Um, 57? Is this a punishment? How am I supposed to do anything?

Nevermind. Damn that was annoying!

sTyLeS wrote:the source is required to solve this one

i see the hex codes, but cant really figure it out, tried many things..

I saw this puzzle thing right before I left work this afternoon. I just wrapped it up and got the confirm email. Not sure if I will be in the top 100, but glad I am done and can go to bed. OCD is a blessing and a curse.

stuck on 74, the 3x3 matrix. any suggestions?

frik wrote:stuck on 74, the 3x3 matrix. any suggestions?

It's a game of life.

inflatedego wrote:You're not 1337 enough. Might be time to learn to speak another language.

On another subject, 65 (Colors) is beating me down. Help?

Look at the source, think about what makes up colors, esp in html

sTyLeS wrote:#75 anyone?
I've attempted to use the programs mentioned in the link. But the image is of the wrong type. And after converting the image it doesn't work, or I don't have the correct password. Anyone?

I tried that too, you're missing a hint from the puzzle itself.

What's with 67? Its the AHIM ? TUVWX. I can't even begin to find what the missing letter is.

Help!

sTyLeS wrote:If by "retrace your steps" you mean look at previous puzzles, I'm aware of the url's used on the simplyodd domain and their reference, but couldn't see how that related to the current puzzle.

read the source again, all of it. opening it in a different program or copy/pasting might help reboot your faulty perception of it.

invadermindspin wrote:Stuck on 35.. Gonna sleep on it..

Did notice that each of the urls end in Format=50. Guess it's just a coincidence.

Also thought the 'check em out' and check comment were related to a library in some way.. Another dead end.

Guess I'll try again tomorrow.

Look at the source. That should make it more clear what they are asking for.

nchezrony wrote:What's with 67? Its the AHIM ? TUVWX. I can't even begin to find what the missing letter is.

Help!

Have you already looked at the source, if you know what to do with your answer, you can always brute force it, there are only so many letters, after all.

Think back to a month you saw much earlier.

madgnome wrote:It's a game of life.

any special rules? i ran the standard one step, but need help

i apparently just had one of my rows in the wrong order.

i did level 77 (I think) and had the messenger leave the city and I'm on a blog. So I think I'm lost now

nvermind, got it

anything special for 74?

man, the calculator is giving me fits in 79, I'm going to have to mull this over during lunch.

timmychan wrote:anything special for 74?

been stuck on this for three hours, on what looks to be trivial. am i missing anything obvious other than the "game"?

timmychan wrote:been stuck on this for three hours, on what looks to be trivial. am i missing anything obvious other than the "game"?

The result is not aligned with the original (The center of the original state is not the center of the resulting state). You have to make sure that all cell of the new state are on the grid.

madgnome wrote:The result is not aligned with the original (The center of the original state is not the center of the resulting state). You have to make sure that all cell of the new state are on the grid.

there you go. thats exactly what was giving me a fit, and i didn't know how to offer this without totally giving it away.

madgnome wrote:The result is not aligned with the original (The center of the original state is not the center of the resulting state). You have to make sure that all cell of the new state are on the grid.

thanks, this was what i needed

any hints for 68 (freemason cipher thing)? pretty sure i've tried every possible configuration of the pigpen cipher and none of them seem to lead anywhere

f12k wrote:any hints for 68 (freemason cipher thing)? pretty sure i've tried every possible configuration of the pigpen cipher and none of them seem to lead anywhere

make sure u got the space, and make sure u use the different configurations.

timmychan wrote:make sure u got the space, and make sure u use the different configurations.

ha, thanks. not sure how i missed the correct configuration

The list of solvers is up. I am number 52.
http://toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com/tdpe2/
Anybody else getting near the end?

szuccon1 wrote:The list of solvers is up. I am number 52.
http://toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com/tdpe2/
Anybody else getting near the end?

congrats! im stuck in 75, where everyone has troubles it seems. im staring at the source code, but is missing that clue that everyone is pointing

Okay. I'm back to the puzzles. Almost whole day off so I hope I can finish today.
I am now on 65 (colors) and have run out of answers.
I have tried:
-All 4 RBG code in source
-Yellow
-RBGHEX
-HEXCODE
-ABCDEF
-Colors
-00FF00
-Google
-Stroop
I do see the pattern. And if I was asked what is missing it would be word "Yellow" colored in Green. I have my knife ready. Please help me commit another seppuku.

kazuking wrote:Okay. I'm back to the puzzles. Almost whole day off so I hope I can finish today.
I am now on 65 (colors) and have run out of answers.
I have tried:
-All 4 RBG code in source
-Yellow
-RBGHEX
-HEXCODE
-ABCDEF
-Colors
-00FF00
-Google
-Stroop
I do see the pattern. And if I was asked what is missing it would be word "Yellow" colored in Green. I have my knife ready. Please help me commit another seppuku.

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

timmychan wrote:congrats! im stuck in 75, where everyone has troubles it seems. im staring at the source code, but is missing that clue that everyone is pointing

75 is obviously a steg image, but what isn't apparent is that there is a password required.

timmychan wrote:congrats! im stuck in 75, where everyone has troubles it seems. im staring at the source code, but is missing that clue that everyone is pointing

i converted it into various formats, and tried various programs, using words as the password but no go on 75. still go tnothing

garaux wrote:75 is obviously a steg image, but what isn't apparent is that there is a password required.

any recommended app?

timmychan wrote:any recommended app?

Recommended by the hints you get in the problem itself.

Exick wrote:Recommended by the hints you get in the problem itself.

steghide worked for me. command line, steghide.exe extract -sf filename -p password

garaux wrote:steghide worked for me. command line, steghide.exe extract -sf filename -p password

thanks, i used a few others, but this one was enough.

timmychan wrote:any recommended app?

apparently not all apps do work. I struggled with this forever yesterday and had the right password all along, but just the apps I was trying didn't work on it

sTyLeS wrote:apparently not all apps do work. I struggled with this forever yesterday and had the right password all along, but just the apps I was trying didn't work on it

That's what the clue in the problem is for.

#27, the one with 6 questions and a FINAL answer. I feel like I have all the correct answers, but it isn't accepting them.

I must have something wrong though, as the red boxes don't match my final answer. If the red boxes are supposed to be an anagram for the final answer, then it must be #4 "Father of a keyed, symmetric block cipher from the early 90s" that I have wrong. For this answer I have the last name of the creator of a cipher where the cipher's name starts with B, as does the creator's first name. (Don't want to give away too much) His last name is 8 letters and fits perfectly, but leaves an 'e' in the red box, which blows my anagram theory out of the water.

If the red boxes spell out the final answer in order, then I have both #4 and #6 wrong. :/

I would love a hint as to what I'm doing wrong.

qpolarbear wrote:#27, the one with 6 questions and a FINAL answer. I feel like I have all the correct answers, but it isn't accepting them.

I must have something wrong though, as the red boxes don't match my final answer. If the red boxes are supposed to be an anagram for the final answer, then it must be #4 "Father of a keyed, symmetric block cipher from the early 90s" that I have wrong. For this answer I have the last name of the creator of a cipher where the cipher's name starts with B, as does the creator's first name. (Don't want to give away too much) His last name is 8 letters and fits perfectly, but leaves an 'e' in the red box, which blows my anagram theory out of the water.

If the red boxes spell out the final answer in order, then I have both #4 and #6 wrong. :/

I would love a hint as to what I'm doing wrong.

for that one you can actually just answer only the final question, i think i skipped the other questions, as long as your final is right

qpolarbear wrote:I would love a hint as to what I'm doing wrong.

Maybe you have the final answer wrong? For what it's worth, it sounds like at least #4 is correct.

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

o u hs pe e aw

is it 1-index

frik wrote:i apparently just had one of my rows in the wrong order.

i did level 77 (I think) and had the messenger leave the city and I'm on a blog. So I think I'm lost now

nvermind, got it

i'm lost in the same spot, any tips?

edit: nvm

Exick wrote:Maybe you have the final answer wrong? For what it's worth, it sounds like at least #4 is correct.

Typo in my final answer, gah! ><

Thanks for the help. Can't believe I wasted hours on that...