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Enigmaster
Leeravitz wrote:
I assume Violet's picture is a portrait of Sente, herself, Scarlett...and there's another sister there too, seemingly...

It has been spec'ed here that it's their mum, but, yeah, it could be another sis.

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 8:12 am
Leeravitz
Not really anything to do with the puzzle, other than that it incorporates the picture on the front of the card...but I assume Violet's picture is a portrait of Sente, herself, Scarlett...and there's another sister there too, seemingly...

I think all the girls look to be about the same age, and the mother is conspicuously absent...

But we've already been told that the card relates to Violet in her youth...

Did something happen to this missing 'sister' between now and then??

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 7:43 am
tanner
yep -- the size of the chambers follows the series

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 7:23 am
Leeravitz
Oh, those Fibonacci numbers!! They get everywhere, don't they? (from Whitley Strieber to Dan Brown...)

Can't see what relevance it has, other than being another subtle pointer in the direction of what the sequence is doing, but I vaguely recall that the design of a Nautilus Shell is considered to have something to do with the Fibonnaci sequence - it's one of those occurrences in nature, where the number ratio gets automatically repeated, or something. I can't honestly recall how it works - something to do with whether the shell spirals left or right as it grows...

Anyway, that could be something to do with the otherwise slightly anomalous mention of the paperweight...

And can anyone see a pun in this particular title? What's 'sweet' about the dreams???

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 7:01 am
tangohead
yup is 514229( its on the wall in the room i have maths at school Smile )

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 3:50 am
SteveC
This seems pointlessly easy for #85? Aren't they supposed to get difficult as they get higher?

514229 in case there's a card in it for me Smile

I guess it's not easy to come up with so many puzzles and keep them all innovative and clever.

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 3:35 am
dusty2229
damn i'm just tooooo late
do i still get a card?
pretty please Very Happy

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 1:28 am
dusty2229
514229

http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibtable.html#fib100

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 1:23 am
joolsweb
Answer?

I believe it to be the Fibonacci series - am I right am i right am i right? Sorry I'm probably not so I got a lil carried away there!

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 1:14 am
nichtwahr
I recognize this series. Very golden-meanish.
I assume the 31 is 34; it looks like it from the scan.
Anyway, the answer is 514229.

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 1:13 am
HitsHerMark
[SOLVED] #85 Yellow Maze - Sweet Dreams (E3)

This is one of the two cards given out for E3. (The other was called "Cube Tube", you can find the thread for it by doing a search.)

The card is worth 22 perplex points and the yellow maze set 88.

You can see the front of the card here and the back of the card here.

The text on the "post-it" note is somewhat hard to read, even if you have the card in your hand. I will transcribe it for you here...

Quote:

Many years ago when Violet was a little girl she used to spend hours in her room working on various strange projects and making notes she'd never show anyone else.

One evening as I was passing her room I niticed that she'd fallen asleep with her bedside light on. I went in to turn it off and spotted a sheet of paper on her desk filled with numbers. The series began 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 and continued for some way. The last number she'd written before falling asleep was 317811. I looked downat the Nautilus Shell she used as a paperweight and smiled.

Had Violet stayed awake a little longer what would have been the next number in the series?


Sente's distinctive signature is in the lower right of the picture depicting Violet's room.

Now my friend, Bree, and I solved this at the show. But because most of y'all didn't get to go, I'm going to do this instead of giving the solve...

The first person to reply to this thread with the correct answer will get a copy of the actual card mailed to them by myself.

This series goes by two names. The first people to reply with one or other of the names will also get this card from me. (Don't give both, just one so we can get as many "winners" as possible please.)

I have more extras of this card to give out. But we'll talk about that soonly. Smile

Edit: Topic - Wishi-san

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 12:38 am
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