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Holland Manners
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Posted - 2005.07.01 08:23:00 -
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Be the first to post the answer to either of these two puzzles and I will wire you 10,000,000 ISK. To win you will also need to describe how you solved it.
Puzzle 1
earth=6480000, air=72900, fire=21870000, water=2592000, wisdom=?
Puzzle 2
rmdtu zqplrc ylhtmeld cel rlacqou fdlde zqludletqlqjql rletqlup x?
(it is enough to just decrypt this message).
Note: I don't know the answers, so I can't give hints.
Note 2: If you solve one, please also mail me in-game in case I forget to check this thread.
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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2005.07.01 09:21:00 -
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Where are they from?
ex P-TMC
If you think you can do a better job, go find yourself a datacentre to host a box, get a copy of Visual Studio, and STFU.
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Vegeta
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Posted - 2005.07.01 10:31:00 -
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http://www.hawumph.co.uk/mausoleum.htm
20m please.
2005.04.25 16:40:42 combat Your 1400mm Howitzer Artillery II perfectly strikes LawrenceNewton [WARAG], wrecking for 2706.9 damage.
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Vegeta
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Posted - 2005.07.01 10:31:00 -
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Oh year and for the description, I used www.Google.com.
2005.04.25 16:40:42 combat Your 1400mm Howitzer Artillery II perfectly strikes LawrenceNewton [WARAG], wrecking for 2706.9 damage.
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Holland Manners
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Posted - 2005.07.01 12:29:00 -
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Very clever. But if you read that page properly, you'll see it's just a list of puzzles without the answers. No ISK for you I'm afraid ;)
They are from an old MUD called British Legends, which is the current version of the original and first online game created by Richard Bartle.
http://www.british-legends.com
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KingsGambit
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Posted - 2005.07.01 13:13:00 -
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A little vexed with the second one. I assumed it was a simple substitution type cipher. Figuring that, I would guess that the x has to be either an "A" or "I" as they're the only single letter words in the english language, so substituting letters for numbers, and then rotating them all by the difference (wrapping back around on an A or Z) I got nothing that makes any sense whatsoever  I'm afraid that without knowing anything more about either puzzle I for one have no ideas. Ah well...maybe that idea will get the ball rolling for someone with more time and patience than I have right now! 
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PirateShampoo
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Posted - 2005.07.01 13:53:00 -
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 Originally by: Holland Manners
Very clever. But if you read that page properly, you'll see it's just a list of puzzles without the answers. No ISK for you I'm afraid ;)
They are from an old MUD called British Legends, which is the current version of the original and first online game created by Richard Bartle.
http://www.british-legends.com
So technacly the answer is there r no answers so isks please
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Colthor
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Posted - 2005.07.01 14:03:00 -
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I tried the simple rotating cipher and didn't get anywhere either... Also I tried assuming the "cel" was "the" ('l' is very common in the source string) but that only yielded:
***** ***e*t *e***he* the *e*t*** **e*h **e**eh**e***e *eh**e** *?
when I ran out of ideas (* = unknown).
The first puzzle I tried multiplying the values of the letters together (so 'a'=1, 'b'=2 etc):
Earth:
 5*1*18*20*8 = 14400 = 6480000/450
Air:
1*9*18 = 162 = 72900/450
(Woo! Pattern. But: )
Fire:
6*9*18*5 = 4860 = 21870000/4500
(Too many zeros typo'd in the OP?)
Water:
23*1*20*5*18 = 41400 = 2592000/62.6
(pah, so much for that idea.)
If you're not penalised for mistakes try:
Wisdom:
23*9*19*4*15*13 *450 = 1380483000
Although I doubt it's right.
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Ebedar
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Posted - 2005.07.01 16:36:00 -
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I'm no closer to solving them, but I think the second one might have something to do with humble numbers (which, apparently, are numbers whose only prime factors are 2,3,5 or 7).
air=72900 = 634th humble number
water=2592000 = 1596th humble number
earth=6480000 = 1963rd humble number
fire=21870000 = 2537th humble number
Can't seem to find any patterns, though, and my brain hurts 
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Dirtball
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Posted - 2005.07.01 19:07:00 -
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Wisdom=Priceless
money plz
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KrakizBad
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Posted - 2005.07.01 19:09:00 -
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Solving puzzles is fun! Only i use the same method as Holland. My equation follows:
Time=Money
My Money > My time
Money to you = Answer to me
Unfortuantely this helps zero when trying to solve a puzzle for someone already offering a reward
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Lig Lira
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Posted - 2005.07.02 17:45:00 -
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Edited by: Lig Lira on 02/07/2005 17:47:57
wisdom=20800000
hmm nm
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Vernichtungsengel
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Posted - 2005.07.02 23:05:00 -
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Puzzle one:
soon(TM)
Puzzle two:
Fashioned from what sort of precious stone is the eye of the idol?
Vernichtungsengel - 'Angel Of Death'
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Baldour Ngarr
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Posted - 2005.07.03 20:45:00 -
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Originally by: Vernichtungsengel
Puzzle two:
Fashioned from what sort of precious stone is the eye of the idol?
Well however you translated that from the original text, translate "ruby" back the other way, and that's the answer.
As to the first one .. I *remember* solving that. It's one of the few I actually solved myself, rather than trading for answers or spying on someone typing them in. But I can't remember what the answer was 
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Zeepo
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Posted - 2005.07.03 20:58:00 -
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I have both answers contact me ingame |
Ikvar
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Posted - 2005.07.03 23:56:00 -
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Originally by: Zeepo
I have both answers contact me ingame
Oh Zeepo you card  
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Alexander Nocturnes
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Posted - 2005.07.04 13:03:00 -
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Originally by: Zeepo
I have both answers contact me ingame
lol
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Holland Manners
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Posted - 2005.07.06 17:30:00 -
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Originally by: Vernichtungsengel
Puzzle one:
soon(TM)
Puzzle two:
Fashioned from what sort of precious stone is the eye of the idol?
Please provide the method of translation to receive the 10m for this answer (in such a way that I can translate 'ruby' back, as suggested above).
Still waiting for a correct answer to puzzle one.
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Holland Manners
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Posted - 2005.07.06 17:33:00 -
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Originally by: Zeepo
I have both answers contact me ingame
In the interest of fairness, answers should be posted here so that I can determine who came up with them first.
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Vernichtungsengel
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Posted - 2005.07.07 13:51:00 -
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Edited by: Vernichtungsengel on 07/07/2005 13:58:07
(i had help with the 2nd using an old book i bought from middleschool, "Secret Codes" - Falcon Travis)
the second puzzle uses a slight variation of the ceaser chiper, the ceaser cipher uses 2 instances of the alphabet, with a keyshift, it is also known as the sliding alphabet cipher bcos of what it invovles.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABC
however the above puzzle also apears to use spaces as characters also, so you get two alphabets like,
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ABC
now, all you need to know is the shift in the code which with a shift of 12, gives,
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
OPQRSTUVWXYZ ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
So translation of,
RMDTU ZQPLRC YLHTMELD CEL RLACQOU FDLDE ZQLUDLETQLQJQL RLETQLUP X?
FASHIONED FROM WHAT SORT OF PRECIOUS STONE IS THE EYE OF THE IDOL?
I hear ruby is the answer,
CFQM is ruby if you translate backwards from coded to uncoded as such,
FIQM is ruby if you put it INTO the code, so, dunno which version you need however,
EDIT: the spaces are different size to the text so makes it slightly off when looking at em, dunno how to change that unless i put it on a piccy + host it fo yah all.
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Holland Manners
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Posted - 2005.07.07 16:45:00 -
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Thanks. After posting here I figured out how you did it by matching your translation with the original code. I've sent you 10m isk.
Anyone had any luck with the other puzzle? It's been suggested to me that they could be a set of simultaneous equations, e.g. A*I*R = 72900 etc. Presumably some sort of pattern would have to emerge to be able to fill in the extra letters in WISDOM. However, I had no luck in solving the equations like that.
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Holland Manners
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Posted - 2005.07.09 21:16:00 -
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Just a note that I'm going to be away for a couple of days. If anyone comes up with a solution, I'll make payments when I return.
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Baldour Ngarr
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Posted - 2005.07.10 01:51:00 -
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Originally by: Holland Manners
Thanks. After posting here I figured out how you did it by matching your translation with the original code. I've sent you 10m isk.
Anyone had any luck with the other puzzle? It's been suggested to me that they could be a set of simultaneous equations, e.g. A*I*R = 72900 etc.
Nope. It's an alphanumeric code, I remember that much. I just can't remember what the code was 
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