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Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

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Post by cperciva » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:02 PM UTC

chm wrote: post #2

What does something like \D{2}\S{3} mean? Out of context it seems a bit... cryptic ;)

It's a regex... but my first thought was that it was a clue about group theory.

Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

#22

Post by cperciva » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:02 PM UTC

BWStearns wrote: post #20

4/5.... will any correct regex match count as accurate or are they hints at a specific answer?

Looks like any matching regex is accepted.

Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

#23

Post by pera » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:05 PM UTC

This game is not working correctly on my browser (FF33). I tried several times and waited until the end because nothing was happening... then tried with chromium and it did work :-/ (btw noscript is turned off)

Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

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Post by TallGuyShort » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:07 PM UTC

pera wrote: post #23

This game is not working correctly on my browser (FF33). I tried several times and waited until the end because nothing was happening... then tried with chromium and it did work :-/ (btw noscript is turned off)

Works fine for me on FF32 / Fedora 20

Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

#25

Post by jeffreyrogers » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:08 PM UTC

It restarts with new answers if you time out.

Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

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Post by wyager » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:09 PM UTC

cperciva wrote: post #22

BWStearns wrote: post #20

4/5.... will any correct regex match count as accurate or are they hints at a specific answer?

Looks like any matching regex is accepted.

Odd. That wasn't working for me. Might be because I'm using Safari.

Edit: Yep, works on chrome. Lame. I wasted some time on that.

Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

#27

Post by huhtenberg » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:11 PM UTC

Doesn't work.

Upon completing the crossword the page auto-submits the solution and gets "403 Forbidden" in response. Something got broken somewhere or someone has pulled the plug.

Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

#28

Post by zoharj » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:11 PM UTC

I will sell the answers for $15. Contact me at zo.har.j@gmail.com

Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

#29

Post by phaker » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:16 PM UTC

If anyone involved is reading this -- please make the timer a bit more obvious. I opened the link, went back here, then made a quick wikipedia safari and when i got back to it timed out with no indication that i can restart it. :(

edit: The console could use a little error checking, if the request dies (i had referrer disabled), it prints "requesting xxxx..." and then nothing. Tsk, tsk :)

Re: Welcome, cryptanalyst

#30

Post by magnusg7 » Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 9:17 PM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #27

Doesn't work. Upon completing the crossword the page auto-submits the solution and gets "403 Forbidden" in response. Something got broken somewhere or someone has pulled the plug.

Well, would be understandable if this is something that should be exclusive. Those who made their entry should be thankful then...