Open the puzzle pod

Stupot · Mon 16/12/2019 09:28:44

Quote from: Laura Hunt on Mon 16/12/2019 09:28:05
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LETGO?
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Haha!

Mandle · Mon 16/12/2019 14:15:19

No right answers yet.

Mandle · Tue 17/12/2019 11:27:40

Quote from: Mandle on Mon 02/12/2019 16:42:55
ZTHDZOIEHMFRESEWSLT2ATWYAIMKPMLPCUENSVOQEWDREXGKVAC5WTEHNFNSNJRQMAOSUW3TQWBFNVNSJSGACAZVVHFROZENXMYET5WRSGDFQ

Just putting the original post back here so people don't have to go back a few pages to see it.

cat · Tue 17/12/2019 11:36:08

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Quote from: cat on Fri 13/12/2019 08:41:06
ZTHDZOIEHMFRESEWSLT2ATWYAIMKPMLPCUENSVO_
QEWDREXGKVAC5WTEHNFNSNJRQMAOSUW3TQWBFNVNSJSGACAZVVHFROZENXMYET5WRSGDFQ

TIMESTAMPS

Maybe it is worth putting more effort into analyzing the second part of the code? But I have no idea how.

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Mandle · Tue 17/12/2019 14:56:05

Quote from: cat on Tue 17/12/2019 11:36:08
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Quote from: cat on Fri 13/12/2019 08:41:06
ZTHDZOIEHMFRESEWSLT2ATWYAIMKPMLPCUENSVO_
QEWDREXGKVAC5WTEHNFNSNJRQMAOSUW3TQWBFNVNSJSGACAZVVHFROZENXMYET5WRSGDFQ

TIMESTAMPS

Maybe it is worth putting more effort into analyzing the second part of the code? But I have no idea how.

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I don't know how the "space" appeared in the middle of the code for you. It is not there for me on my end. There were no "first" and "second" halves of the code intended, sorry.

cat · Thu 19/12/2019 08:31:23

Thanks, Mandle! I must have gotten it from Creamy's post. However, I still can't figure it out...

Mandle · Thu 19/12/2019 08:53:18

Quote from: cat on Thu 19/12/2019 08:31:23
Thanks, Mandle! I must have gotten it from Creamy's post. However, I still can't figure it out...

There is enough information in the thread so far for someone to figure it out, and you contributed most, well, in fact, pretty much all of it.

Stupot · Sat 21/12/2019 01:23:05

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Do we all agree that the 5-2-5-3 pattern no longer applies after the word â€˜timestamps'?

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Mandle · Sat 21/12/2019 11:25:58

Quote from: Stupot on Sat 21/12/2019 01:23:05
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Do we all agree that the 5-2-5-3 pattern no longer applies after the word â€˜timestamps'?
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It was actually only supposed to be "TIMESTAMP". The extra "S" on the end was a coincidence. I actually meant to put an "X" there or some other character to indicate that the word was finished, but forgot to do so. So consider this more a correction to the original puzzle than a hint.

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milkanannan · Sun 22/12/2019 15:24:24

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There are a handful of three letter words. I wonder if they have any connection to the solution:

SEW
AIM
CUE
YET

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Ben X · Mon 23/12/2019 10:04:28

Mandle, your puzzle has broken the forums:

Mandle · Mon 23/12/2019 10:09:07

Quote from: Ben X on Mon 23/12/2019 10:04:28
Mandle, your puzzle has broken the forums:

What if I told you this is always what I saw when I looked at the forums but you are only seeing it just now? (In you-know-whose voice)

Ben X · Tue 24/12/2019 10:22:19

Voldemort's?

Mandle · Tue 24/12/2019 11:51:01

Quote from: Ben X on Tue 24/12/2019 10:22:19
Voldemort's?

Morpheus.

Mandle · Tue 24/12/2019 13:21:05

Okay, here is a Christmas present hint all wrapped up in a bow...

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Proceed as you started out, but not exactly.

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Stupot · Thu 26/12/2019 14:48:32

I give up. Can't make it work.

Sinusoid · Thu 26/12/2019 20:07:49

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So, using the 2-5-3-5 pattern, I got this:
TIMESTAMPSQEG5ESJOWBNSCHRXESD

Since 5 is the only digit in this line, I took every fifth symbol.
The answer is SSEBR.

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Mandle · Thu 26/12/2019 22:51:27

Nopers. Can I ask at this point... (slight nudge-nudge-hint-hint)

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...what timestamp does everyone see on the original post? Cat saw the same one I see so I assume it is the same for everyone and is server time not, timezone based, as Cat and I live on basically opposite sides of the world. Somebody said they could see a different timestamp, though, but I didn't think that was possible and, the mere act of me asking about it is kind of a hint so I waited until a hint was necessary again.

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Stupot · Fri 27/12/2019 03:38:54

I think we've found the problem

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You must have your account set to GMT. Mine's set to +8 (it should be +9 but I never changed it when the clocks in the UK went back

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Did a bit more work, but stuck again.

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(2535)ZTHDZOIEHMFRESEWSLT2ATWYAIMKPMLP
(1642)CUENSVOQEWDRE
X GKVAC5WTEHNFNSNJRQMAOSUW3TQWBFNVNSJSGACAZVVHFROZENXMYET5WRSGDFQ

(Mandle mentioned before about using an X to show the end of a part so I'm guessing this is the same. Presuming the X is a space and the in the sequence is the 5, we have â€œCODE 5â€ which is a police code. After than it's gibberish again.)

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Mandle · Fri 27/12/2019 04:12:38

Quote from: Stupot on Fri 27/12/2019 03:38:54
I think we've found the problem
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You must have your account set to GMT. Mine's set to +8 (it should be +9 but I never changed it when the clocks in the UK went back

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I had no idea such an account setting even existed.

The correct timestamp on the original post should be "Â« Reply #26 on: 02 Dec 2019, 16:42 Â»"