Guest Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Alright, so here’s my new number puzzle. Once decoded, it should give you instructions on where to find the answer. Hope it isn’t too easy or hard. 1541 2342 3104 2341 1340 1344 2134 3351 3413 2241 1422 2430 2335 3224 1213 2143 3254 2144 1433 2342 2430 1341 3412 2241 1314 2145 3221 2315 1340 3412 1325 2134 1241 3411 2134 1235 2342 3154 1350 2332 1442 3352 3255 1532 2230 2252 3314 3312 1310 2350 2104 3150 3321 2345 2131 1235 1510 1022 2331 3132 1514 2331 2252 2301 1541 3211 2124 3120 1232 1335 3355 2134 3124 1541 2132 1532 1013 3144 2143 1215 2342 3351 1430 2150 3414 Have Fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) interesting... I do see that there are no numbers >5 and the first digit in each group is a 1-3. I wonder what that means... Edited September 2, 2009 by Doctor Moshe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Also noticed that there repeated group of four numbers mmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Both of your observations are very important to the logic behind this code. Put both of your answers together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 interesting... I do see that there are no numbers >5 and the first digit in each group is a 1-3. I wonder what that means... Would the # sequence you are looking at happen to be 1541? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) could it be that a different number system is involved like base 6?(0,1,2,3,4,5) since only numbers <=5 Edited September 2, 2009 by shankhaluveshisbrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 could it be that a different number system is involved like base 6?(0,1,2,3,4,5) since only numbers <=5 It is a kind of base 6 I suppose, but thats not what I was aiming for. You do not need to use base 6 for the decoding of this code. But you should take notice that no number > 5 is ever used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Any more hints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Any more hints? Letters can be more than one combination of numbers, as there is more than 26 letters here, but less than 26 combinations of numbers. For example, the letter "T" could be 1541, 2451, or 3412 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Summing up my findings after 10 minutes of working on it. 1) There are 65 unique numbers in the code. (Since there are only 26 letters, the four number digits are not letters) 2) There are 4 of "2134" and "2342", 3 of "1541", 2 of "1235", "1340", "2143", "2241", "2252", "2331", "2430", "3351", "3412", "1532" 3) Rest of sequences are unique. 4) Grouping them by double digits gives us 15 different snippets.... Letters? back in a jiffy with next thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 standard letter distribution for my previous idea doesn't make any sense as such \/ <- censored word otitaaendhlutrsereltuadh aertadaesdestiatlnrohhnn ateintesoctiothtoreisane ioeociestnled I only get a few random words, but those are too short to be of any significance, as there are so many short (2-4 letter) words in english. It is in english, right? Is this line of thought worth pursuing, or should I go back to doing real work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 standard letter distribution for my previous idea doesn't make any sense as such \/ <- censored word otitaaendhlutrsereltuadh aertadaesdestiatlnrohhnn ateintesoctiothtoreisane ioeociestnled I only get a few random words, but those are too short to be of any significance, as there are so many short (2-4 letter) words in english. It is in english, right? Is this line of thought worth pursuing, or should I go back to doing real work? No, I definately didn't put in any word that should be censored, and yes it is in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 No, I definately didn't put in any word that should be censored, and yes it is in English. Letters 2-4 on the first row, when bolded, i.e. detached from the mass produce a censored version: t.i.t. becomes -> molehill And 14U2NV, am I on the right track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Letters 2-4 on the first row, when bolded, i.e. detached from the mass produce a censored version: t.i.t. becomes -> molehill And 14U2NV, am I on the right track? Sorry, apparently my first reply didn't come through. Anyways, I can't believe you found something like molehill on complete coincidence, I didn't plan to make a puzzle in a puzzle! Take a look at my earlier post in how stating that the same letter can be identified by different sequences of numbers. Each sequence (four numbers) represents one letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) The answer will be different for each person. Walla, you're not going in the entirely right direction... look to the spoilers for things that will possibly spark your mind in what I am trying to point out. Also, I think that you guys are getting too far into this puzzle. I like how you guys are getting into it and coming up with some really cool ideas. I think that I might take some and put together another coded message after this one, if you guys don't mind me taking some of your ideas of course. Think not that the # sequences are set in stone. Edited September 3, 2009 by 14U2NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 Ok, I'm out for a count... And although I didn't make it, here are some ways which didn't work out. * Sum of numbers, i.e. 1541 becomes 11, 2342 becomes 11, 3104 becomes 8, and so on. Problem: only 12 uniques, too few for an alphabet. * Sum of numbers + last digit odd/even, i.e. 1541 becomes 11 odd, 2342 becomes 11 even, 3104 becomes 8 even, und so weiter. Problem: Didn't result in anything, even after ceasaring it around, or backwards, or by columns or by rotating. Wrong letter distribution used? Problem 2: Each sequence (four numbers) represents one letter. Hope this will help someone else though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) Right Idea, wrong direction. only 2 numbers in each number sequence actually represent each letter. Edited September 4, 2009 by 14U2NV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) Ok, so given the many hints I think this how it should start: We need to extract two digits out of each four digit number. The first digit tells you which of the next three to throw away. A few examples: 1234 ----> 34 2354 ----> 34 3342 ----> 34 So following this logic, we end up with 20 unique two digit numbers, which is a feasible for an alphabet. We already know that 41 is T, now to figure out the rest.... Edited September 4, 2009 by MoMoney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 2352 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 MoMoney's post about discarding the nth number based on the 4 digit number nxxx was very helpful. After converting the puzzle to 2 digit numbers, convert from base 6 to base 10. Subtract 5. Translate A = 1, B = 2, etc. The code translates to "to answer this riddle post the first letter of your login name for brainden in the correct coded format." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) TOANSWERTTISRIDDLEPOSTTTEFIRSTLETTEROFYOURLOGINNAMEFORBRAINDENINTTECORRECTCODEDFORMAT However, the logic fails me for my answer. [edit] Gnn, 23 minutes late. [/edit] Edited September 4, 2009 by walla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) . Edited September 5, 2009 by xamdam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Is the first digit of each block some kind of pointer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 I like it. Very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 I like it. Very good. Thanks, I was kinda hoping that nobody would go out and point it out and put their first letter of their name in the code but oh well... Heres the breakdown of the code for anyone who wants it, feel free to use it. A- 10 B- 11 C- 12 D- 13 E- 14 F- 15 G- 20 H- 21 I- 22and so on... The first number of the sequence is ignored when coming to the actual number that the code represents. The first letter says which letter of the last three letters you ignore. For example 1215=F because the 1 says to ignore the 2 and your are left with 15. Another example would be 3154. The 3 says to ignore the 4 and you are left with 15! (another F) Hope you had/have fun with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 2352 Good Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alright, so here’s my new number puzzle. Once decoded, it should give you instructions on where to find the answer. Hope it isn’t too easy or hard.
1541 2342 3104 2341 1340 1344 2134 3351 3413 2241 1422 2430 2335 3224 1213 2143 3254 2144 1433 2342 2430 1341 3412 2241 1314 2145 3221 2315 1340 3412 1325 2134 1241 3411 2134 1235 2342 3154 1350 2332 1442 3352 3255 1532 2230 2252 3314 3312 1310 2350 2104 3150 3321 2345 2131 1235 1510 1022 2331 3132 1514 2331 2252 2301 1541 3211 2124 3120 1232 1335 3355 2134 3124 1541 2132 1532 1013 3144 2143 1215 2342 3351 1430 2150 3414
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