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On Friday I turn 30.
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 		Mabey i'm missing something here but....
For C base=2h height=h+1 h=2

so base=4 height=3 area=12

C=base(area-1) = 4(11) = 44

Edit: i think i must be missreading D but this is what i got
y=h2c^2-7hx+6h
D=2c where y=0
taking h=2

0=4c^2-14x+12
14x-12=4c^2
3.5x-3=c^2
so 2c= plus or minus the square root of (3.5x-3)

i can't imagine the answer would be that convoluted so where did i screw up?

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Mabey i'm missing something here but....
For C base=2h height=h+1 h=2

so base=4 height=3 area=12

C=base(area-1) = 4(11) = 44


Your mistake here is C = b * (area-1) ... not base ... so C = 8(11) = 88

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Edit: i think i must be missreading D but this is what i got
y=h2c^2-7hx+6h
D=2c where y=0
taking h=2


You are misreading it, though I doubt its your fault. His x's are splitting Shocked its supposed to be

y= hx^2-7hx+6h...and all the h's drop anyways
d=x where y = 0, so its just simple derivatives from there

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grumpyboy
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):
the clue is "sweborg?", i believe the original coronersweborg puzzle was a periodic table of elements puzzle, so:

a b c d f g b = 5 8 88 6 1 53 8 = B O Ra C H I O (Boron Oxygen Radium Carbon Hydrogen Iodine oxygen)

(i think Borachio is a character in Much Ado About Nothing)

next page: http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/


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enaxor
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 		To keep the progress current, I'm posting the next solve. This solve goes to Catherwood!

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The page title "18ct gold regret" comes from the lyrics of a song by a group called the Bluetones. So....
http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/


Maybe Catherwood can elaborate when she returns from her meeting.
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 		title text:
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Ta Pol marbh


Image tag:
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deatach sa ngleann is gan aon splainc ann

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 		Re: On Friday I turn 30.
AndyA wrote:
I've never been one to avoid jumping on bandwagons.

30, man. How did that happen?

Love,
Andy


I turned 41 on Tuesday. No Parade, no birthday cake... just some pie.
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 		Re: On Friday I turn 30.
Magesteff wrote:
I turned 41 on Tuesday. No Parade, no birthday cake... just some pie.


Everybody loves pie though.
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Atrophied wrote:
title text:
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Ta Pol marbh


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Paul is dead?


Atrophied wrote:


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deatach sa ngleann is gan aon splainc ann


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Smoke in the glen...something...without one...erm...


Yeah.

I think...

I suck at Celtic languages, with their crazy mutations and their funny prepositions...

Embarassed

Someone around here has to be better than I am...
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 		Using this translator, I got:

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Smoke in the glen and no fire there


So where do you see smoke without fire? (in a low-lying area)

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mist


Next:
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celeritas


(credit to Abraxas for the 2nd one)
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 		For the next one we played around with the picture, mainly focusing on what the hell the reflection down there could be.
Right when I wanted to give up I tried one last thing and got it this way:

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Read from left to right all the doubled letters, getting "celeritas" which means "lights" in Latin (I think).
That brings you to http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/mist/celeritas/


Btw, I think the reflection is just another lamp (there's one in the top right corner). Laughing
Honestly, who cares (except myself, apparently)?

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from the source: http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/mist/celeritas/before.jpg which is a chart of the relationships between the characters in Lost (Where are we? is also a Lost reference).

Look like we're meant to find where Jin and Hurley's paths crossed. It was in the episode where Jin went and beat up the Secretary of Environmental Safety and Hurley appeared briefly on the TV. The secretary's name was Han.

Next page: http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/mist/celeritas/han/


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in the source are: <bar1> <bar2> <bar3> <bar4a> <bar4b> corresponding to http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/mist/celeritas/han/bar1.jpg
http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/mist/celeritas/han/bar2.jpg
http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/mist/celeritas/han/bar3.jpg
http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/mist/celeritas/han/bar4a.jpg
http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/mist/celeritas/han/bar4b.jpg which show guitar chords.

Looking up the chords give Am E C Dm Em. Google gives the song "Baby One More Time" by Travis.

Next page: http://www.habitualindolence.net/thirty/capaldi/borachio/bluetones/mist/celeritas/han/babyonemoretime/


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 		Well, it's Friday. Happy birthday, Andy. Very Happy
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 		Happy birthday Andy Smile Have a good one

Answers:
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1. Wedge Antilles
2. Kaylee (Kaywinnit Lee Frye - from Firefly)
3. ?
4. Oscar Wilde (Thanks seq.)
5. Derek Mahon (thanks again seq.)


and I have to say.. #3 is SO not Google-able Mad
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 		Happy birthday Smile

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Definitely agree with the first two. For the rest I had:
3. Maynard James Keenan
4. Oscar Wilde (or Canon Chasuble is the character?)
5. Derek/Derrick (Mahon) - I had to google a lot for this and they couldn't decide on the spelling.

However in the source there are some dashes that look like we ought to be fitting the answers into (see below), and Maynard doesn't fit for the third one. Maybe someone else has a scorpion on their back, or I'm being too literal thinking of tattoos. Hum.

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