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Wulf74

Sorry if this has been mentioned, and since I'm absolutely no good with math, I guess I'll be riding on everyone's coattails for this.

Anyway - hidden on the webpage today:

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:38 am

Merago · Unfettered Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 341

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:58 pm

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The answer for Test 1 factors as follows:

1,756,608,592,256 = 2 � 2 � 2 � 2 � 2 � 2 � 2 � 7 � 7 � 103 � 2,719,141

If we were to be able to divide evenly, the answer to Test 2 would have to be a product of the above factors.

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:17 pm

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Rogi Ocnorb

No joy in the numbers I came up with either by adding or multiplying.

I was going to do a list of (non-prime) factors for 1756608592256,
But the list is enormous.
i.e.:

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:47 pm

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Has anybody e-mailed that address with our answers for #3 yet? I think it's time to revisit that particular problem, since #4 is technically unreleased... Means we likely didn't get #3 right. Razz

**Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:47 pm

Merago · Unfettered Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 341

Ok, slight change to the Portal page. We've now got a comments box we can post to. The hidden links to the "What's Next?" puzzles have gone now.

**Posted:** Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:56 am

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Ok I'm in, although if they make us do a ton of math I may sit back and watch. Decrypting is my strong suit, math is my weak one.

I'm itching for a good game.

**Posted:** Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:12 pm

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marthajones · Veteran Joined: 09 Jan 2009 Posts: 86 Location: Germany

This sounds interesting - I signed up!

**Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:47 am

coffeegirl18

Puzzle 4 is up.

http://arklight.webs.com/Txt/What%20next4.txt

**Posted:** Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:12 pm

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10 days left!

**Posted:** Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:21 pm

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FractalP · Decorated Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Posts: 258

Well, 1,756,608,592,256 has 11 factors, and the answer to #4 must have 9 factors, so the sum/product of the numbers from #2 must be equal to the product of two of the numbers.

So essentially, pick two:
2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 x 103 x 2,719,141

Possibly 49 (7x7), 721 (7x103), or 206 (2x103).

I'm looking through #3 now for the answers.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:06 am

Merago · Unfettered Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 341

Ok, so the page has changed very slightly now that we're in May. Not much has changed but the countdown now says "It's time for" (with Arklight still underneath it) and there's a little firework animation in the background. I'm guessing this is part of the countdown widget thingie that was there in the first place, rather than someone actually editing the page. Either way, I guess this one should start rolling soon. Smile

**Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 8:29 am

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Darkcoffeejazz · Boot Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 31

Yah Merago that widget thing isn't anything at all new, if it's still how you describe it.
It was like that yesterday too.

**Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 11:18 am

Rogi Ocnorb

**Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 8:28 pm

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