And I'm stuck again, this time on level 60 (the one with the big block of binary digits.) I decrypted the message and I get a riddle about wives and cats. Not sure how to answer the question it imposes at the end. Any hints?

foutrelis wrote:And I'm stuck again, this time on level 60 (the one with the big block of binary digits.) I decrypted the message and I get a riddle about wives and cats. Not sure how to answer the question it imposes at the end. Any hints?

hehe, that's one you're just gonna have to look up if you don't know.

Exick wrote:hehe, that's one you're just gonna have to look up if you don't know.

Haha, thanks.

timmychan wrote:what a m i doing wrong? the words dont' make sense, i get:

o u hs pe e aw

is it 1-index

trying to get characters from the tweets with red, but its not giving me anything useful

Sure wish justinkohnen.com would stop crapping out >:[ I was going to say I'm stuck on the one with the popup (57) but I can't even get anything to load anymore. It was dead last night too, couldn't get to 56 until today.

Can anyone give me a hint to think about while we wait for it to come back up?

timmychan wrote:trying to get characters from the tweets with red, but its not giving me anything useful

You only want 7 of them, and you may get the 1st wrong, due to EOL length difference...

jenndar wrote:Sure wish justinkohnen.com would stop crapping out >:[ I was going to say I'm stuck on the one with the popup (57) but I can't even get anything to load anymore. It was dead last night too, couldn't get to 56 until today.

Can anyone give me a hint to think about while we wait for it to come back up?

if only there were some way to stop popups, that or you could click ok 1000000 times...

I've got to say using Google Goggles (http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/) if you have an Android phone, makes some of these (i.e. 8 and 31) a cinch!

palesius wrote:if only there were some way to stop popups, that or you could click ok 1000000 times...

Like using Chrome or Opera? Thank goodness for intelligent browser design.

Hints on 35?, Does overdrive.com matter? I'm assuming check digits doesnt actually mean check digits.

palesius wrote:You only want 7 of them, and you may get the 1st wrong, due to EOL length difference...

thanks, it was the first character that got me

djc5166 wrote:Hints on 35?, Does overdrive.com matter? I'm assuming check digits doesnt actually mean check digits.

what added time for me for that one is you want to make sure you're using the right version of the book for the check..

palesius wrote:if only there were some way to stop popups, that or you could click ok 1000000 times...

Argh, I was doing the right thing, but the page kept hanging. Turns out that was the server imploding and not me \o/ Thanks

garaux wrote:Your so close. The answer is a hexcode. A specific one at that. Just finished the puzzle this morning.

Puzzle 65 Colors.
I keep getting ditracted by my boss... At least the source code looks like I am working so I can do the puzzles....
Ok So now I see that I am supposed to get the R value from top, G from middle and B from bottom. I just don't know which one!!!!!

Edit: NVM Off to the bathroom to commit Seppuku. Don't want to get blood on my work desk.

djc5166 wrote:Hints on 35?, Does overdrive.com matter? I'm assuming check digits doesnt actually mean check digits.

IIRC, it does actually mean check digits.

timmychan wrote:what added time for me for that one is you want to make sure you're using the right version of the book for the check..

version of the book? there's only one

kazuking wrote:Puzzle 65 Colors.
I keep getting ditracted by my boss... At least the source code looks like I am working so I can do the puzzles....
Ok So now I see that I am supposed to get the R value from top, G from middle and B from bottom. I just don't know which one!!!!!

Think of how RGB in hex goes #RRGGBB, and the colors are labeled in order I believe.

djc5166 wrote:version of the book? there's only one

There are 6 books shown, so you need to look them all up.

garaux wrote:Think of how RGB in hex goes #RRGGBB, and the colors are labeled in order I believe.

Yeah as soon as I replied I got it. These puzzles really make you feel dumb.

Reached #67 where I'm given this image which contains an encrypted message. After I convert it to text, I have "hpcrepdwhrtolwmcgaoo". The problem asks to enter the words with spaces to continue, but I don't see any words in the decrypted message. :|

djc5166 wrote:Hints on 35?, Does overdrive.com matter? I'm assuming check digits doesnt actually mean check digits.

That's exactly what it means.

foutrelis wrote:Reached #67 where I'm given this image which contains an encrypted message. After I convert it to text, I have "hpcrepdwhrtolwmcgaoo". The problem asks to enter the words with spaces to continue, but I don't see any words in the decrypted message. :|

Try a different decryption key.

kazuking wrote:Yeah as soon as I replied I got it. These puzzles really make you feel dumb.

We tend to over complicate things quite a bit. Its a natural tendency for the target audience I think.

Exick wrote:Try a different decryption key.

Ah, I think I understand what you mean. Thanks again.

Edit: Yup, it worked! (For the record, it was #68, not #67.)

djc5166 wrote:version of the book? there's only one

on overdrive maybe, but i was stupid and used amazon

how long does the autoresponder take? i thought i had it, but i guess not, its been 5 mins

timmychan wrote:how long does the autoresponder take? i thought i had it, but i guess not, its been 5 mins

i think it took 10-15 minutes for my response.

Exick wrote:That's exactly what it means.

I've entered every 'digit' I could think of from all the books, ISBN, filesize, source code, etc, nothing...

djc5166 wrote:I've entered every 'digit' I could think of from all the books, ISBN, filesize, source code, etc, nothing...

Check out wikipedia's entry on check digits. I think you'll find what your looking for there.

So, who all caved and bought the puzzle shirt? I almost wish the shirt had been much later in the puzzle...

garaux wrote:i think it took 10-15 minutes for my response.

thanks, i guess ill be patient

i actually sent two emails to different addresses to be safe, got one back, the wrong one, but waiting for the other one..

Are you kidding me? I get all the way to level 99 only to get super stuck?! arrggggg

oh my... stuck on 99... i knew this was going to happen.

timmychan wrote:thanks, i guess ill be patient

i actually sent two emails to different addresses to be safe, got one back, the wrong one, but waiting for the other one..

it's been half an hour and no reply.. i should send another email..

timmychan wrote:it's been half an hour and no reply.. i should send another email..

It was probably to the wrong address. PM it to me and I'll tell you if it's right.

finally! bought the shirt too.

Oh my. I finally got it. That took a couple days of my life. Wonder if I made it in the top 100. We'll see I guess, after they update the list.

I solved it!

When will we know if we made the top 100?

Also, I bought the shirt, as a memento.

regentswift wrote:I solved it!

When will we know if we made the top 100?

Just said we have to wait for them to update the site.

sTyLeS wrote:Oh my. I finally got it. That took a couple days of my life. Wonder if I made it in the top 100. We'll see I guess, after they update the list.

I enjoyed it quite thoroughly. Question 100 was a favorite, as well as the SQL Injection problem. The cross site collaboration was fun to see and the vandalism on wikipedia made me laugh. Can't wait for the next one!