Daily puzzles/problems.

[prendrelemick]

Like your thinking Gilliat.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6a97SpWrgE


Still wrong.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Answer: The Double Nickel Steakhouse in Lubbock Texas

http://www.doublenickelsteakhouse.co...d=47&Itemid=55

and here’s how the Enigma arrived at the answer:
A 4 f 4 k 4 p 4 u -13 g 5 m -3 I -3 e 5 j 4 o 4 t 4 y = 14
B 0 c 0 d 3 h 4 m 4 r 3 v 0 w 0 x = 14
A 0 b 0 c 0 d 1 f 4 k 4 p 4 u 0 v 0 w 0 x = 13
A 2 d 1 f 1 h 2 k 0 l 3 p 1 r 2 u 2 x = 14

(note this counts the number of letters between the beginning and end of each range)

Therefore:
14+14+13+14 = 55 aka “Double Nickel” = The Double Nickel Steakhouse in Lubbock Texas

Btw- My first answer of “12” turned out to be a faulty vacuum tube.

Like your thinking Gilliat.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6a97SpWrgE


Still wrong.

billl
I see you're online.
Have you put anymore thought into this?

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[billl]

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.

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.

[prendrelemick]

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.

[billl]

I KNEW IT was a four-letter word!

[billl]

Just to get all the info back on the current page:

Here is the most ridiculous cypher ever devised by anybody ever.


afkpugmiejoty bcdhmrvwx abcdfkpuvwx adfhklprux

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.

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...

*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...

[prendrelemick]

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.

[billl]

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.

[billl]

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

[MarkBastable]

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.

That's very clever. I like that.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

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

billl, before I go off on a wild hair with numbers, should I go off on a wild hair with numbers?

[billl]

billl, before I go off on a wild hair with numbers, should I go off on a wild hair with numbers?

No, don't do that. It's a bit like what we've seen (not a complete re-imagining in sheep-farmer's clothing).

[prendrelemick]

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.)

[billl]

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.)

[prendrelemick]

Ooo I see, sneaky

The word is "THIS"