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I am one of the posters.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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As these hackers got more and more into it, the CIA and NSA were tracking them more and more carefully. If the two organizations were doing something covertly, what better way to distract the best hackers by releasing a puzzle for them to waste time on.
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Great find Dalek Dave, would love to have seen +Fravia's attempt. Though sadly, that wont happen.
It reminds me of a similar challenge I tried years ago. Think I got as far as about 6 or 7 steps out of the 30. I'll have to see if I can find a link to it, if indeed the pages are still online.
EDIT: Found it and it's still active!
Try this on for size people: "The hardest riddle on the Internet"[^] (I got emailed a link to it in 2008, not sure how old it was then)
Thanks for the fascinating read.
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I don' wanna.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Good one! Can't crack it so..
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The full story can be read on BusinessInsider.com without running into a pay-wall: [^].
Fascinating, thanks, Dave !
"What Turing gave us for the first time (and without Turing you just couldn't do any of this) is he gave us a way of thinking about and taking seriously and thinking in a disciplined way about phenomena that have, as I like to say, trillions of moving parts.
Until the late 20th century, nobody knew how to take seriously a machine with a trillion moving parts. It's just mind-boggling." Daniel C. Dennett
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I'm more intrigued by the links in the 'More from Telegraph' section at the bottom of the article.
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the obscure by the more obscure
to the stars on the wings of a pig
Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.
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Yes, but ignorance is bliss.
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There is a new exhibition opening tonight at then Hungarian Cultural Centre in Covent Garden about The Match Of The Century[^]. It was the first time England lost at Wembley, going down 3-6 to the Mighty Magyars. A few months later Hungary beat them 7-1 in Budapest; still England's heaviest defeat.
I thought only the Hungarians had any interest in this anniversary, but even Aunty has a piece[^].
speramus in juniperus
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"Gold woven into the fabric of books can be wretched"(10)
Not hard at all, so I expect it solved quickly.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Each of those words makes perfect sense.
In combination, however...
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Read This[^]
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Gold woven into the fabric = LAME
books = NT
can = ABLE
LAMENTABLE = wretched
Regards, Stewart
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I still do not get this game
I get able
But not the other 2 at all.
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Think of it with an accent on the e - and light entertainers in sparkly gold jackets.
Regards, Stewart
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Latching onto Stewart's explanantion of LAME. In fencing (sabre and foil) you wear a LAME (pronounced lar-may) which is a woven type of jacket containing a metallic (conductive) material. When your opponent makes contact on the lame with the point of the foil or the blade in sabre it activates a light on the scoring box. The use of lame is consistent with DD's CCC clue.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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It's a matter of practice & learning some conventions
Books often refers to the bible, which has 2 testaments OT & NT
Other arcane reference are
ancient city - Ur
Hell - Dis
I have just discovered this http://mythic-beasts.com/~mark/random/indicators/[^]
Regards, Stewart
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According to this sheet there is no LAME...
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The sheet is not complete, merely a starting point.
You must add your own definitions too.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: You must add your own definitions too. AHA! So there is no rhyme nor reason to this?
Where do I sign up?
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No worries... You're not the only one
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