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Nice (Hacker) Puzzle  
« on: Aug 28th, 2006, 3:32am »
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Here.
 
But is it difficult?  Huh
 
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Re: Nice (Hacker) Puzzle  
« Reply #1 on: Aug 28th, 2006, 4:07am »
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it seems similar to the hardest riddle on the internet site.
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Re: Nice (Hacker) Puzzle  
« Reply #2 on: Aug 28th, 2006, 4:27am »
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Maybe, but the latter is much harder!
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Re: Nice (Hacker) Puzzle  
« Reply #3 on: Aug 28th, 2006, 5:57am »
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So far it's terribly easy, and rather unhackerish..
 
Nineteen was a bit tricky, and googling for extra information yielded a page with all the answers.. (You need extra information for some of the steps anyway, cause I for one have no idea which presidents the US has had)
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 28th, 2006, 6:10am »
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How many pages are there, anyway?
 
I got bored and quit at 18.
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 28th, 2006, 6:14am »
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on Aug 28th, 2006, 6:10am, BNC wrote:
How many pages are there, anyway?

23 is the last one.
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« Reply #6 on: Aug 28th, 2006, 4:15pm »
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on Aug 28th, 2006, 5:57am, towr wrote:
Nineteen was a bit tricky, and googling for extra information yielded a page with all the answers.. (You need extra information for some of the steps anyway, cause I for one have no idea which presidents the US has had)

 
I agree that Nineteen is the worst. As a hint for anyone stuck on it Ojofuffo is not "Nineteen" in any language.
 
As for the presidents, I don't have them memorized in order, but being an american, I was able to recognize that "Buchanan" was one, which allowed me to google straight to the correct answer.
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« Reply #7 on: Aug 29th, 2006, 7:53am »
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I've recently started touting this site - which is probably similar (I haven't checked Barukh's link yet)
 
I've noticed that in the two-three weeks since I first solved it, walkthroughs have appeared on Google, making searches for supplementary data on some of the clues hazardous if you want to avoid spoilers...
 
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« Reply #8 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 1:53pm »
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I stumbled into another one..my friend pointed it to me.. www.archin.in/quiz.html
 
Just in case for the first clue if you are from those non-cricket playing nations.. the answer is cricket. The picture is that of Brett Lee, Australian fast bowler. Happy quizzing.. i haven't gone past 8th or 9th page as of now..
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« Reply #9 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 3:23pm »
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I'm stuck at the snake..
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« Reply #10 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 4:21pm »
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me too!!!
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« Reply #11 on: Sep 14th, 2006, 4:35pm »
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wow I got it after 15 minutes of posting my previous answer...
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« Reply #12 on: Nov 7th, 2006, 3:55pm »
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Can anyone help me with the snake(python) question ?
 
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« Reply #13 on: Nov 7th, 2006, 4:40pm »
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on Nov 7th, 2006, 3:55pm, gajaykumar wrote:
Can anyone help me with the snake(python) question ?

There is a thread at http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_eas y;action=display;num=1027805413;start=  
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« Reply #14 on: Nov 7th, 2006, 4:58pm »
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I think he probably meant the snake question within the link I posted.... i think it is boa vs python i don't remember.. look up in imdb...
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Re: Nice (Hacker) Puzzle  
« Reply #15 on: Nov 8th, 2006, 5:11pm »
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I still think this is the hardest hacker-like riddle:
 
http://www.deathball.net/notpron/
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« Reply #16 on: Nov 20th, 2006, 7:32pm »
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hey.. this may sound funny, but i am stuck on the 4th question, some hint plzzzz
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« Reply #17 on: Nov 20th, 2006, 7:37pm »
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How about eerht, ruof, ????
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« Reply #18 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 10:19am »
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Yep. You just have to think about it sdrawkcab.
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« Reply #19 on: Nov 21st, 2006, 12:10pm »
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I think the guys is asking for the fourth question on the link I posted.. he even sent me a PM ... this is the second time it happened!!  Grin
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« Reply #20 on: Dec 3rd, 2006, 2:08pm »
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Here's a tough one that requires a little more effort:
http://www.schnuderoderchoder.ch/
 
(By the way, what does "schnuder oder choder" mean? Are they names?)
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« Reply #21 on: Dec 3rd, 2006, 2:31pm »
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on Dec 3rd, 2006, 2:08pm, Sir Col wrote:
Here's a tough one that requires a little more effort:
http://www.schnuderoderchoder.ch/
First few seem easy enough.. And it practically throws google at you, in case you forget you can look things up.
 
I wish I had time to make something better, but I find so little time for fun projects at the moment..
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« Reply #22 on: Dec 3rd, 2006, 3:29pm »
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What is Question 3 at http://www.schnuderoderchoder.ch/?
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« Reply #23 on: Dec 3rd, 2006, 5:37pm »
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I can't even get past #2 on that. The answer is rome and I tried putting it in forward and backwards and it doesn't work.
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on Dec 3rd, 2006, 5:37pm, flamingdragon wrote:
I can't even get past #2 on that. The answer is rome and I tried putting it in forward and backwards and it doesn't work.

 
It's not rome. He was originally buried there but his body was moved to another city.
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