unforum

[Daffy889]

[European Chris]

Possibly not, it could just imply they're unable to provide a hint that the numbers mean nothing.

[Bakers_12]

Would they put in such a evil red hering on a card? I hope not.

[European Chris]

It may not have been deliberate. Just a bit of design that people are looking a bit too closely at.

[chichiri]

Lol, I e-mailed them ages ago saying that since it's not the main puzzle and we have no hint for it that I think we should get one (really pushing luck there) I musta pushed too far coz got same reply, oh well doesn't hurt to try.

no da

[sackofpotatoes]

Chris, do you really think a series of very small numbers is a design element? It doesn't immediately jump out at me as increasing the artistic qualities of this card.

In any case, no leads here...

[kookaburrah]

Humm

[Juxta]

Hi there. It's a nice idea, but sadly, the edition of the Sentinel which we get here on Earth is limited to what we see...as none of us have the "keys" required for full access. Keys are described here.

J

[sixsidedsquare]

Hoping to spark some more thought here on the number string.
I emailed pxc customer service asking if the 500 was meant to be a 50 (mainly hoping for some other hint back) but all they said was that it was in fact meant to be 500, and no hints at all

[sackofpotatoes]

I think that lends further credence, sixsidedsquare, to the conclusion that this is not a design element.

Not that I have any idea what it is, but I think it is an open puzzle.

Any new ideas out there?

[dommccas]

Just looked at this card again after solving it a while ago. The numbers are really starting to annoy me.

I don't know much about the internet and its history but has it allways been using the tcp/ip protocall. isn't there an older network that it could be. the numbers range from 1 to 69 except of course that annoying 500. the network would have to be still up for it to be of any use.

is everything on the net tcp/ip? is that a really stupid question?

not the best idea but i thought i'd wack it out there anyway.

[neopuff34]

I apologize for bringing up an old topic, but has anyone made any more progress with this? I'm just worried that we may be missing out on an important puzzle.

[jsweby]

Has anyone tried texting the hints number to see if that gives us a clue about the numbers?

[Soulsproximity1]

First time Poster so be nice.

I have been Messing around with these numbers and seeing if I can find any meaning in them.

So i first decoded them in octal and I got this:

[GreenWindmill]

[ramble]No huge new ideas here but I'm unwilling to let this topic die so easily just because the puzzle isn't worth any points. It's just plain irritating.

I noticed there seem to be a lot of 5's in the number string - not sure if this is common in IP addresses or the like but it struck me as odd.

I decided that since 'e' is the most common letter in the English language perhaps and also the fifth, perhaps each digit should be translated rather than the sets separated by dots.

This provides:

bg.ee.be.cd.d.dc.e00.ae.ah.ee.ac.a.a0.c0.ef.ee.ci.ba.h.af.bg.ee.be.fi.bi.ce.fb.ee

(not sure what to do with zeroes)

Struck me as similar to Homage In Glass but can't believe the same technique would be used again and also fail to see how a tune would help us!

Basically a blind alley I think but if it kickstarts any extra discussion I'll consider it worthwhile.

The repetition of 27.55.25 is probably significant as well but I'm stumped for now.

Personally, I'm swayed towards the website/email idea due to the nature of the card and the potential usefulness of successfully deciphering the puzzle but I'm a complete luddite when it comes to IP addresses etc. so I'm hoping someone else can come up with a bright idea...[/ramble]