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emato
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Location: Florida

@mule

Well I finally gave up and typed in what I figured it had to be and it was. The reason I was so confused is because I was reading the % as 96!!! Even with a magnifying glass! Rolling Eyes

Guess it's time for new glasses ..... Embarassed

Thanks for reinforcing there wasn't more to it than -- well then there was!

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Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 10:17 pm

York05
Greenhorn

Joined: 29 May 2011
Posts: 6

Re: videbimus

York05 wrote:

So this has been bugging me for a good two weeks now. I have found all the clues.

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The map, the names and the numbers(both sets)

I have indexed everything that I could think of and use the other part of the theorem every way I could think of too. But I still need help.

I have made an account so you can PM me. I'm not looking for a flat out answer but a good hint will help.

By the way this form is great at giving help but not spoiling the fun.

I got it now. I got stuck thinking I needed to use one part of the theorem in a way it wasn't for. If that makes since.

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:38 pm

Chronos
Boot

Joined: 08 May 2011
Posts: 19

Of highlights, disobediences and recursions.

That was a little bit too easy. Rolling Eyes

I'm still stuck with Recursion ~~and Disobedience~~ Mad

Edit: Nevermind! I think I figured out disobedience (:

Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:39 pm

EmJov
Guest

Shifty Financial Business

tonight's theorem is killing my brother and i...
if anyone has any hints (other than the ones M gave us) we'd be very grateful

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:03 am

charonme
Boot

Joined: 04 May 2011
Posts: 18

When I saw it I immediately knew what to do, so I got it in ~5mins. Too easy.

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:18 am

The Penned Word
Guest

Recursion

Okay, so I found all three boxes, have read all the articles and hints in this thread, and yet I still have no idea where to go to get the solution... Any help?
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:28 am

cgeorg
Boot

Joined: 02 Jun 2011
Posts: 14

Shift Financial Business

Ok I think I am going down the right path, but it seems to have dead-ended...

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All of the clues seem to indicate a shift cipher... Shifting the ticker symbols by their daily change doesn't seem to lead to anything meaningful... I am not sure if the dates need to be used somehow? I can't figure out how they would be.

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:28 am

cgeorg
Boot

Joined: 02 Jun 2011
Posts: 14

Re: Recursion

The Penned Word wrote:

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Okay, so I found all three boxes, have read all the articles and hints in this thread, and yet I still have no idea where to go to get the solution... Any help?

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If you have the contents of all 3 boxes, you simply need to answer the question posed by them. The answer is available on most pages on the subject, WikiPedia included.

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:31 am

kevinb1229
Greenhorn

Joined: 27 May 2011
Posts: 7

Re: Shift Financial Business

cgeorg wrote:

Ok I think I am going down the right path, but it seems to have dead-ended...

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Yes, the dates are useful. Also,

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remember that you're trying to find the original stocks before the change. That means... Well, I think you can figure it out.

Remember what M said about history and you should be fine. Smile

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:40 am

cgeorg
Boot

Joined: 02 Jun 2011
Posts: 14

Re: Shift Financial Business

kevinb1229 wrote:

Yes, the dates are useful. Also,

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remember that you're trying to find the original stocks before the change. That means... Well, I think you can figure it out.

Remember what M said about history and you should be fine. Smile

I... might be getting closer?

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I went the other way, and found 5 valid stock symbols. Using their opening/closing prices on the dates listed as indexes into the alphabet doesn't yield a word, nor does shifting those letters by the changes listed. The first symbol seems to have been recently adopted by a company - on the date listed, their symbol was different, but I couldn't find another company with that symbol. Also, the data for the 3rd symbol is odd - for the entire week around the date listed, the stock was only traded once. Most of the data is 0. I also tried using the stocks' actual change for the date listed, but that doesn't seem like the right path either.

I feel like it's right there for me... Amazing how the last puzzle took me about 45 seconds to see what needed to be done, and about 4 minutes to finish. This one is just killing me.

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:20 am

EGo
Unfettered

Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 545
Location: Wasting time in east New Jersey

Re: Shift Financial Business

cgeorg wrote:

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Don't bring real history into it. Everything's there in the picture they provide.

Oh, and instead of making another post: that Mapmaker on the site is our Mapmaker, right?

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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:30 am

cgeorg
Boot

Joined: 02 Jun 2011
Posts: 14

Thanks for getting me off the wrong track. That turned out to be a fairly fun and intuitive puzzle.

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:53 am

Red Dog
Guest

Re: Of highlights, disobediences and recursions.

Chronos wrote:

That was a little bit too easy. Rolling Eyes

I'm still stuck with Recursion ~~and Disobedience~~ Mad

Edit: Nevermind! I think I figured out disobedience (:

I am feeling like a total dork. I got the latest puzzle in just over 5 minutes, but cannot for the life of me figure out the Highlighter Seal. I can tell that it's totally obvious and easy, and yet I am drawing a complete blank. I just need a starting point...it must be summer vacation already...

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:19 am

cgeorg
Boot

Joined: 02 Jun 2011
Posts: 14

Re: Of highlights, disobediences and recursions.

Red Dog wrote:

Not sure if this needs a spoiler, but I will just to be safe...

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Did you try highlighting?

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:24 am

The Penned Word
Guest

Re: Recursion

cgeorg wrote:

The Penned Word wrote:

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Okay, so I found all three boxes, have read all the articles and hints in this thread, and yet I still have no idea where to go to get the solution... Any help?

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If you have the contents of all 3 boxes, you simply need to answer the question posed by them. The answer is available on most pages on the subject, WikiPedia included.

I've read all three of the Wikipedia pages- the Master Theorem, the Recursion and the Recursion Computer science. I've also tried a whole bunch of significant words... Is it a phrase?

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:55 pm

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