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Citizen Kane

So, maybe we need to find a mythological figure that cries stars and is some sort of maker or creator?

**Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:14 am

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enaxor · I Have No Life Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 2395

**Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:02 pm

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Healer or Destroyer = Fire ?

**Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:26 pm

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Delusional · Entrenched Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 839

Since this still isn't solved I thought I'd share my probably useless spec.

I think the puzzle lies in the three passages common to both emails and not in any differences between the two. When I think differences I think subtraction. The first paragraph is the only one without any commas. I have tried manipulating the text in various ways and have turned up nothing.

**Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:14 pm

RedHatty

Latest email

**Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:55 am

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Re: Time is waning

**Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:24 am

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grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

solved by Rogi in chat (WTG!)

**Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:01 am

grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

credit goes to Six and Rogi! (i did the grunt work only Laughing

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**Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:47 am

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**Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:06 am

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Citizen Kane

I also tried the divide by 3 thing, and also tried using the elements, after all, the page IS alchemical. But nothing.

I counted 63 numbers there, so it wouldn't be binary unless either I miscounted or they forgot a number.

**Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:09 am

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Rogi Ocnorb

We tried a lot of things, last night (primes, Fibonacci, Div by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.). My personal best was assigning '0' to a number if it was less than 10 and '1' if it had two digits, at least it was mostly "letters".

I'm thinking it's either:

Some other operation we need to perform on the digits, like summing them and assigning 0/1 based on odd/even ( though that particular one is a no-go).

A 7-bit (Or possibly 9-bit) encoding that isn't ASCII (Like EBCDIC, but not). Keep in mind that if this is a bitstream, it could be reversed (read right to left), so keep an eye out for that.

Last I heard, grumpyboy was working on using the numbers divisible by 6 as separators, somehow.

roughly:
1/3 of the numbers are divisible bt 6
1/2 of them are divisible by 3
1/2 of them are even

There is no 10, 20 or 26 in the population.

That's all I got.

"Miles" to go before we sleep, I guess Smile

**Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:08 pm

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grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

**Posted:** Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:02 pm

Rogi Ocnorb

Amazing!

**Posted:** Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:32 am

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