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[Blablah99]

I think I died when you hit New York. Anyway, my dying wish is to have Hawaii destroyed. Please do this for me.

[octopuppy]

I think I died when you hit New York. Anyway, my dying wish is to have Hawaii destroyed. Please do this for me.

Whaa! I'll do what you say, just don't haunt me!

HAWAII
525AW784

LOUISIANA
764IID25

UTAH
AC2HUAC2

[octopuppy]

Well I never, it looks as though this might go the distance. That's something I wasn't expecting. So this is a better code than the last, I think it may also be slightly quicker and easier to do!

INDIANA
942IID25

MINNESOTA
430NS5E5

MISSISSIPPI
430SI966

What this says to me is that the logical pathway to solving such a code may be quite clear to the person devising it but the person trying to solve it may not be able to see the wood for the trees. I bet if I put the clues in an order which would point to that pathway, someone would solve this.

[dawh]

Oh, wow. I haven't got it yet, but it really looks like the rest of calculation involves converting to hexadecimal somehow...I'm surprised I didn't see that earlier.

[Cherry Lane]

I haven't made much progress, but perhaps if I point out some trends it will help someone else.

Ignoring the middle 2 letters of the password, because we know those, we'll focus on the first and last hexadecimal trios.

Spoiler for observations

If the word has 4 letters, the first and last trios in the password are the same. Does this mean the rule is the same, and applied to the first 4 letters of the state in one trio and the last 4 letters in the other trio?

If the last 4 letters are the same, the last three characters of the code are the same (eg., kansas and arkansas, virginia and west virginia, louisiana and indiana, maryland and rhodeisland). But if only the last 3 letters are the same, the complete correlation is lost (eg., virginia B49 and pennsylvania B41)

If the first 4 letters are the same, the first three characters of the code are the same (eg., northcarolina and northdakota, southcarolina and southdakota, mississipi and missouri). if only the first three letters are the same, the complete correlation is lost (alabama A0B and alaska A1A, newhampshire 4A0 and newyork 4B0)

Passwords can have the same first trio even if the states don't have similar spellings (430 is shared by kentucky, minnesota, mississippi, and missouri; 434 is shared by kansas and massachusetts; etc.). What is the relationship between these state names?

Lots of questions, no answers.

Edited by Cherry Lane, 26 October 2010 - 06:59 PM.

[octopuppy]

Ohh, there's some good thinkin' going on out there! These probably won't tell you anything new, but I'll nuke them anyway to keep the pressure on. Only 11 states left!

ARIZONA
A5CZZ5E5

NEWMEXICO
4A0MX591

OKLAHOMA
989AH545

[araver]

Spoiler for Please ABORT:

A3FRB47E

I know spoilers are not *necessarily* needed, but still want to use them. Awesome game, wouldn't want others to miss the fun.

Edited by araver, 26 October 2010 - 08:53 PM.

[araver]

Spoiler for And hash algorithm ...

First character of password
----------------------------
Take first 4 letters of command.
Write 1 if they are vowels or 0 if non-vowels. E.g. ABCE is 1001.
Write this binary number (written from left to right) as hex. E.g. ABEE=1011=1*4+0*2+1*1+1=6.
This hex character (since 1111=F is maximum) is the first character of the password.

Second character of password
----------------------------
Take first 4 letters of command.
Write 1 if they are after M in the alphabet (N,O,P,Q,etc) and 0 otherwise (A,B,C...M).
Again interpret the binary number as a hex. E.g. AMEQ = 0001=1

Third character of password
---------------------------
Take first 4 letters of command.
Write 1 if they are closed-curves(which contain a closed figure such as a circle or triangle: A,B,D,O,P,Q,R)
and 0 otherwise.
Again interpret the binary number as a hex. E.g. ABOD = 1111=F AEQF=1010, etc.

Fourth character of password
----------------------------
Equal to the fourth letter of command

Fifth character of password
---------------------------
Equal to the fourth letter of command counting from right-to-left.

Sixth character of password
---------------------------
Same algorithm as the first character, applied to last four letters of command.

Seventh character of password
---------------------------
Same algorithm as the second character, applied to last four letters of command.

Eighth character of password
---------------------------
Same algorithm as the third character, applied to last four letters of command.

[Cherry Lane]

Spoiler for And hash algorithm ...

First character of password
----------------------------
Take first 4 letters of command.
Write 1 if they are vowels or 0 if non-vowels. E.g. ABCE is 1001.
Write this binary number (written from left to right) as hex. E.g. ABEE=1011=1*4+0*2+1*1+1=6.
This hex character (since 1111=F is maximum) is the first character of the password.

Second character of password
----------------------------
Take first 4 letters of command.
Write 1 if they are after M in the alphabet (N,O,P,Q,etc) and 0 otherwise (A,B,C...M).
Again interpret the binary number as a hex. E.g. AMEQ = 0001=1

Third character of password
---------------------------
Take first 4 letters of command.
Write 1 if they are closed-curves(which contain a closed figure such as a circle or triangle: A,B,D,O,P,Q,R)
and 0 otherwise.
Again interpret the binary number as a hex. E.g. ABOD = 1111=F AEQF=1010, etc.

Fourth character of password
----------------------------
Equal to the fourth letter of command

Fifth character of password
---------------------------
Equal to the fourth letter of command counting from right-to-left.

Sixth character of password
---------------------------
Same algorithm as the first character, applied to last four letters of command.

Seventh character of password
---------------------------
Same algorithm as the second character, applied to last four letters of command.

Eighth character of password
---------------------------
Same algorithm as the third character, applied to last four letters of command.

Ah ha!

Spoiler for I hadn't thought

of using both binary and hex!

Nice work.

[DudleyDude]

Ah ha!

Spoiler for I hadn't thought

of using both binary and hex!

Nice work.

Spoiler for Great job

I also never considered looking at the first/last four characters in terms of binary. And I also think this hash is easier to perform than the last one as well. Good game all around.