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Lobo
Boot
Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 23
[SOLVED] Ron's EMail 9-06-04 Just got this from Ron
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:57 pm
dishboy
Unfettered
Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 399 Location: Atlanta
capitals in the subject line: GRID
Can't help but notice the "14/14" under his name, either. 14x14 grid, perhaps? But of what?
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:00 pm
dmax
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1387 Location: Location: Location!
Here's the 14x14 grid.
Suddenly, Puzzle
cards are the new
cultural rage. My
sales get larger
each session. The
summary just may
be very exciting
to those people I
give it to. Our new
cards will raise
awareness at the
start too.Much of
the great growth
is due to the team.
Dishboy points out that the diagonal = salesreport.htm
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:15 pm
Last edited by dmax on Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:20 pm; edited 1 time in total
dishboy
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SOLVED Interestingly enough, there are 196 (14 * 14) letters in the email. Makes for a nice grid!
Code:
SuddenlyPuzzle
cardsarethenew
culturalrageMy
salesgetlarger
eachsessionThe
summaryjustmay
beveryexciting
tothosepeopleI
giveittoOurnew
cardswillraise
awarenessatthe
starttooMuchof
thegreatgrowth
isduetotheteam
which leads to this:
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:16 pm
rasputin1072
Boot
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 62 Location: Louisville, KY
check out the source info
I did a translate of the message and came out with this (Italian):
chain dell'ombra of the dead women
but that is incomplete. If you take out the ' you get:
chain dell shadow of the dead women
Any Ideas?
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:23 pm
dishboy
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Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 399 Location: Atlanta
rasputin1072 wrote:
check out the source info
I did a translate of the message and came out with this (Italian):
chain dell'ombra of the dead women
it's actually "chain of the shadow of death", according to several different translation sites....
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:30 pm
PsychoticKitten
Boot
Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 62 Location: In my own reality
I translated it into Chain of the Shadow of Death. XD Yay i beat someone to something!
You should probably be in the IRC chat rasputian. Then you'd be up to speed.
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:31 pm
Last edited by PsychoticKitten on Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:35 pm; edited 1 time in total
RungeKutta
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Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Posts: 120 Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
rasputin1072 wrote:
check out the source info
I did a translate of the message and came out with this (Italian):
chain dell'ombra of the dead women
but that is incomplete. If you take out the ' you get:
chain dell shadow of the dead women
Any Ideas?
Check www.freetranslation.com, the language is correct, and here's what it came up with:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
chain of the shadow of the death
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:31 pm
spaceboy
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Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 475 Location: Cambridge Mental Hospital
There has to be a puzzle in the letters on the x and y axes of the graph. Also, I thought that the characters at the top and bottom of the thing look awfully suspicious.
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:33 pm
rasputin1072
Boot
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 62 Location: Louisville, KY
Alright, that proves it. Babbel fish sucks.
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:36 pm
enaxor
I Have No Life
Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 2395
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:36 pm
konamouse
Official uF Dietitian
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 8010 Location: My own alternate reality
Ron's Txt (for the records)
_________________
'squeek'
r u a Sammeeeee? I am Forever!
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:52 pm
Last edited by konamouse on Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:14 pm; edited 1 time in total
dishboy
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Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 399 Location: Atlanta
Excellent work, enaxor!
The text is close enough to be able to be ready anyways, but I went ahead and did a straight substitution on it, which made it better, though not yet correct... is there another level of encryption hidden here? Regardless, it's more readable now... attached if you want to have a look...
EDIT: Here's the fully correct text. Use ronstext-revised.txt Here's how you get it:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Looking at the salesreport.htm page, start at the bottom left corner x-axis. For each x-axis letter/letters found in the text, replace it with the corresponding y-axis letter/letters.
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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:52 pm
spaceboy
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Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 475 Location: Cambridge Mental Hospital
Great job dish! I just have one question. How the heck did you do that so quickly? I'm guessing you used some type of proggy. I was trying to attack it manually, so maybe I'm just dumb.
edit: This is my 50th post!
_________________Watching white moon face
The stars never feel anger
Blah, blah, blah, the end.
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:13 pm
konamouse
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Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 8010 Location: My own alternate reality
Could you elaborate a bit on how you got from the sales report to this answer??? Thanks.
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'squeek'
r u a Sammeeeee? I am Forever!
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:21 pm
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