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Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#61

Post by hems » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 9:51 AM UTC

Stuck @29 :(

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#62

Post by mandy » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 9:57 AM UTC

hems wrote: post #61

Stuck @29 :(

same here can;t go beyond 29

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#63

Post by andyshader » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 10:29 AM UTC

js1 wrote: post #47

sircmpwn wrote: post #46

Can anyone who solved #13 just put the darn answer down!

#13: gOOgLE, BOB, BIOS, LEGOS (flip it, reverse on a calc) You have enough hints now...

is there any other trick here? I have tried all possible combinations (reverse , read right to left), still does not work. tx

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#64

Post by andyshader » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 10:53 AM UTC

andyshader wrote: post #63

js1 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

#13: gOOgLE, BOB, BIOS, LEGOS (flip it, reverse on a calc) You have enough hints now...

is there any other trick here? I have tried all possible combinations (reverse , read right to left), still does not work. tx

nevermind. i did it. Conclusion: it has nothing to do with development. If you're lucky enough you might figure out that some of the letter are capitalized, some not, reverse them... Lame!

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#65

Post by hems » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 11:26 AM UTC

mandy wrote: post #62

hems wrote: post #61

Stuck @29 :(

same here can;t go beyond 29

ufhooo @30.. need to break the email..

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#66

Post by chaosprophet » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 11:32 AM UTC

zaph0d wrote: post #2

Stuck at level #13

Jeez finally got through after about 20 tries... HINT: Try plurals... And the fourth is a bit unfair cuz it's not exclusively a geeks childhood toy...

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#67

Post by mandy » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 11:45 AM UTC

hems wrote: post #65

mandy wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

same here can;t go beyond 29

ufhooo @30.. need to break the email..

what did you do at 29?

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#68

Post by chaosprophet » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 12:08 PM UTC

dan_the_man wrote: post #30

finnw wrote: post #29

Don't waste your time on this stupid puzzle. #13 is just completely unfair. There are too many combinations (if the answer ends with '0' do add a '5' to form a plural or use a decimal point? Do you use '9' or '8' to represent 'b'?) Trying out all the possibilities is just not fun. And the 4th question is too much of a guessing game.

Well you're entitled to your opinion of course, but #4 is not a guessing game - the answer is given to you, you just have to work out how to find it. #17 has me totally stumped though, anyone offer any clues? I've tried naming the computer, the institute, the museum... no luck :-(

the username is the computers name and the password is the year it was completed. Wikipedia's not really accurate on that last count, so try google.

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#69

Post by chaosprophet » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 1:08 PM UTC

Can't seem to find a way into level 27, stuck at 26. Din't find anything in the source. Tried following addresses "ponandzi.aspx", "ponzi.aspx", "jefthomas.aspx", "azuzephre.aspx"... nothing seems to get me into level 27... Any hints???

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#70

Post by Dhirendra » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 4:45 PM UTC

suprafarq wrote: post #57

Any hints on #30?

Any Hint for 28?