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carlwebb
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 		Macavity: I tried it [the company charter puzzle] a couple of times and got gibberish, and then things clicked. If you post (in a spoiler) the steps you're taking and the answers you're getting in each, I can give you more specific help without giving the whole puzzle away.

EDIT: I'll be out of town Fri-Sun. So the offer must be deferred. Enjoy, all.

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Archimedea
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 		Keyboard puzzle
I'm also having trouble with the keyboard puzzle.

I thought it might be some kind of anagram but I've had no luck with that so far.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:23 am
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Silverkun
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 		Alas. Crickets. Lots and lots of crickets.

Still hoping for a nudge, or even a hint, on the keyboard puzzle.

Not so desperate I'd take a spoiler, but I'm coming derned close...Wink

-R
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spyder_devries
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 		heck if someone wanted to come over and type the ding dang answers for me, i would let em.

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Silverkun
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 		Regarding the Keyboard puzzle...

Thank you, Anagram Server. Thank you.

Not to hint too badly, but...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The incorrectly placed letters and the letters they replace are important. Note: And. Not or.


-R
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spyder_devries
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 		Silverkun rock on with yer bad self.

Very Happy

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dreddy99
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 		Macavity
If you're still having trouble with the company charter puzzle, here's a hint:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
It's all about tickers. Do you like stocks?


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axissally
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 		can someone give me a hint about the puzzle that just has the letters of the alphabet and then that origami shape?

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Silverkun
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spyder_devries wrote:
Silverkun rock on with yer bad self.

Very Happy


Bah. Stubbornness and the Internet, my friend. The keys to some of these puzzles...Wink Tools are wonderful things.

Besides, consider it my way of apologizing for not giving you a head's up in the SC forums...Smile

-R

PS: By the by, axissally, for what it's worth, you're not alone...Smile
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dreddy99
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 		Anyone have any ideas on the puzzle with the blank calendar and black mark on Thursday 24th?

PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:37 pm
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carlwebb
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 		dreddy, as for the calendar with the black mark...

1.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
What day of the week is black?

2.
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It's not just any black Thursday.

3.
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Google on "Black Thursday".

4.
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You're probably used to leaving out spaces and punctuation in the other puzzles, but this one wants a date in the form mm/dd/yyyy, which might throw non-US solvers.


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dreddy99
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 		awesome, thanks...

now up to 73% for Nickolas.

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carlwebb
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 		I ran into one that seems easy, but hasn't cracked yet.

"I'll make this easy on you.
This typewriter is a ball.
What year was it first produced?"

Here's what I've tried:
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My first thought was the IBM Selectric, which used a print ball.

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Wikipedia et al say that it came out in 1961.

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I've tried '1961', 'nineteensixtyone', 'nineteensixty-one', 'selectric1961', 'ibmselectric1961', and my personal favorite, 'l96l' (replacing the ones with lowercase L's as one had to with older typewriters). And then 'i96i' (same idea). No luck.

Any suggestions?

EDIT (17 July, 15:37 PDT): Also tried
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'ambigram' (thanks Tesseract!) and 'MCMLXI' in both uppercase and lower. Still no luck.


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ALISDAIRPARK
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 		everything I can see ties in with you've got, but something in the first line makes me think they're after something else.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Incidentally 1961 is a palindrome sorry it's not it's a tangram damn time for bed I meant ambigram have you tried that?

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carlwebb
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 		Thanks for the suggestions, Tesseract! Alas, no dice yet.

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