LOFISYNDICATE - musicmashup puzzle {16/07/07}

silverblue · Post by **silverblue** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:58 pm

ETA: Linc looks a little constipated in that picture, don'tcha think?

GregGallows · Post by **GregGallows** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:30 pm

oh noes.

where r u Linc?

Danielle · Post by **Danielle** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:27 am

Well, go team optimism.

lg15panda · Post by **lg15panda** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:03 pm

Linc, I don't know if you're reading this, but:

QtheC has a possible solution to this puzzle here.

To summarize:

3 5 15 5 5 = ceoee

Using Vigenere cipher http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/vigenere.php

decrypt "ceoee" with passphrase "clara" yields "atone"

We suggest that you call up and either say the solution ("atone") or apologize. We're not sure.

acidfingers · Post by **acidfingers** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:12 am

Dear Diary,

Today we smashed our heads against our desks trying to figure out what the hell all of these numbers meant. After noticing that all of the songs but 1 (Stars - Heart) corresponded to a clue in the Ray's drop, we determined that the Heart song must have been equivalent to the Hebrew letter "hay"

Since "hay" was the 5th letter in the Hebrew alphabet, we decided to treat it as such, and then simply assumed that the Heart song meant 5th as well. After meditating on the clue of "Put me together" and "I'll never be whole" we decided that there was a huge emphasis on fractions.

Adding up all of the fractions we came across (1/5, 1/5, 1/5, 3/5, and 1/15) you get 15/15 (made sure not to reduce to 1, since that was a whole number, and the clue says I'll never be whole).

At this point, we realized that the series of clues was used as sort of a signature in the note to Clara from the London drop, so maybe it was a type of name. We tried out some various usernames on youtube and eventually tried out "15over15" and got a promising account that mentions Clara, Linc, and others.

So I think this is the extent of this puzzle solved. Still not sure how Stars - Heart = "fifth" but the London drop helped us figure out the fact that it did = "fifth" so it's all gravy!

http://www.youtube.com/15over15

Love,
Acid

chershaytoute · Post by **chershaytoute** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:45 am

Thanks to our great Puzzle'n'Code Brigade (yay, team!), this is a definite Maddy themed thing! I'm scootering Linc's most recent dehteraew and lofisyndicate video threads...and this OMG-You-DID-It thread down to Maddy's area...

And then standing back in awe at all you guys accomplished!

QtheC · Post by **QtheC** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:29 am

Great solve. Now, what does 15over15 mean?

15 (events) over 15 (time periods)?

15 Videos in 15 Hours ?

15 Puzzles Over 15 Weeks ?

15 Murders Over 15 Years ?

15 Girls over 15 Years Old? (i.e. as in Lonelygirl15) O.o

kellylen · Post by **kellylen** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:31 am

well part of acid's explanation explains how we get 15/15 but i guess well find out the rest later on today

marlasinger · Post by **marlasinger** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:42 am

I get the 15/15 bit. It's Linc I'm worried about.

kellylen · Post by **kellylen** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:47 am

well marla we have to do our best.