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Dia Renalda
Boot
Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 45 Location: ARG Obsession
and, again, facebook.
Check the Lonesome artist's haikus, under his notes. I think he's trying to explain the second word of the cheat code, among other things. Not sure what else though.
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:27 pm
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Wonder how long that bonus sentence will become? Just some first thoughts Re :Haiku 3: "The Second Word" (is maybe 'and') G'Nite all.
King Alexander=A ssassination
The crash of the stock market=N ineteentwentynine
He who loved Daisy=D onald
EDIT: And b/c getting an 'accurate' answer from Mummer's Farce is like deposing a hostlile witness on 'Law & Order' I rephrased my question:
Mummer's Farce wrote:
Question: Are Grace & Derek Smith blood relatives of Ruggiero Magro's daughter, Karen?
Answer: It is within the realm of possibility
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:49 pm
booba
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Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433
Good going amadel, I'm going to suggest
King Alexander=Assassination
The crash of the stock market=Recession
He who loved Daisy=Enos
These are big golden......
Some clues on the Perfect Square riddle, but no help to me. Is he saying the first word is THESE?
R8: Three Days: 0.5-16-24.5-64---12.25-25-32---32-0.25-16-20.25-64-1.25-18-32---144-0.25-81---32-40.5-1.25-72-12.25-25-8-0.5-18
Lonesome Artist wrote:
every cut other these word numbers but in not twine these
about an hour ago · Like ·
Lonesome Artist wrote:
The key lies in 2's and 4's. I can say no more.
28 minutes ago · Like
Puppets Fool:
If you're asking if that's the answer, then I'm afraid not. It's built on the same principle as a previous code.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:15 am
LatentMoths
Unfettered
Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 523 Location: Texas
booba wrote:
Lonesome Artist wrote:
every cut other these word numbers but in not twine these
about an hour ago · Like ·
every cut other these word numbers but in not twine these
So I think the clue here is to "cut these numbers in twine". I wonder if they meant "twain" instead of "twine". Which would mean cut the numbers in two or in half? I don't see how that helps yet...
Also Jester just gave us an extra day to solve this as he doesn't want to kill Derek right now.
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:15 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Maybe "twine" is the twist, literally for y'all more calculating than I ? "But not THESE (the 1st word) means the nbrs in words 2 and 4 shd be cut in half? Nice Booba !
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:15 am
Dia Renalda
Boot
Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 45 Location: ARG Obsession
Jester's pissed. Apparently it WAS supposed to be twain, Lonesome Artist screwed up. Also, I think he's a little disappointed in us.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
To the Lonesome Artist: = "TWAIN" NOT "TWINE" YOU USELESS IMBECILE! Get it right. Or would your roommate to find out what you've been up to? *would you like. See how angry your incompetence makes me?
The game is just getting good! I don't want to kill Derek NOW! Tell you what, I'll give you one extra day to solve my puzzle. Two days left.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:54 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Thanks for the update, Dia Renalda. Best to know that at uF we only spoiler Solves & Meta info. Maybe "these" being the first word etc. is still what Jester means?
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:59 am
Dia Renalda
Boot
Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 45 Location: ARG Obsession
Meta-info? Oh, and thank you. I didn't remember that.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:50 am
Ashe1024
Veteran
Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 123 Location: Tennessee
Cut the numbers in half, does he mean for the whole code?
As in...
0.5-16-24.5-64---12.25-25-32---32-0.25-16-20.25-64-1.25-18-32---144-0.25-81---32-40.5-1.25-72-12.25-25-8-0.5-18
becoming
.25-8-12.25-32---6.125-12.5-16---16-0.125-8-10.125-32-0.625-9-16---72-0.125-40.5---16-20.25-0.625-36-6.125-12.2-4-.25-9
???
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:56 pm
punxtr
Die Hard Try Hard
Joined: 17 Jul 2010 Posts: 2994
What sucks is, their clues are exactly what I did on my own. The problem is, the numbers surpass 26, which means some squared in twains have to be omitted--but which ones?
I'm onto something.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:41 pm
Dia Renalda
Boot
Joined: 10 Aug 2011 Posts: 45 Location: ARG Obsession
Could it be every other number as well? I'm sorry if I'm not contributing, math makes my head hurt like no tomorrow.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:27 pm
punxtr
Die Hard Try Hard
Joined: 17 Jul 2010 Posts: 2994
Dia Renalda wrote:
Could it be every other number as well? I'm sorry if I'm not contributing, math makes my head hurt like no tomorrow.
That's exactly what it is. I'm not good with substitution though.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Adjusted code:
0.5-8-24.5-32
12.25-12.5-32
16-0.25-8-20.25-32-1.25-9-32
72-0.25-40.5
32-20.25-1.25-36-12.25-12.5-8-0.25-18
Obviously, 32 turns up more. Does that imply the letter E? I'm no good with this. First week of classes, someone else help me?
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:30 pm
LatentMoths
Unfettered
Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 523 Location: Texas
Good job punxtr and Dia...
Best I could do with substitution
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
LIKE THE UNIVERSE AND EV(E)RYTHING
The 2nd E in "EVERYTHING" wasn't there, but including it was the only way I could make sense of it.
Don't know if that's the answer to give Jester or if we need to go further...
EDIT: Maybe the answer is
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
infinite? or infinity?
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:42 pm
punxtr
Die Hard Try Hard
Joined: 17 Jul 2010 Posts: 2994
The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42. Hitchhiker's Guide. Already tweeted. Thanks.
Edit--The code was misspelled so that it would be harder to notice a pattern. I was looking for any word like E_E____ but there wasn't one. It really throws off a good lead, because it was still E.
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:45 pm
LatentMoths
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Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 523 Location: Texas
Ah...LIFE not LIKE. That makes a lot more sense. Good job again everyone.
EDIT: Also a new post by Derek. Talking about books again.
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:04 pm
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