Like your thinking Gilliat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6a97SpWrgE
Still wrong.
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Like your thinking Gilliat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6a97SpWrgE
Still wrong.
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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
billl
I see you're online.
Have you put anymore thought into this?
.
Actually, no. Not, that is, until I noticed your most recent post. You inspired me to spend maybe more than two hours working on a way to get my computer to check something that I could probably do by hand in 5-10 minutes (and so I won't tell you what I'm checking--just let me say that it isn't a very promising idea, it's probably wrong, but I'm having fun with the computer). I'm almost there, will definitely finish tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
P.S. I actually like this one a lot. If people get frustrated or whatever and want something else to work on, might I suggest leaving this one unanswered (until those of us interested in it have given up)? This thread seems to have a different vibe these past few months. Perhaps we could have two puzzles going on at once--it might keep people's eyes on it a little more, satisfy a wider variety of tastes...
Then again, some people might be dying to know the answer. This idea might be unfair to them... Basically, I just got interested in this one again a little bit, I guess that's all I'm saying.
Another clue.
This is not a math cypher. Maths will not help you at all.
remember former clues.
It is ridiculous
the letters of each group can be in any order
5 is significant.
and finally, you're looking for a 4 letter word.
I KNEW IT was a four-letter word!
Just to get all the info back on the current page:
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Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Well, my computer experiments from 3 posts ago are at an end, and sure enough, the results were negative--UNLESS "qmcq" is the answer we're looking for...Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
*crosses fingers*
Yes, well, in the unlikely event that is the correct answer, my method is as follows. For each group of letters:
1) sum the ordinal values of the letters (e.g. a=1, b=2, c=3 ... f=6... z=26).
2) divide the resulting sum by 26, and look at the remainder (a modulus operation).
3) convert the remainder to a letter (via ordinal value). If the remainder is 0, use "z" as the letter.
Thus we get
GROUP SUM / MODULUS / LETTER
afkpugmiejoty 95 / 17 / q
bcdhmrvwx 117 / 13 / m
abcdfkpuvwx 133 / 3 / c
adfhklprux 121 / 17 / q
There's a guy with a myspace page called "qmcq", and his profile pic is him with a dog, which is "god" spelled backwards, of course...
Nope, the nearest you came to the answer is when you typed the word "pic."
We're in a bit of a gridlock here. you need to co-ordinate your efforts to get the picture.
GOT IT.
A clue like that, well, it was what was needed. A great cypher, tough without the grid or co-ordinate hint... I have no pride, here. I'm just the one up late enough to get the news (and get saddled with the curse of next puzzle!), but here it is:
Mick has made each letter represent a pixel in a 5 by 5 grid (so "z" isn't involved), in which the shape of the letters is portrayed:
abcde
fghij
klmno
pqrst
uvwxy
when we "color in" the areas corresponding to the letters in each group, we get the following four images (i.e. "four letters"):
x---x
xx-xx
x-x-x
x---x
x---x
-xxx-
--x--
--x--
--x--
-xxx-
xxxx-
x----
x----
x----
xxxx-
x--x-
x-x--
xx---
x-x--
x--x-
which, of course, spell out a dirty word.
Well, I loved that one--it'll be hard to top. I don't have a lot of time, so I'm not left with many options--I'll just try a twist on Mick's idea.
abcdekrvy aefghimnoptxy bcdjklrvy abcdeijklmquy
That's very clever. I like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by billl
billl, before I go off on a wild hair with numbers, should I go off on a wild hair with numbers?Quote:
Originally Posted by billl
No, don't do that. It's a bit like what we've seen (not a complete re-imagining in sheep-farmer's clothing).Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
I've gone mad with shapes, grids and lines, nothing yet. but there are sequences or blocks of letters that are telling us something...
(You really wouldn't want to go anywhere near a sheep farmers clothes.)
I'll go ahead and mention at this point that the original post (#1659) on this latest one contained a clue. (Actually, there's a few more clues in it as well, but they're maybe not as useful to begin with as the main clue.)
Ooo I see, sneaky
The word is "THIS"