm clear) and got nothing but gibberish.

[Edit: Also retried using Kurt's Aug 31 post as the key - no dice.]

**Posted:** Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:43 am

sackofpotatoes · Veteran Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 86

Well I got a response from cardsSPLATperplexcity.com:

**Posted:** Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:49 pm