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Only just discovered these, but looking into it more as the endgame neareth... Could do with a bump, I think.

Thought they might be International Dialling Codes (format plus, urrr, they're next to a phone?), but quite a few of the numbers are lacking, so I think that's maybe a dud. Next!

**Posted:** Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:00 pm

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rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

So the dates of posting shows this puzzle has been kicking around for a year.

I was wondering if the .500 could refer to an error message or possibly a port number?

Did anyone try counting the letters (as opposed to the words) in the original metafilter article to see what that gives us? I know that doesn't account for the punctuation but maybe CT used periods in keeping with IP addresses for some reason?

Link = http://www.metafilter.org/mefi/24344

**Posted:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:02 am

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Thought I'd bump this back up the forums - don't know if anyone still checks or is interested but I wondered if there'd been any kind of reveal about this puzzle? Never did get to the bottom of it and leaving it alone for 18 months hasn't made me any wiser! Any takers?

**Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:41 pm

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