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sixblueten
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Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 21 Location: North Bay, California
Lasers? (DVD tech)
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:20 am
SteveC
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Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 381
no, no and no.
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check the page title
Right, where is everyone. I'm wondering what the hell Von Neumann has to do with a two piles of hexdecimal..
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merge sort? Tried a few things, but no luck
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:03 am
c1023
Boot
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 58 Location: Hampshire, UK
The one after Su Doku is starting to bug me.
I know what it is and the value, I just don't know how to enter it!
Words, numbers, symbols?
I tried about 30 different combinations last night, and got nowhere.
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:29 am
SteveC
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Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 381
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don't worry about the gold
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:41 am
uneasyjd
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Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 130 Location: Denmark
c1023:
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It's not words...
As for the next one, I think the Peter Principle might be kicking in. I don't even know what the heck it is.
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:43 am
SteveC
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Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 381
uneasyjd wrote:
As for the next one, I think the Peter Principle might be kicking in. I don't even know what the heck it is.
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It's not too tough actually. It's a puzzle, try solving it? You might need gridpaper...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:49 am
josiah
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Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 97 Location: Blackpool, UK
Thanks for the Sudoku clues... finally solved it this morning with a fresh head.
Right... I've now got our whole development department working on the Von Neumann thingy Still no idea though.
Anybody any further?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:06 am
SteveC
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Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 381
No The only thing that can be related in his work (that I can see) is that he's responsible for the creation of the
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merge sort
No further with that though. I've tried a few things, but I'm not sure what I'd do with the hex even if I did get it in another more friendly order
It's just been pointed out to me that this is the final stage... (brian updated the main page since I started)...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:10 am
doublecross
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Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 588 Location: London, UK
Hi,
I have managed to catch up thanks to the hints on this thread.
Unfortunately I don't have anything to offer back at the moment. Von Neumann was certainly famous for a large number of things!
I observe that we have two groups of seven 64-bit strings. If it were turned into a data file would it have a recognisable format? If it were run as an executable would it do anything? Not sufficiently computer-literate to try these things myself - well, not at work, anyway
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:30 am
Avalix
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Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Sheffield, UK
Woo! now on the sudoku puzzle =)
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:50 am
Jakeo
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Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 159 Location: Edinburgh
Ok, its killing me.
I can't find the right combination of letters and numbers to get past the one after the sudoku. I know what it is and its value, I just can't put the letters into the right combination.
Any pointers?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:35 am
josiah
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Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 97 Location: Blackpool, UK
Jakeo:
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There are no letters in the solution
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:45 am
SteveC
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Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 381
doublecross wrote:
I observe that we have two groups of seven 64-bit strings. If it were turned into a data file would it have a recognisable format? If it were run as an executable would it do anything? Not sufficiently computer-literate to try these things myself - well, not at work, anyway
No, not a recogniseable file simply typed in...
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:54 am
Avalix
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Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Sheffield, UK
hmmm the sudoku ones got me stumped. I solved it and i think i got some letters out of it but they dont lead me anywhere
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:48 am
chichiri
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Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 207
I'm still stuck on part 2, avalix said it was a caeser cipher using N but I really don't get the concept of the cipher, I thought I did but it's just been coming up with rubbish, help as quick as possible please.
no da
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:06 pm
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