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

I have a suspicion that they might take a long time to update the site, just to keep people interested and playing. I would imagine that a lot of people would drop off and quit trying if they knew the top 100 spots was taken already.
It's just a hunch; hope I am wrong.

Glitch! Gave correct answer for 5, but it can't find the page.

garaux wrote:I have a suspicion that they might take a long time to update the site, just to keep people interested and playing. I would imagine that a lot of people would drop off and quit trying if they knew the top 100 spots was taken already.
It's just a hunch; hope I am wrong.

You're probably right.
Looking at the trend of how quickly they started coming in last night and this morning, the 100 was probably reached by midmorning today.

gbmodern wrote:Glitch! Gave correct answer for 5, but it can't find the page.

Do you seriously think top developers would have made a glitch like that?

sTyLeS wrote:Do you seriously think top developers would have made a glitch like that?

Oddly enough, you could say that they did make that glitch. On purpose

The .Net framework version gave that one away.

sTyLeS wrote:You're probably right.
Looking at the trend of how quickly they started coming in last night and this morning, the 100 was probably reached by midmorning today.

Probably. I am not holding my breath at this point. It was fun though.

gbmodern wrote:Glitch! Gave correct answer for 5, but it can't find the page.

Now I feel brilliant.

gbmodern wrote:Now I feel brilliant.

If should remember their first clues they gave you on Level2, "Trust nothing. Question everything.", then that'll get you halfway there.

gbmodern wrote:Now I feel brilliant.

I felt that way many, many times throughout this puzzle. I think I even face palmed a few times.

sTyLeS wrote:If should remember their first clues they gave you on Level2, "Trust nothing. Question everything.", then that'll get you halfway there.

Too true. By the time I was done, I was so untrusting that I did a view-source on the 'Congratulations' email they sent me. I was actually kinda disappointed that there wasn't a secret there. Guess I didn't want it to end.

garaux wrote:I felt that way many, many times throughout this puzzle. I think I even face palmed a few times.

Oh, I definitely face-palmed a couple times. Pulled on my hair a few more times, and went to bed last night dreaming of solutions.
It was funny. I was struggling with one puzzle for over an hour and gave up and turned the computer off, and the moment I did, the solution just popped into my head, so I had to boot back up, complete it and continue on.

Anyone have the URL for 35? On a different computer, and can't remember what is is.

invadermindspin wrote:Anyone have the URL for 35? On a different computer, and can't remember what is is.

Probably not a good idea to give out direct URL's on here. Lots of other people are checking it out and might use it to cheat.

invadermindspin wrote:Anyone have the URL for 35? On a different computer, and can't remember what is is.

you on facebook or somewhere else I can PM you, posting it in public would be a HUGE spoiler...

invadermindspin wrote:Anyone have the URL for 35? On a different computer, and can't remember what is is.

Just a tip, though. Start saving off all the URL's and email them to yourself. Many of the puzzles refer to previous puzzles, which unless your memory is perfect you're going to need to go back and refer to them eventually anyway.

palesius wrote:you on facebook or somewhere else I can PM you, posting it in public would be a HUGE spoiler...

mindspin on facebook, but I think you can PM here with the little envelope by the username..

invadermindspin wrote:Anyone have the URL for 35? On a different computer, and can't remember what is is.

PM'ed it to you. Check your messages

sTyLeS wrote:Just a tip, though. Start saving off all the URL's and email them to yourself. Many of the puzzles refer to previous puzzles, which unless your memory is perfect you're going to need to go back and refer to them eventually anyway.

+1 to this. You will have to go back again and again for a few of the puzzles.

garaux wrote:PM'ed it to you. Check your messages

Ah.. How did I not remember that.. lol

Thanks!

Hmm, there is an actual error in question 39 (SSN regex). It is missing a '}' after the second input field. Threw me off for a bit...

qpolarbear wrote:Hmm, there is an actual error in question 39 (SSN regex). It is missing a '}' after the second input field. Threw me off for a bit...

I guess you're right. Although I suppose it's more of a typo.

qpolarbear wrote:Hmm, there is an actual error in question 39 (SSN regex). It is missing a '}' after the second input field. Threw me off for a bit...

Yup, I noticed that too, and the debugging one was a big old mess...

Still unable to get #25. I've looked at all the comments on these boards, been to both orielly.com and oriellymaker.com and done searches withing those sites, searches on both Google and Bing (desperate, no? ) based on the text of the "book", author, etc.
I have the feeling that I'm making this MUCH harder than it is, but I've been over it a hundred times and I'm out of ideas. Any help?

Jagermiastro wrote:Still unable to get #25. I've looked at all the comments on these boards, been to both orielly.com and oriellymaker.com and done searches withing those sites, searches on both Google and Bing (desperate, no? ) based on the text of the "book", author, etc.
I have the feeling that I'm making this MUCH harder than it is, but I've been over it a hundred times and I'm out of ideas. Any help?

Just go to the site, clear your mind of preconceived notions, then look over what's available. If you know what you want, the site will guide you truly.

foxfirex wrote:Just go to the site, clear your mind of preconceived notions, then look over what's available. If you know what you want, the site will guide you truly.

If you google for the first thing you see on the page, it should be the first thing you see.

Done! I think! Oh god I hope!

palesius wrote:Yup, I noticed that too, and the debugging one was a big old mess...

I still contend that there was nothing technically wrong with the debugging one. I'd rather not get into details here since I don't want to spoil it for others.

jenndar wrote:Done! I think! Oh god I hope!

Did you get a response yet?

According to Jeff Blankenburg over on the TDPE twitter feed, he will be posting the rest of the top 100 list tonight and changing the autoresponse email contents as well.

Anyone notice that 39 is wrong? It's missing a '}' on the 2nd part and fails when you put it in.

Did anybody try to decode the morse code in the non wootcast linked from 17?

woot! I was one of the first 100!

Exick wrote:I still contend that there was nothing technically wrong with the debugging one. I'd rather not get into details here since I don't want to spoil it for others.

My point was the problem says the function should "display an image and update it every so often" and they "missed a few keystrokes to make it work" and asks you to figure out what's missing. The "correct" answer in no way will make it perform the desired function.

If you are going to make puzzles where "everything is significant" having something so ambiguous is kind of a problem. They could have said something like "he can't even get it to run without syntax errors, can you at least help him fix those."

They should be hard because they're difficult, not because they are poorly worded.

Also, congrats!

guma wrote:Huh, worked first time on my Mac... if only I hadn't spent over an hour trying to get it to work on my PC...lesson learned.

How does it work on a mac but not a pc?

I'm completely stuck on this. I figured there was some javascript that was protecting him, but I can't find anything. I can't figure out what the 'protective layer' is.

I don't know Silverlight, so I'm not sure if there is anything there I can do.

Okay, still stuck on 62. Found missing letter, decoded letters, but the second to last one doesn't work.

What am I doing wrong?

invadermindspin wrote:How does it work on a mac but not a pc?

I'm completely stuck on this. I figured there was some javascript that was protecting him, but I can't find anything. I can't figure out what the 'protective layer' is.

I don't know Silverlight, so I'm not sure if there is anything there I can do.

Don't think of programing, think visually.

nchezrony wrote:Don't think of programing, think visually.

sorry, but that doesn't help. do I have to click on the red circle in order to continue?

Should I be trying something else?

invadermindspin wrote:sorry, but that doesn't help. do I have to click on the red circle in order to continue?

Should I be trying something else?

You do, but the button tips its hand a little when it taunts you. Pay attention to what it says about its protection.

invadermindspin wrote:sorry, but that doesn't help. do I have to click on the red circle in order to continue?

Should I be trying something else?

The devs didn't want to force anyone to actually use silverlight, so there is another way. Sorry if this is considered too much of a spoiler!!!!!!

View source, find the URL for the .XAP file and download it. This is the silverlight container, and it is actually a simple compressed file. Take a peek inside it...

Exick wrote:woot! I was one of the first 100!

Congrats!! I made it too, #65.