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Sam G · Veteran Joined: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 140

tracking.

**Posted:** Sat May 02, 2009 9:00 pm

Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

Has anymore progress been made on the two-page cryptogram? I've checked the Bradical Blog and the last anyone posted about it is April 23. He says it's been solved, but not on the blog. I just picked up the magazine a couple days ago, so I'm way behind on it. I've seen that some of the words are in the Star Trek article, and the guy who solved it says that's the right track. But I can't find any more recent news on it at all.

**Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 11:20 am

iheathen · Veteran Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 70

ok so I know i'm a little behind, but I'm just now making my way through all the hidden puzzles in the latest issue of Wired... I've read through this thread, but I'm wondering if there's any other places you guys know about that has more hints etc... I've found 9 of the first fifteen hidden code words, and am a little stumped right now... anyone?

thanks!

**Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 4:35 pm

thebruce

I'd intended to start documenting the puzzles on a wiki page here
http://various.wikibruce.com/Wired0509

but got so distracted with other busyness... Confused

**Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 4:42 pm

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Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

**Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 4:44 pm

iheathen · Veteran Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 70

the ASCII one is right in that ad... "use our Automatic Subscriber Courtesy Introductory Inclusion...." the acronym is ASCII... that should help you on that one.

the ones I'm currently stumped on, are ones I can't even locate:

- the transaddition/subtraction one
- the semaphore one
- the caesar shifting one

Also other things I'm stumped on...

- page2 of the lost-numbers section (the megalotto pages 104-105)
- what to do with "tvbrandshiftspaytwosteps"
- the weird numbers on the STATGEIST PI Chart on page 40 (numbers are 16, 27546.824125, and 0138704)

Also not sure what to do with the pages that the JJA logos appear on... here's the pages they appear on:

3, 6, 10, 14, 17, 34, 45, 46, 48, 55, 67, 79, 81, 82, 87, 93, 103, 108, 117, 123

So far I've solved 11 of the 15 hidden-word clues, and I guess I have a bit of an incling as to what to do with them once I've solved the rest...

a little push in the right direction would be really helpful!

thanks!

**Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 6:11 pm

Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

Another one that really intrigues me is in "Solve a Puzzle" on page 30. "Dvora K. Klaviatura, head of the Belarus Enigmatology Institute (www.typein.by.pyacbm.by)..." I tried typing in that phrase into the address bar, but of course, nothing happened. What the heck is this for?

**Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 7:02 pm

iheathen · Veteran Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 70

i've solved that one... look at the person's name, and look at the ad in the back that has all the hints in it, listing all the types of puzzles... you'll see a similarity with one of them. figure out what that means, and you'll solve that puzzle.

wish someone would help me out too.

**Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 7:09 pm

Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

I found a Dvorak translator and got this:

**Posted:** Thu May 14, 2009 11:49 am

iheathen · Veteran Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 70

you're close... try going to and from Dvorak to Qwerty... you're on the right track.

**Posted:** Thu May 14, 2009 12:51 pm

iheathen · Veteran Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 70

Phew. Ok, I solved the main meta-puzzle in the Wired Magazine May issue, it was really fun!

As for those damn numbers on page 105 though... I don't think anyone has solved those yet.

**Posted:** Thu May 14, 2009 2:24 pm

Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

Thanks, heathen. I got the Dvorak translation.
Congrats on solving the meta-puzzle!
I'm assuming that the 15(?) hidden puzzles are
all in that Star Trek article. Right?
Can you give the page numbers of all of those puzzles?
I only have 8 right now.

**Posted:** Thu May 14, 2009 3:41 pm

iheathen · Veteran Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 70

i actually solved the puzzle without actually solving all fifteen of the initial puzzles... i solved 13 of the 15.

why don't you PM me what you've got so far and I'll give you a hint or two... you don't want someone to just tell you the answers. that's no fun.

**Posted:** Thu May 14, 2009 4:46 pm

Dock · Kilroy Joined: 14 May 2009 Posts: 1

Hi guys! New here, this thread has helped me out a lot in diving into this issue. Thanks!

Anyway, I found the solution for:

tvbrandshiftspaytwosteps

**Posted:** Thu May 14, 2009 10:17 pm

kosmopol

I even realized: this weird photo "Intermission. Emily Scream #1" by David Lynch on the page 111 of the issue could be part of his viral marketing campaign for his mysterius album Dark Night of the Soul

**Posted:** Sat May 16, 2009 6:21 pm

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