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hybrid756
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Syncopal wrote:
the 1 surrounded by the I's.


Very Happy

I started with that, and went from 1 to 7, I've made a google docs sheet, hope this link works Rolling Eyes

The password doesn't work, of course... but if anyone else can see something I'm not seeing you might fare better with it than I did Confused

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Au4y697T-j-4dGtKcWJUNWU4RkdtSjlMQnVTMGRXeFE&output=html

Edit: what I got doesn't work backwards either.

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Syncopal
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 		@hybrid I see what you were thinking.... nice try. Smile I have to go to work... but will be looking at this when I get back later... hopefully it will be solved by you people that are smarter than me by then. lol!

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hybrid756
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Syncopal wrote:
@hybrid I see what you were thinking.... nice try. Smile I have to go to work... but will be looking at this when I get back later... hopefully it will be solved by you people that are smarter than me by then. lol!


Heh Wink no matter what I do I can't get it to work! Maybe because it's 3.30am here and I'm still banging my head off the computer screen, maybe I'll go for a sleep and find it's all solved in the morning Cool

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 		I guess another question is does this boil down to just one single code, or a different code for each of the IDs we have?

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hybrid756
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MrToasty wrote:
I guess another question is does this boil down to just one single code, or a different code for each of the IDs we have?


I'm in denial about the possibility of more than one code... but that's what I initially thought.

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Distraction
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hybrid756 wrote:
MrToasty wrote:
I guess another question is does this boil down to just one single code, or a different code for each of the IDs we have?


I'm in denial about the possibility of more than one code... but that's what I initially thought.


I'm still of the more than one code mindset...but that's because of the clearance levels on the ID badges.
Have we figured out exactly what kind of cipher this is? Here's a random thought: instead of trying to solve the grid, maybe we should take it line by line once we are sure of the key...kinda like a vigenere cipher. We needed the grid to get the key..and once we have the key, then take the line corresponding to the clearance level..and use the key to solve it?

I hope this makes sense. It's been one long 13 hour day.

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This part of the puzzle is distinct, but it is not a quadrant, half, or third. Those seven characters are special and distinct in that section.


Quadrant, half and third. That part is tripping me up. What's left when you take away those three?
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sinewave89
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 		So I figured I'd throw in my two cents, it's not getting me very far though.

I've backtracked a bit to the passcode on the wow! page from when Adam was arrested, when we used Roman numerals to break in to Tanner's dropbox. I've been trying to see if there are any patterns that can be made out with the same characters used in roman numerals, hoping that maybe they are the 'special characters.' Those would be:

I V X L C D M

It hasn't really lead me anywhere though, other then seeming to line up with the "first character is the easiest to decrypt" line, since the 1 surround by Is works.

I'm doubting this is the correct line of thought, but I'm tossing it out there anyways.

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TallulahBelle
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Distraction wrote:
hybrid756 wrote:
MrToasty wrote:
I guess another question is does this boil down to just one single code, or a different code for each of the IDs we have?


I'm in denial about the possibility of more than one code... but that's what I initially thought.


I'm still of the more than one code mindset...but that's because of the clearance levels on the ID badges.
Have we figured out exactly what kind of cipher this is? Here's a random thought: instead of trying to solve the grid, maybe we should take it line by line once we are sure of the key...kinda like a vigenere cipher. We needed the grid to get the key..and once we have the key, then take the line corresponding to the clearance level..and use the key to solve it?

I hope this makes sense. It's been one long 13 hour day.

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This part of the puzzle is distinct, but it is not a quadrant, half, or third. Those seven characters are special and distinct in that section.


Quadrant, half and third. That part is tripping me up. What's left when you take away those three?


Lines and columns?

I am in the one-passcode-corner these days, since there has been no mention at all about passcodes in pluralis. Also, it was the columns that were named a, b, c, d etc, and we moved away from the idea that each column holds a passcode.

I like the idea that we find the "key" in one specific part of the grid, and after that it's just application.


Also, "distinct" in the loosest sense of the word!


Edit: Why do they keep calling it the 7-characters instead of the 7 characters? First "find the 7-characters she needs for the passcode", and then "use each of the seven characters". What's with the hyphen?


Edit 2: How 'bout this:
The "section" is the border, and the "special characters" is 1-7. No other numbers in the border section, nice and tight as follows:
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TallulahBelle
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 		Yes!!!!


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Passcode: i5dxfcr
(username: 79908601)


(sorry for the double post, I thought this might be worth a post of its own.)

Edit spelling.

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amandel
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 		Coffee Not quite caught up, not even fully woken up.....so !!PROPS TBelle!! No clue yet to your method of success as an intern fills me with coffee.
ETA:Quickly here so not to distract from TBelle's posts. Seeing it now but only b/c of knowing your masterful solve. PROPS again!
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TallulahBelle
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amandel wrote:
Coffee Not quite caught up, not even fully woken up.....so PROPS TBelle!! No clue yet to your method of success as an intern fills me with coffee.


(Don't read if you want to figure it out yourself):
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Using the border grid three posts up: One step down from 1, two steps left from 2, three steps left from 3, four steps up from 4, five steps left from 5, six steps right from 6, seven steps right from 7.


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Aesculapius
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 		Hmm that login isn't working for me. Am I missing something?

Anyway, grats!

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TallulahBelle
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Aesculapius wrote:
Hmm that login isn't working for me. Am I missing something?

Anyway, grats!


Ah, it's case sensitive. Should be lower. I'll change the spoiler.

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Aesculapius
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 		Ah, awesome. Great work!

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Ooooh! A countdown. Can't wait to see what happens in a day, 15 hours and 21 minutes from now. =)


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MrToasty
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 		Wow, nice work! Stroopwafel for you! Stroopwafel
And now I can go back to sleep. Drool

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