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solve this puzzle If you can. hyak hyak

#1 User is offline   Rain 

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Posted 2006-September-07, 18:45

http://www.freestuff...m/hacker/1.html
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Posted 2006-September-08, 01:41

That was fun.

Well, back to work.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

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2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2006-September-08, 01:49

Hope its not a spoiler but does anyone know how to put ♠ in the IE address bar?
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Posted 2006-September-08, 03:29

No need to.
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Posted 2006-September-08, 05:12

what's buchanan got to do with 16?? :)
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Posted 2006-September-08, 05:14

ahah, it was another buchanan.. got it now!
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Posted 2006-September-08, 05:19

bah... how do you spell "septemdecim" in the way they want??
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Posted 2006-September-08, 05:27

whereagles, on Sep 8 2006, 12:19 PM, said:

bah... how do you spell "septemdecim" in the way they want??

with one more "n" and one fewer "m", if I recall
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2006-September-08, 09:22

zasanya, on Sep 8 2006, 01:49 AM, said:

Hope its not a spoiler but does anyone know how to put ♠ in the IE address bar?

Yeah, I'm gratified that *real* bridge players have the same problem I have :)
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Posted 2006-September-08, 13:58

1eyedjack, on Sep 8 2006, 07:27 AM, said:

whereagles, on Sep 8 2006, 12:19 PM, said:

bah... how do you spell "septemdecim" in the way they want??

with one more "n" and one fewer "m", if I recall

I ran into the same confusion. I found the spelling they wanted by doing a google search, and ended up at another forum where people were talking about this puzzle!

So are there really two ways to say seventeen in Latin, or did the English-to-Latin translation page I went to just get it wrong?

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Posted 2006-September-08, 14:11

Finished it. Only needed to find a hint on the net for ojofuffo -- that's a tricky one.

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Posted 2006-September-08, 14:44

21 is a spelling problem also...
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Posted 2006-September-08, 14:49

Only had to solve the spelling problem on 21. BTW I would be surprised any American to know the name of 19th Century presidents, let alone outsiders.
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Posted 2006-September-08, 14:57

how many days in a year I am stuck on that at the moment
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Posted 2006-September-08, 14:59

Anybody solved it without the help of your friend (google)? I needed it for a lot of steps, actually.
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Posted 2006-September-09, 02:13

barmar, on Sep 8 2006, 08:58 PM, said:

1eyedjack, on Sep 8 2006, 07:27 AM, said:

whereagles, on Sep 8 2006, 12:19 PM, said:

bah... how do you spell "septemdecim" in the way they want??

with one more "n" and one fewer "m", if I recall

I ran into the same confusion. I found the spelling they wanted by doing a google search, and ended up at another forum where people were talking about this puzzle!

So are there really two ways to say seventeen in Latin, or did the English-to-Latin translation page I went to just get it wrong?

There are two ways

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resol...entry=1&lang=la
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2006-September-09, 02:23

I thought that the idea was fun, and some of the puzzles were fun, but the overall implementation was a little weak. I cannot help thinking that some rather more challenging clues could have been devised, still without being altogether fiendish.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2006-September-09, 16:33

Evil Gerardo has given another puzzle.

http://deathball.net/notpron/

This one looks evil, and I got to level 3 only!!! can't get past that, and I've given up. All the best to any fearless adventurer who wishes to attempt this.

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Posted 2006-September-10, 01:40

Rain, on Sep 9 2006, 11:33 PM, said:

Evil Gerardo has given another puzzle.

http://deathball.net/notpron/

This one looks evil, and I got to level 3 only!!! can't get past that, and I've given up. All the best to any fearless adventurer who wishes to attempt this.

=P

Yes this is MUCH more like it.
Level 4 is holding me up.

[EDIT - belay that, we're off again]
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2006-September-10, 22:11

Rain, on Sep 10 2006, 12:33 AM, said:

Evil Gerardo has given another puzzle.

http://deathball.net/notpron/

This one looks evil, and I got to level 3 only!!! can't get past that, and I've given up. All the best to any fearless adventurer who wishes to attempt this.

=P

I hate you, rain. This puzzle is great!

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