Puzzle Solving Exercise Thread

deagol · Post by **deagol** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:13 pm

Oh alright

I'll do it myself.

acidfingers · Post by **acidfingers** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:13 pm

gogo radix rainbow!

XXXXX

X+X = X
X+X = X
X+X = X
X+X = XX

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XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX

XXX
XXX
XXX

XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX

diastres · Post by **diastres** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:06 pm

Deagol, darling. Jonas is around Ukiah, not all the way to Napa.

Nice try though!

(Teasing. I <3 you.)

deagol · Post by **deagol** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:45 am

acidfingers wrote:gogo radix rainbow!

XXXXX

X+X = X
X+X = X
X+X = X
X+X = XX

============

XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX

XXX
XXX
XXX

XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX

He does?

I'll wait until this afternoon to post the solution method in case others wanted to participate.

FallingIntoSin · Post by **FallingIntoSin** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:55 am

*sniffles*

What happened to the puzzles I used to be able to solve. I think we need a nice, easy, Fallingcansolve puzzle! Somehow everyone got smarter and I got dumber, hahaha.

Anyway, I want an easy puzzle for me, yaaaaaaaayyyy! Yaaaaayyyy! Yaaaaaaaaaay!

sparkyb · Post by **sparkyb** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:25 am

deagol wrote:
acidfingers wrote:gogo radix rainbow!

XXXXX

X+X = X
X+X = X
X+X = X
X+X = XX

============

XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX

XXX
XXX
XXX

XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
He does?

I'll wait until this afternoon to post the solution method in case others wanted to participate.

Thanks deagol. I got it now. It wasn't too tough but I wasn't up at 5am <g>. God help you if you're color blind.

acidfingers · Post by **acidfingers** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:02 am

hey, you can always quote and then look at the source! Tryin to dog on my puzzle

Danielle · Post by **Danielle** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:15 am

Well if you didn't hate the colourblind so much we wouldn't have to.

Sad Panda · Post by **Sad Panda** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:12 pm

FallingIntoSin wrote:*sniffles*

What happened to the puzzles I used to be able to solve. I think we need a nice, easy, Fallingcansolve puzzle! Somehow everyone got smarter and I got dumber, hahaha.

Anyway, I want an easy puzzle for me, yaaaaaaaayyyy! Yaaaaayyyy! Yaaaaaaaaaay!

**hands Fall a Where's Waldo book**

Go nuts.

Ruberic · Post by **Ruberic** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:20 pm

Heck, I can't find Waldo half the time! Am I screwed?

How about "I spy"...have any of those lying around?

Danielle · Post by **Danielle** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:22 pm

Waldo pwns I Spy

WonkaNerdsRule · Post by **WonkaNerdsRule** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:41 pm

FallingIntoSin wrote:*sniffles*

What happened to the puzzles I used to be able to solve. I think we need a nice, easy, Fallingcansolve puzzle! Somehow everyone got smarter and I got dumber, hahaha.

Anyway, I want an easy puzzle for me, yaaaaaaaayyyy! Yaaaaayyyy! Yaaaaaaaaaay!

OK, here's an easy one for you:

I've had many experiences in the astral plane, but none so chilling as the one I had today. I communicated with another traveler on my journey. You might recognize him:

Our conversation was brief, yet enlightening. I wanted to find out his true intentions, but I wasn't quite sure how to ask. (They only had a single? Come on, bro, that's the oldest line in the book.) After a few cosmic moments of trepidation, I decided to just be direct: "Jonas, what are your feelings towards Bree?" I didn't expect much of a response, but he surprised me by giving quite the lengthy and cryptic response:

"56 32 68 76 49 45 74 75 62 33 64 7a 49 46 64 6f 59 58 51 67 52 58 5a 70 62 43 42 4d 64 58 4a 72 63 79 42 70 62 69 42 30 61 47 55 67 53 47 56 68 63 6e 52 7a 49 47 39 6d 49 45 31 6c 62 6a 38 3d"

Just as soon as the string of digits and letters had passed through his lips, his head snapped back and two shiny metal rods pushed their way out of his ears. He continued (thankfully in English this time):

1. If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face.
2. Have you driven a Ford lately?
3. Right service. Right price.
4. Earth; What you'd eat if you lived on Mars
5. Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!
6. Everything is Easier on a Mac
7. Got Milk?
8. Refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach
9. Do you have the bunny inside?
10. Rip. Mix. Burn

Annoyed at such gibberish, I demanded that he give me some solid (and understandable) information. He smiled and said:

veabastbbfjr

Oh lord, I thought... just what I need, more gibberish... But then, in a most mysterious voice he said:

Shannon A. Feldstein

After giving him the once over to make sure he was telling the truth, I snapped back to my physical body. WHAM! Somewhat jolted, I looked up into the dark abyss that is my room, thought for a moment, and then realized that I knew how to find the answer to the question I had posed to him. I turned on the light and did as I was told. To make a long story short, I am now enlightened. Are you?

deagol · Post by **deagol** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:40 am

XXXXX 01234

X+X = X 1+1=2
X+X = X 1+2=3
X+X = X 1+3=4
X+X = XX 1+4=10 (base 5)

XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
411 421 420 342 430 (base 5)
106 111 110 97 115 (decimal)
j o n a s (dec > ascii)

XXX XXX XXX
404 342 430 (base 5)
104 97 115 (decimal)
h a s (dec > ascii)

XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
400 342 420 410 401 413 (base 5)
100 97 110 105 101 108 (decimal)
d a n i e l (dec > ascii)

jonas has daniel

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:41 am

/me reads above posts

/me goes back to doing word search.

deagol · Post by **deagol** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:09 am

A quickie:
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Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Ack, someone broke the decoder! Every single step was ruined.

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