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On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:38:53 +0300, rumours say that pythonchallenge
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:
>For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take part
>in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the net.
>You are invited to take part in it at:
>htt
yes, I have done that. i'll keep working on it.
thanks
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willitfw wrote:
any help on level 4 would be appreciated. i've looked at the hints,
but isn't obvious
It isn't meant to be too obvious.. If you're expecting obvious
solutions, you won't like the rest of the challenge. ;)
What have you tried? Have you studied the source of the page, tried the
link,
any help on level 4 would be appreciated. i've looked at the hints,
but isn't obvious
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James Carroll wrote:
> Och! Thanks for the hint! I actually guessed the answer of who to
> phone earlier in the day, but didn't have the capitolization
> correct... Damn! Great riddles!
I found the answer with a brute-force search (using
/usr/share/dict/words).
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Och! Thanks for the hint! I actually guessed the answer of who to
phone earlier in the day, but didn't have the capitolization
correct... Damn! Great riddles!
-Jim
On 5/5/05, Martijn Pieters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [SNIP me whining then cheering about level 13]
>
> Dan Bishop wrote:
>
Michael Spencer wrote:
Dan Bishop wrote:
> You mean there's a hint in that XML-RPC fault?
No - the hint is associated with another error message
Assuming a web browser (firefox in my case) is being used. ;) I got no
error message when I retrieved that URL with urllib and examined the
result..
Marti
[SNIP me whining then cheering about level 13]
Dan Bishop wrote:
You mean there's a hint in that XML-RPC fault?
No, there is a hint in level 12. Remember how you could manipulate the
URL of the image of level 12 to get to the data file for that level. Now
continue that manipulation and don't believ
Dan Bishop wrote:
> Martijn Pieters wrote:
>
>>Martijn Pieters wrote:
>>
>>>I haven't figured this one out yet either. Rather frustrating
>
> really.
>
>>>All the hints I've been given so far is to remember the solution
>
> for
>
>>>level 12.
>>
>>A, that was devious! I found it finally, h
Martijn Pieters wrote:
> Martijn Pieters wrote:
> > I haven't figured this one out yet either. Rather frustrating
really.
> > All the hints I've been given so far is to remember the solution
for
> > level 12.
>
> A, that was devious! I found it finally, how evil that was! I
really
> fell for i
Martijn Pieters wrote:
> Roel Schroeven wrote:
>
>> Unless Martijn Pieters here and mjpieters in the Python Challenge forum
>> are two differen persons, you've found it in the meantime, haven't you?
>
>
> Yup, I found it. How evil and devious. I found the hint without
> Googling, BTW, but can se
Roel Schroeven wrote:
Unless Martijn Pieters here and mjpieters in the Python Challenge forum
are two differen persons, you've found it in the meantime, haven't you?
Yup, I found it. How evil and devious. I found the hint without
Googling, BTW, but can see how Google would have led you to the
solut
Martijn Pieters wrote:
> Roel Schroeven wrote:
>
>>You don't really need the remember the solution; it's more the process
>>that led you to find the solution.
>
>
> Yup, I do remember the process, and it hasn't been any help so far.. no
> adjustable URLs leading to interesting files, no 'dealab
Martijn Pieters wrote:
I haven't figured this one out yet either. Rather frustrating really.
All the hints I've been given so far is to remember the solution for
level 12.
A, that was devious! I found it finally, how evil that was! I really
fell for it too, until I paid more attention to that e
Roel Schroeven wrote:
You don't really need the remember the solution; it's more the process
that led you to find the solution.
Yup, I do remember the process, and it hasn't been any help so far.. no
adjustable URLs leading to interesting files, no 'dealable' images, no nada.
Martijn Pieters
sign
Michael Spencer wrote:
> Martijn Pieters wrote:
>
>>Dan Christensen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Any hints for level 13? I know how to make a call, but don't know "who"
>>>to call.
>>
>>
>>I haven't figured this one out yet either. Rather frustrating really.
>>All the hints I've been given so far is to rmemb
Michael Spencer wrote:
Same here. BTW I was unable to open one of the objects created in level 12. It
didn't stop me guessing the answer based on the others, but now I wonder whether
I might need the missing piece for level 13. Anyone else encounter this?
Nope, that piece is just a truncated ver
Martijn Pieters wrote:
> Dan Christensen wrote:
>
>> Any hints for level 13? I know how to make a call, but don't know "who"
>> to call.
>
>
> I haven't figured this one out yet either. Rather frustrating really.
> All the hints I've been given so far is to rmember the solution for
> level 12.
Martijn Pieters wrote:
> Dan Christensen wrote:
>
>>Any hints for level 13? I know how to make a call, but don't know "who"
>>to call.
>
>
> I haven't figured this one out yet either. Rather frustrating really.
> All the hints I've been given so far is to rmember the solution for
> level 12.
Dan Christensen wrote:
Any hints for level 13? I know how to make a call, but don't know "who"
to call.
I haven't figured this one out yet either. Rather frustrating really.
All the hints I've been given so far is to rmember the solution for
level 12.
Banging-my-head-against-it-didn't-help-either-
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Tim Peters wrote:
> Hmm. I've been staring at that one 18 hours a day since last Friday,
I'm very relieved to hear that I'm not the only one, then.
> > I've decoded the first message to get the hint for the next level.
>
> It's not nice to humilate your elders in public, Chr
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Leif K-Brooks wrote:
> Chris McAloney wrote:
> > Okay, so I've been working on level seven for a LONG time now. I've
> > decoded the first message to get the hint for the next level. Using the
> > same tactics, then I decode the hint as well, but there are non-printable
> > c
[Tim Peters, whines about level 7]
[Dan Christensen, gives a huge hint]
The first time I looked at it, I thought "hmm, I should use PIL for
this". I kept thinking that too -- but for some reason wanted
to see if there was a clear way to do it without something that
"fancy". I eventually gave u
Tim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [Chris McAloney]
>> Okay, so I've been working on level seven for a LONG time now.
>
> Hmm. I've been staring at that one 18 hours a day since last Friday,
> and still don't have the foggiest idea. I've counted boxes, counted
> pixels, broken it apart and
Chris McAloney wrote:
> Okay, so I've been working on level seven for a LONG time now. I've
> decoded the first message to get the hint for the next level. Using the
> same tactics, then I decode the hint as well, but there are non-printable
> characters.
Frira be srjre pbcvrf bs gur fnzr cvkry
Tim Peters wrote:
>[Tiziano Bettio]
>
>
>>PLEASE HELP...
>>
>>What the hell do i have to pronounce in puzzle 5
>>
>>Some useful hints would be awesome
>>
>>
>
>That's a funny one: I didn't understand the "pronounce it" hint until
>long after I solved that one. Then again, Guido & I imp
[Tiziano Bettio]
> PLEASE HELP...
>
> What the hell do i have to pronounce in puzzle 5
>
> Some useful hints would be awesome
That's a funny one: I didn't understand the "pronounce it" hint until
long after I solved that one. Then again, Guido & I implemented PEP
307, so I knew what to do th
[Chris McAloney]
> Okay, so I've been working on level seven for a LONG time now.
Hmm. I've been staring at that one 18 hours a day since last Friday,
and still don't have the foggiest idea. I've counted boxes, counted
pixels, broken it apart and rearranged it like a jigsaw puzzle, ran
"strings"
PLEASE HELP...
What the hell do i have to pronounce in puzzle 5
Some useful hints would be awesome
thx
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Dan Christensen wrote:
> Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>>Chris McAloney wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>Okay, so I've been working on level seven for a LONG time now. I've
>>>decoded the first message to get the hint for the next level. Using the
>>>same tactics, then I decode
Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Chris McAloney wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Okay, so I've been working on level seven for a LONG time now. I've
>> decoded the first message to get the hint for the next level. Using the
>> same tactics, then I decode the hint as well, but there are non
Chris McAloney wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Okay, so I've been working on level seven for a LONG time now. I've
> decoded the first message to get the hint for the next level. Using the
> same tactics, then I decode the hint as well, but there are non-printable
> characters. I've tried stripping out t
Hi all,
Okay, so I've been working on level seven for a LONG time now. I've
decoded the first message to get the hint for the next level. Using the
same tactics, then I decode the hint as well, but there are non-printable
characters. I've tried stripping out those characters, quoting them to
in
Roel Schroeven wrote:
> John Hazen wrote:
>
>
>>Hmmm. The title of the html page is "dealing evil". If you were
>>playing war instead of solitaire, how would you change how you deal the
>>cards?
>
>
> Hm, I'm not familiar with playing war. You couldn't elaborate a bit on
> that, could you?
John Hazen wrote:
> Hmmm. The title of the html page is "dealing evil". If you were
> playing war instead of solitaire, how would you change how you deal the
> cards?
Hm, I'm not familiar with playing war. You couldn't elaborate a bit on
that, could you?
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Dan Bishop wrote:
> Well, I'd deal them into 2 piles, and...
>
> Damn! That was an obscure hint!
>
> Now, how do I open *.gfx files?
You don't directly.
Hint: gfx stands for?
** SPOILER
Graphic*s*.
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John Hazen wrote:
> * Dan Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-02 21:09]:
> > Dan Christensen wrote:
> > > Reinhold Birkenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> > >
> > > > Dan Christensen wrote:
> > > >> Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > >>
> > > >>> There's no level 12 yet though.
> >
* Dan Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-02 21:09]:
> Dan Christensen wrote:
> > Reinhold Birkenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Dan Christensen wrote:
> > >> Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >>
> > >>> There's no level 12 yet though.
> > >>
> > >> Now there's a 12 and a 13
Dan Christensen wrote:
> Reinhold Birkenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Dan Christensen wrote:
> >> Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >>> There's no level 12 yet though.
> >>
> >> Now there's a 12 and a 13 (at least!).
> >
> > Anyone solved 12? Hints?
>
> **hint below**
>
> L
> "darren" == darren kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> quoth the Ganesan Rajagopal:
>> I am stuck on level 3. I've tried every re that I can think of. Some body
>> give me a clue.
>>
>> Ganesan
>>
>> --
>> Ganesan Rajagopal
t = /text of page source.../
re.findall('[a-z][A-Z]{3}[
Dan Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> There's no level 12 yet though.
>
> Now there's a 12 and a 13 (at least!).
Any hints for level 13? I know how to make a call, but don't know "who"
to call.
Dan
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Reinhold Birkenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dan Christensen wrote:
>> Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> There's no level 12 yet though.
>>
>> Now there's a 12 and a 13 (at least!).
>
> Anyone solved 12? Hints?
**hint below**
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Look at the filena
quoth the Reinhold Birkenfeld:
>
> Somehow writing '[a-z]{1}' is strange...
>
> Reinhold
>>> t = /text of page source.../
>>> re.findall('[a-z][A-Z]{3}[a-z][A-Z]{3}[a-z]', t)
Sorry dude! When it comes to logic puzzles I am easily frustrated, and that
leads to unclear thinking...
-d
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* Reinhold Birkenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-02 06:19]:
> John Hazen wrote:
> > Have you found the zip file yet?
> >
> > (I did, and I still can't figure it out)
>
> It's best when you use the zipfile module.
Cool. I had just unzipped the zipfile, and was looking at the files
directl
darren kirby wrote:
> quoth the Ganesan Rajagopal:
>> I am stuck on level 3. I've tried every re that I can think of. Some body
>> give me a clue.
>>
>> Ganesan
>>
>> --
>> Ganesan Rajagopal
>
t = /text of page source.../
re.findall('[a-z][A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}[a-z]', t)
>
> You shoul
quoth the Ganesan Rajagopal:
> I am stuck on level 3. I've tried every re that I can think of. Some body
> give me a clue.
>
> Ganesan
>
> --
> Ganesan Rajagopal
>>> t = /text of page source.../
>>> re.findall('[a-z][A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}[a-z]', t)
You should get ten results. Consider all ten t
Dan Bishop wrote:
> Roel Schroeven wrote:
>
>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Dan Bishop wrote:
>>>
>>>Correction: Now I'm stuck on Level 11. I think I'm supposed to do
>>>something with the pixels in the image, but what?
>>
>>Me too. I've tried making different images out of the even and the
>
> od
John Hazen wrote:
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-02 05:10]:
>
>>Any hints on level 6 ?
>>There is "zip" in the page source, "ZIp" in the
>>image data, but have no clue what to do with them
>>- tried many things :).
>
>
> Have you found the zip file yet?
>
> (I did, and I s
On 5/2/05, John Hazen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-02 05:10]:
> > Any hints on level 6 ?
> > There is "zip" in the page source, "ZIp" in the
> > image data, but have no clue what to do with them
> > - tried many things :).
>
> Have you found the zip
I am stuck on level 3. I've tried every re that I can think of. Some body
give me a clue.
Ganesan
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John Hazen wrote:
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-02 05:10]:
>> Any hints on level 6 ?
>> There is "zip" in the page source, "ZIp" in the
>> image data, but have no clue what to do with them
>> - tried many things :).
>
> Have you found the zip file yet?
>
> (I did, and I stil
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-02 05:10]:
> Any hints on level 6 ?
> There is "zip" in the page source, "ZIp" in the
> image data, but have no clue what to do with them
> - tried many things :).
Have you found the zip file yet?
(I did, and I still can't figure it out. I'm wond
Any hints on level 6 ?
There is "zip" in the page source, "ZIp" in the
image data, but have no clue what to do with them
- tried many things :).
Thanks,
Maciek
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Dan Christensen wrote:
> Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> There's no level 12 yet though.
>
> Now there's a 12 and a 13 (at least!).
Anyone solved 12? Hints?
thanks, Reinhold
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Roel Schroeven wrote:
> Dan Bishop wrote:
>
> > Dan Bishop wrote:
> >
> > Correction: Now I'm stuck on Level 11. I think I'm supposed to do
> > something with the pixels in the image, but what?
>
> Me too. I've tried making different images out of the even and the
odd
> pixels, but nothing intere
Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There's no level 12 yet though.
Now there's a 12 and a 13 (at least!).
Dan
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Roel Schroeven wrote:
Dan Bishop wrote:
Dan Bishop wrote:
Correction: Now I'm stuck on Level 11. I think I'm supposed to do
something with the pixels in the image, but what?
Me too.
There's a new image on the website now (still the same name though); I
solved the riddle now :-)
There's no leve
Dan Bishop wrote:
Dan Bishop wrote:
Correction: Now I'm stuck on Level 11. I think I'm supposed to do
something with the pixels in the image, but what?
Me too. I've tried making different images out of the even and the odd
pixels, but nothing interesting happened. I tried to combine both images
Dan Bishop wrote:
> Shane Hathaway wrote:
> > pythonchallenge wrote:
> > > For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take
> part
> > > in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on
the
> net.
> > >
> > > You are invited to take part in it at:
> > > http://www.pyth
Shane Hathaway wrote:
> pythonchallenge wrote:
> > For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take
part
> > in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the
net.
> >
> > You are invited to take part in it at:
> > http://www.pythonchallenge.com
>
> That was pretty
Mike Rovner wrote:
David Murmann wrote:
Shane Hathaway wrote:
That was pretty fun. Good for a Friday. Too bad it comes to an abrupt
"temporary end".
Shane
P.S. I hope I didn't hammer your server on step 3. I was missing the
mark. :-)
Interestingly step 3 is actually wrong... there is an additi
darren kirby wrote:
> quoth the Shane Hathaway:
> > pythonchallenge wrote:
> > > For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take
part
> > > in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on
the net.
> > >
> > > You are invited to take part in it at:
> > > http://www.py
pythonchallenge wrote:
For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take part
in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the net.
You are invited to take part in it at:
http://www.pythonchallenge.com
Very neat, I love things like this. Level 5 is maddening. Keep u
Tim Peters wrote:
[Mike Rovner]
3 IS wrong because if you use any not BIG letter after bodyguard on both
sides, you get extra 'eCQQmSXK\n' which slow me down for 5 minutes.
Get rid of the newlines first.
On level 7, I'm not sure whether there's something more to do, or
whether I'm looking at a bug
[Mike Rovner]
> 3 IS wrong because if you use any not BIG letter after bodyguard on both
> sides, you get extra 'eCQQmSXK\n' which slow me down for 5 minutes.
Get rid of the newlines first.
On level 7, I'm not sure whether there's something more to do, or
whether I'm looking at a bug in how IE di
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> For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take part
> in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the net.
>
> You are invited to take part in it at:
> http://www.pythonchallenge.c
David Murmann wrote:
Shane Hathaway wrote:
That was pretty fun. Good for a Friday. Too bad it comes to an abrupt
"temporary end".
Shane
P.S. I hope I didn't hammer your server on step 3. I was missing the
mark. :-)
Interestingly step 3 is actually wrong... there is an additional
solution, whic
pythonchallenge wrote:
> For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take part
> in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the
net.
>
> You are invited to take part in it at:
> http://www.pythonchallenge.com
That was fun. The very first step in 6 was the most
darren kirby wrote:
> quoth the Shane Hathaway:
>
>>pythonchallenge wrote:
>>
>>>For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take part
>>>in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the net.
>>>
>>>You are invited to take part in it at:
>>>http://www.pythonchalle
quoth the Shane Hathaway:
> pythonchallenge wrote:
> > For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take part
> > in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the net.
> >
> > You are invited to take part in it at:
> > http://www.pythonchallenge.com
>
> That was pre
David Murmann wrote:
Shane Hathaway wrote:
That was pretty fun. Good for a Friday. Too bad it comes to an abrupt
"temporary end".
Shane
P.S. I hope I didn't hammer your server on step 3. I was missing the
mark. :-)
Interestingly step 3 is actually wrong... there is an additional
solution, whic
Shane Hathaway wrote:
That was pretty fun. Good for a Friday. Too bad it comes to an abrupt
"temporary end".
Shane
P.S. I hope I didn't hammer your server on step 3. I was missing the
mark. :-)
Interestingly step 3 is actually wrong... there is an additional
solution, which looks like cqqmsxk.
Shane Hathaway wrote:
pythonchallenge wrote:
For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take part
in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the net.
You are invited to take part in it at:
http://www.pythonchallenge.com
That was pretty fun. Good for a Friday.
pythonchallenge wrote:
> For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take part
> in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the net.
>
> You are invited to take part in it at:
> http://www.pythonchallenge.com
That was pretty fun. Good for a Friday. Too bad it
For the riddles' lovers among you, you are most invited to take part
in the Python Challenge, the first python programming riddle on the net.
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