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[S2] [Dice Set] #168 600 Meter Cadence
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Mikeyj
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[S2] [Dice Set] #168 600 Meter Cadence
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Irrelevant musings.

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:38 pm

PuzzledPineapple
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I have been on board the PRS Exsuscito for seven days now, and I believe I have finally discovered a clue towards the cause of our unexpected course change. Dr Miyake and I worked together briefly when we were younger, and after I complimented her work and gave her a few details on what I was doing, she seemed satisfied to to trust me.

"i agree that this ship obviously has a mission other than resolving the longitude problem. Being at the university, I do not hear too much from those academicians - why, only last week, they simply strode into my workshop without a moments-" began Dr Miyake.

"Yes, yes," I said testily, "I have no especial love for the Academy either, but there is not much space here and I am getting cramped, so if it would please you to get to the point?"

"I was. While watching them inspect one of my clocks, a worker overheard the academicians talking about how they needed to 'legitimise' their expedition in order to reduce suspicion," said Miyake.

"Well, that tells me nothing!" I exclaimed.

"They also said that the horologists would be required to prevent another fatal accident," she added cryptically.

For once, I was silenced, slowly digesting this worrying development, but I was shortly interrupted by a cry of alarm from above.

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:18 pm

Albedo
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Joined: 18 Feb 2007
Posts: 34

Hint (requires no previous musical knowledge):

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

At 600 beats per minute drum rolls (the pairs of notes joined by an overhead 'bracket') will sound more like a single long buzz.

Still none the wiser?
2nd Hint (partial spoiler, requires knowledge of basic musical notation):

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

This is a message in Morse. Rolls are dashes, single notes are dots. Ends of letters are marked by either the last note being a crotchet or minim (the note still counts as a dot or dash), or by use of a rest.

I haven't got the complete answer to this yet, so you might get there before me with these hints!

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:50 am
Last edited by Albedo on Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:40 pm; edited 1 time in total

Albedo
Boot

Joined: 18 Feb 2007
Posts: 34

SOLVED!

OK, the coded message is:

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---/..-/-/./.-./--/---/.../-/.--./.-/.-./-/---/..-./.-/-./.-/-./../--/.-/.-../-.-./
./.-../.-../.-.-.-/.-/-././-..-/-.-./.-../.-/--/.-/-/../---/-./-.-.-./
.-/.../.--./././-.-./..../.../---/..-/-./-../.-.-.-

Which decodes to:

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OUTERMOST PART OF AN ANIMAL CELL.
AN EXCLAMATION.
A SPEECH SOUND.

Which gives the solution:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

MEMBRANE+OH+PHONE= MEMBRANOPHONE, a technical name for a drum!

Which I can't verify until about 7 pm as I used all my guesses up last night on a stupid, stupid theory. Sad

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:23 am

mrsdonnawhite
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well done

congrats!
I've had this card since the cards were first released and as I cannot read music even slightly, got absolutely nowhere, figured it was morse code but then got stuck as the duty of having a job took over!

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:05 pm

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