[PUZZLE][SOLVED] Semiotics 2/22/07

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:28 am

PinkoLady wrote:On a random note, I'm surprised so many people doubt/ed that "The Twin Dilemma" was the 5th book... I thought people would be all over that with "OMG BREE AND JONAS ARE TWINS!!!!1!!"

there are a ton of twin references in this puzzle, so i'm shocked people aren't questioning why.

ladron121 · Post by **ladron121** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:36 am

Killthesmiley wrote:there are a ton of twin references in this puzzle, so i'm shocked people aren't questioning why.

I'm sorry if I missed something, but besides the Nancy Drew twin book MAYBE being one of the books Tachyon left, what other twin references?

I think the "Sweet Valley High" reference was more making fun of pre-teen girls books...

impulse · Post by **impulse** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:40 am

Has anyone tried to convert a word to hex to get a new 11-number 3-letter password?

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:42 am

ladron121 wrote:
Killthesmiley wrote:there are a ton of twin references in this puzzle, so i'm shocked people aren't questioning why.
I'm sorry if I missed something, but besides the Nancy Drew twin book MAYBE being one of the books Tachyon left, what other twin references?

I think the "Sweet Valley High" reference was more making fun of pre-teen girls books...

hardy boys, and one of the books we were shown plot is about nancy drew finding her twin brother. Or you can just take it as Nancy Drew has a long lost twin.

edit: ok so its not a ton...but its enough to slap me in the face.

ladron121 · Post by **ladron121** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:44 am

impulse wrote:Has anyone tried to convert a word to hex to get a new 11-number 3-letter password?

Yes we have, but its not going to be that easy. With 11 numbers and 3 letters, that makes a 7 character password that is case sensitive. There are too many possibilities. We need to know the password, and what the case of each letter is, then if it doesn't work by just typing it out we can convert it.

impulse · Post by **impulse** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:04 pm

Yeah but, if we assume our password is a 7 letter word in hex, and we take the 11-3 as a clue, it means we need to have 3 of the following characters in our 7 letter word:

J j Z z K k L l M m N n O o

just 4 more letters to go.....

All right, it's not going anywhere!

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:13 pm

impulse wrote:Yeah but, if we assume our password is a 7 letter word in hex, and we take the 11-3 as a clue, it means we need to have 3 of the following characters in our 7 letter word:

J j Z z K k L l M m N n O o

just 4 more letters to go.....

All right, it's not going anywhere!

wait ... why?
or does that go into a hex lesson?

impulse · Post by **impulse** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:13 pm

I tried carolyn* (Carolyn, carOLyN, CARolYn) it didn't work.

*Carolyn Keene

glassdiamond · Post by **glassdiamond** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:15 pm

I'm not very smart when it comes to puzzles that's why I've been "Suspiciously absent" but could the x's and y's mean that the PW is an 11 letter PW consisting of 3 words? It's just a thought and you can trout me all you want. I don't mind.

ladron121 · Post by **ladron121** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:16 pm

With it being case sensitive and all, no way we can "hack" the password is all. We did that once, PM wasn't happy, so pretty much has made it to where it won't happen again

Sami · Post by **Sami** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:16 pm

could it be significant that Carolyn Keene is a pseudonym for a writing 'team'

impulse · Post by **impulse** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:18 pm

Killthesmiley wrote: wait ... why?
or does that go into a hex lesson?

because JZKLMNO are the letters that translate into a number and a letter in hex

impulse · Post by **impulse** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:23 pm

ladron121 wrote:With it being case sensitive and all, no way we can "hack" the password is all. We did that once, PM wasn't happy, so pretty much has made it to where it won't happen again

I'm not saying we can hack the password. we have to find something Drew related. I'm just trying to use all the clues to narrow the list of possibilities down.

theresascraps · Post by **theresascraps** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:23 pm

What about sisters??? Could Tachy and bree be sisters....

theresa

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:28 pm

ladron121 wrote:With it being case sensitive and all, no way we can "hack" the password is all. We did that once, PM wasn't happy, so pretty much has made it to where it won't happen again

so this makes me ask this question:

If by sudden chance we hack this password, is it a bright idea to share it?