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[quote="oliverkeers13"]referring to the above: [spoiler]There are (In my mind) a couple of possibilities as to what "Sum My Reds" means. Firstly, it could be counting the number of red squares. Secondly, it could be to take the pantone value of each of the colours, and add together the Magenta and Cyan colour values. (Pantone is a commonly used publishing system describing the densities of different colours (CMYK) in a given colour) The problem with this is that the pantone catalogues with the colours in cost [i]hundreds[/i] of pounds. Thirdly, it could be related to the small number. We start with the big one, get the message from that, then do 1, then 2, ...., then 9, possibly giving us a sum or a number. Lastly (and this is a bit unlikely) the words around the edge could refer to reds. The only one I could see of any relevance is "blood" but that might just be me. I can't run the program, but it definitely looks right![/spoiler] Yay, big red box![/quote]
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Ravenstorm
Thanks to all those very clever people who understand computer languages and programming. I've never been able to work them out, but reading through the discussions it came to me after doublecross's hint.
Very clever.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:05 am
mugunlal
#234 Mosaically Challenged (Hex)
The answer is red, orange, yellow, green...[/spoiler]
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:04 pm
whitewolf
hehehe, NOW everything makes sence. THANKYOU!
Wolf.
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:32 am
Sophiecat
Magma wrote:
If you read
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The Wikipedia article on Noah's Ark
You're bound to find the answer.
As Magma said on 7th May it really is obvious, it's a one word answer and is probably the word that came to mind when you first saw the card.
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In case you need further help it is a blue link word in the Narrative section of the Wikipedia article. Think Noah's ARC (sic).
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:56 am
whitewolf
i have read the entire thread on this card, and STILL have no idea! i've been on the verge of breakdown with this card.
Could anyone spell out the answer and stop this torture!!
Wolf.
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:12 am
Jaeneas
Just started looking at this card and came to the Piet language fairly quickly (for me). But now the link to www.bertnase.de/npiet/ seems to be broken.
Does anyone know another link or could let me have a copy so I can solve this without reading all the spoilers. I am tempted.....
Ta.
[Humble]
Ooooops Strike that it appears to be back now. Cheers anyway.
[/Humble][/strike]
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:13 am
doublecross
In contrast to some other silvers, I think the solution to this one
has
been found properly and is a good puzzle - though I am probably biased! I do think that silver puzzles should not have one word answers as it is too easy to find them by guessing.
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The large picture gives you the message SUMMYREDS. There are 19 reds. You use the small 1 and 9 pictures together to get the next message. Although I think it may have an error in it (a 'the' that should be an 'and') it gives a series of allusions to the answer. It is a logical path from start to finish
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:57 am
almagest
crovax1234, my dislike of this puzzle is not really because of the obscurity, but because I have not seen a convincing derivation of the answer (see my posts on July 11, 14, 16 on page 14). Now maybe it is a really tough puzzle, there is a good derivation and we have not found it yet. In that case, I still dislike it (although much less) because it is too easy to guess tha answer.
Maybe you think the 1/9 derivation is "correct"? If so, I disagree, and we could debate that if you want ...
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:59 am
mobius
Nothing to do with the puzzle, simply a printing problem and you'll find plenty of cards that do not have the lines. I'm pretty sure this was mentioned earlier in the thread.
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:19 am
EhSteve
Has anyone noticed the silver lines across this card?
Forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere on the forum. I realize I'm kinda new to the game here, considering I just started in with the cards about two weeks ago. It's been tough reading through everthing that's been going on here for the past two years.
I was looking at my copy of this card and one thing that stood out to me are the two silver lines, one horizontal, and one vertical running the length and width of the card, underneath the graphic. They're clearly visible if you tilt the card around so the light reflects off it properly.
The horizontal line runs between "then" and "globe", and "shards" and "path".
The vertical line connects "subtle" and "wage"
It looks far too intentional to have been a printing mistake, but doesn't seem to bear on the solution to this puzzle at all.
Has anyone else noticed these lines, and has anything been made of them, yet?
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:34 pm
crovax1234
Almagest -
You seem to be forgetting that this is a silver, and is thus SUPPOSED to be obscure. If they'd just come out and said "THIS IS HOW TO TRANSLATE THE MOSAIC", it wouldn't have been nearly as challenging. Possibly a black-level. The card wouldn't have been as puzzle-worthy, in my opinion, if they had simply handed you all the tools to solve it in the beginning.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:51 pm
almagest
Getting the
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summmyreds
was ok. See, for example,
http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/pc-cards/pc234.html
. But you needed the hint. The computer language is exceedingly obscure and you would be most unlikely to find it without the hint.
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:40 am
tom_h19
going off what almagest has said, counting from shards round 13 times and 17 times gets "race drown" then counting round 49 times from shards gets you "creator"
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so the race was drowned by the creator
, and from shards going 19 round getting light.
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shards of light
, those 2 clues alone could come with the answer,
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the rain in the flood you see shards of light in rain droplets... almost said the answer then lol.
But i have no idea how you all figured out this computer programme and how you figured the stacks or whatever to reach the
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summyreds
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:52 am
aliendial
or the arbitrariness of the puzzle...why insist that the problem is ours?
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:02 pm
almagest
Here is another idea.
Obeying the stack ascii gives: light 17, ord 19, dark 13, total 49.
Now use the digits in the picture. Start at 4 go to 9 and carry straight on. You hit shards. Now count clockwise 19 and you hit light. That is your clue.
As a clue it seems to me no better, and no worse than the ones derived from popping on the two tiny pics. But it is arguably less arbitrary, and certainly simpler.
Note that the total and the ordinary red count are the two most obvious sums, so I not just picking any two from four, but the two most plausible.
Do I think this is the solution intended? No, I am just trying to convince people of the inadequacy and arbitrariness of the current solution (and to give a few ideas on getting a better one).
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:45 am
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