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Weird fortune cookie
« on: Oct 24th, 2009, 2:53pm » |
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Detective Hanson loved to eat Chinese food. He especially loved the fortune cookies. However, he always seemed to end up with a strange fortune that was encoded.
Tonight was no different. He finished off his noodles and opened his fortune cookie which read:
142031750501400201591030041290139503305280391005201430900812304820326005 90917007082032870804962
Detective Hanson was stumped. He took his strange fortune, paid his check, and went home.
The fortune was bugging him to no end, so he decided to watch a movie. After watching his favorite western, he showered and went to bed.
He lay there staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep with the fortune running through his head. After a short time, the detective exclaimed, "Of course!" He then turned his head on his pillow and promptly went to sleep, fortune decoded. What was his fortune?
The following is the correct code. My apologies once again.
142031950704300201597060023490517509303481051900720781090041702860148023 00801531090023870682014200390915007028016430802742
For those of you still willing to try this, a summary of clues will be on the next page.
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #1 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 12:16am » |
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Aww!!! Because of this now am scared of all encoding puzzles. 
[edit]Reader's can skip this post, not relevant to this riddle.  [/edit]
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« Reply #2 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 12:25am » |
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on Oct 24th, 2009, 2:53pm, Vondell wrote:
The fortune was bugging him to no end, so he decided to watch a movie. After watching his favorite western, he showered and went to bed.
He lay there staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep with the fortune running through his head. After a short time, the detective exclaimed, "Of course!" He then turned his head on his pillow and promptly went to sleep, fortune decoded. What was his fortune? |
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One thing I noticed here is that Hanson solved it while he was not looking at it. The sequence was quite long, he must not have remembered it while he was laying on the bed. So the digits must not have any relation to alphabet set (like ASCII code or alphabet indices's ), I guess.
Am I going in right direction?
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #3 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 1:09am » |
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We'll say (or, I will) that Hanson has a very good memory, so he didn't need to have the code in front of him. That's part of what makes him a good detective.
I also didn't intend for this to be near as random as a cat burglar robbing a priest. (I smell smoke...)
No ASCII code here. Another clue has already been given, though.
As an afterthought, I think I'm going to suggest a seperate section for encryption/encoding.
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #4 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 4:37am » |
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on Oct 25th, 2009, 12:16am, R wrote:| Aww!!! Because of this now am scared of all encoding puzzles. |
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I think this is the second riddle where you have mentioned this. Dude..it's over..the proffessor has said what he had to and you have said what you wanted to. Why still linger with it then?
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« Reply #5 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 4:42am » |
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on Oct 25th, 2009, 4:37am, gotit wrote:
I think this is the second riddle where you have mentioned this. Dude..it's over..the proffessor has said what he had to and you have said what you wanted to. Why still linger with it then? |
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Opss!! That was the second and last.
Anyways, any clue about this puzzle?
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #6 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 6:51am » |
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on Oct 25th, 2009, 1:09am, Vondell wrote:
Another clue has already been given, though.
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Has it got anything to do with the movie he watched? or something on the ceiling, may be the ceiling fan?
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« Reply #7 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 7:45am » |
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I think it has something to do with Chinese encoding systems.
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« Reply #8 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 9:02am » |
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I thought of that. But then, Hanson was a regular visitor and he had received such cookies before. So he would not have taken so much time to decode it.
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« Reply #9 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 9:03am » |
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Well...I know nothing of Chinese encoding systems so I'll stick with the movie.
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« Reply #10 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 9:05am » |
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I guess the movie was Matrix. Not sure though.
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« Reply #11 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 9:08am » |
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on Oct 25th, 2009, 9:05am, gotit wrote:| I guess the movie was Matrix. Not sure though. |
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Heh, I don't think Matrix was considered a western. 
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #12 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 9:08am » |
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on Oct 25th, 2009, 9:03am, Vondell wrote:| Well...I know nothing of Chinese encoding systems so I'll stick with the movie. |
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Did the code say: The code is too difficult (or may be impossible) to decode that stressed out Hanson will watch a movie to release the stress?
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #13 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 9:17am » |
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Hmmm...not quite.
A clue: It's not the numbers themselves, but more something about the numbers.
If that makes sense.
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #14 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 10:41am » |
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I am not sure but is it the movie name.
I said that without even seeing the number. They aren't.
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« Reply #15 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 11:13am » |
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Also, while I can change most of the numbers, the 0's need to stay the same and in the same place.
I hope this helps a little more.
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« Reply #16 on: Oct 27th, 2009, 4:53am » |
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Hmmm, even a blind man can see that this is an odd puzzle.
Edit: once again, I apologize for not hiding this when I originally posted it.
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« Reply #17 on: Oct 27th, 2009, 6:18am » |
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I would like to know what was it that didn't occur to me. Please hide it for other readers.
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« Reply #18 on: Oct 27th, 2009, 6:42am » |
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my apologies...forgot to hide, did it before I left for work this morning. 
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« Reply #19 on: Oct 27th, 2009, 8:45am » |
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on Oct 27th, 2009, 6:42am, Vondell wrote:| my apologies...forgot to hide, did it before I left for work this morning. |
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #20 on: Oct 27th, 2009, 9:29am » |
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I thought you were talking about the hint I had left. If that isn't what you were referring to, send me a message, and I'll leave you another clue.
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« Reply #21 on: Oct 27th, 2009, 9:38am » |
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on Oct 27th, 2009, 9:29am, Vondell wrote:| I thought you were talking about the hint I had left. If that isn't what you were referring to, send me a message, and I'll leave you another clue. |
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Oh!!! The blind man thing was a hint? Didn't notice that.
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #22 on: Oct 27th, 2009, 9:46am » |
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on Oct 27th, 2009, 4:53am, Vondell wrote:Hmmm, even a blind man can see that this is an odd puzzle.
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May be it is just another stupid guess, but no harm in trying.
PS: If this is not correct, please PM me the answer. I am tired.
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #23 on: Oct 30th, 2009, 10:41am » |
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Any more clues
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Re: Weird fortune cookie
« Reply #24 on: Oct 31st, 2009, 10:39am » |
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I can decode it to something that looks like english, but the meaning remains opaque. 
Am I on the right track?
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