Recap 11/15 and a cry for help!!!!

ixlr8 · Post by **ixlr8** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:11 am

OK, those of us in IRC have been having some trouble with this puzzle and need as many hands on it as possible. We got all the songs, so now all we have to do is the math

1. Weezer - Pink Triangle
2. Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground
3. Rob Base - It Takes Two
4. Dashboard Confessional - Age Six Racer
5. Third Eye Blind - Losing A Whole Year
6. Blind Melon - Three is a Magic Number
7. Nine Inch Nails - Down In It
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
9. Metallica - One
10. Coheed and Cambria - Three Evils
11. Tsunami bomb - Negative One to Ten
12. Hole - Use Once and Destroy
13. Violent Femmes - Add It Up

You can find a copy of the songs on the list that we have so far at:
http://ixlr8.org/flash/mp3player.html

We brute forced the phone number and got (310) 933-6263. From there, we figured out that there was the following redirect:

http://anotherline.redirectme.net
which brings you to: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/x/wst/ ... 37163.html

We got the source and decoded it (hex to base64) and got the following message:

A. Song #6: Count every instance where the number # in the title is mentioned.
B. Song #4: Count every *female* vocal mention of summer.
C. Song #10: Count the number of times there is a mention of "pull the trigger."
D. Song #2: Before the first time one hopes to fall from grace, add up the number of separate instances a male appears to issue a count-off.
E. Song #9: Total the number of things specified as being taken (taking quantity into account).
F. Song #8: Total the # of times her numerical worth is mentioned.
G. Song #9: Total # of instances that the # in this song's title is mentioned.
H. Song #3: Total every 2 that is mentioned, before it's time to get loose.
I. Song #3: Add up the 1's mentioned. Any 1 counts, but "ones" don't.
J. Song #7: # of times the song title is mentioned.
K. Song #5: Total the days of each year, as if the mention of each counts as a seperate loss. Take into account that there'd be two leap years. Days in bed never count as a loss. Each mention gains you an additional week. All combined, how many days are lost?
L. Song #6: Add up every number mentioned that is NOT the # in the title of the song.
M. Song #13: How many times is the title repeated in the song. And then? See title.
N. Song #12: "Might as well," how many times?
O. Song #11: Total the # of things music saves you from.
P. Song #1: The song's title is repeated how many times in the song?
Q. Song #3: Add 1 to the # mentioned in the song title. How many times is *that* # mentioned in the song?

All done with that part? Redirect to what we do if it's wack...

Which, of course gives us:
http://putitback.redirectme.net/
and sends us to:
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/x/mis/235420629.html

More encoded source code, blah blah blah:

U. Divide A by B, and then subtract C.
V. Multiply D squared by E, and then add F.
X. X equals G.
Y. Subtract I from H, then divide the remainder by J.
Z. Add M to N, then separately add O, P, and Q. Multiply the two totals. Subtract *that* total from the sum of adding K to L.

Work it.

Lay it down "UVZXY"
Then flip it (or reverse it).

OK, so now that you're up to speed, we need to know what song #6 and #12 are so we can do the math on the two last sections. Also, we need you guys to double check our late night work. Listen to the songs, don't just go to the web for lyrics. We've found a couple of lyric sheets that were different than what was actually said in the song. Once again here's a link to the playlist:
http://ixlr8.org/flash/mp3player.html

Once we figure out the other songs, I'll download them and post them.

Michael

Jengels2002 · Post by **Jengels2002** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:53 am

stuart2004 · Post by **stuart2004** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:05 am

Are these all songs that have PH# in the title or are these your closeest guesses????

ixlr8 · Post by **ixlr8** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:11 am

Where are you getting 6 from? It was a 3 in the phone number, and the first part seemed pretty easy.

Michael

Jengels2002 · Post by **Jengels2002** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:12 am

Song number 6...that is the only song we haven't figured out yet, right?

ixlr8 · Post by **ixlr8** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:13 am

Jengels2002 wrote:Song number 6...that is the only song we haven't figured out yet, right?

That is correct.

absolution · Post by **absolution** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:57 am

*giggles excitedly*
*high fives ixlr8*

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:07 am

Yay!! Every once in a while I like to be right...and one of those moments just happened!! I mentioned Blind Melon last night in the chat for #6 and was totally shot down...and there they are, on the list!!

ixlr8 · Post by **ixlr8** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:07 am

absolution wrote:*giggles excitedly*
*high fives ixlr8*

Hey man, that was all you. I just posted what you figured out. Good looking out.

Abs gets + 1 for the School House Rocks reference.

Michael

Danielle · Post by **Danielle** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:43 pm

Work it.

Lay it down "UVZXY"
Then flip it (or reverse it).

An obvious reference to the Missy Elliot song WORK IT

WIKIPEDIA SAYS:
During the chorus, the line "I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it" is played backwards twice, a part many mistakenly assumed to be gibberish. In the middle of the song, after the line "Listen up close while I take you backwards", "Watch the way Missy like to take it backwards" is also played in reverse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_It

ForeverMourn · Post by **ForeverMourn** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:09 pm

He might be referencing to Missy.

But, I think he was telling us to work the equation, write it down, reverse it. ^_^

It does remind me of the song though! ^_^

And, by the way.

It's so quite now that the voicemail was solved.

I guess I should start working on the VM clue.

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:13 pm

What did Tachyon mean by the "quotes?"

Did we analyze the Craigslist posts? The cover post; titles; lyrics, and stuff?

MaxZyrix · Post by **MaxZyrix** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:18 pm

covedweller wrote:What did Tachyon mean by the "quotes?"

Did we analyze the Craigslist posts? The cover post; titles; lyrics, and stuff?

There's something about that in other thread.

ForeverMourn · Post by **ForeverMourn** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:19 pm

I think she was referring to this:

ForeverMourn wrote:From Tachyon Profile:

For my "Brother":

Now I've got "It Takes Two" and "Three is a Magic Number" stuck in my head. OMFG, I hate you! BTW, nice movie quotes, dork!

hagbard celine wrote:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/x/wst/ ... 37163.html

'How could a righteous babe like you be lonely?' is from Adventures In Babysitting

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/x/mis/235420629.html

'Her? Mm-hmm. And him? Mmmm-hm. That makes sense' is from Better off Dead I believe...

ladron121 · Post by **ladron121** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:20 pm

The vmail from brother pretty much sounds like he is talking about Daniel. tie it together with the other craigslist, and it looks like "brother" is trying to alert Daniel that he's being tracked by The Order, but can't find him yet. Good thing Daniel's parents are clueless, and The Order probably has Bree's.