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Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

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post #82

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Hm well it's the 53rd letter, and the pi number is "48". I've tried adding them up and the ASCII of the letter to try to get the actual decrypted letter but that doesn't seem to work so well. :C

then again, as I said before, I'm not sure this email is the valid one. I got an answer, but not the one expected...

Apparently there is an auto responder set up, to notify you if have found the correct address.

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

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post #84
post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hm well it's the 53rd letter, and the pi number is "48". I've tried adding them up and the ASCII of the letter to try to get the actual decrypted letter but that doesn't seem to work so well. :C

then again, as I said before, I'm not sure this email is the valid one. I got an answer, but not the one expected...

but it seems that something is incorrect even if this email is valid... Need more hints! This is like a neverending story

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

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post #81

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Maybe this can help Tip #1 : 100 letters all numbered from 1 to 100 when reading from left to right then top to bottom. Tip #2: Take pi and split into pieces of 2. At what position is the @ sign?

perfect hint! follow it :) it works

Yes!.I got it.

Re: The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

#99
post #50

Does anyone have additional hints for #27?

The important hint is "Take the first one each time"... Ask yourself why there is a period in the first column all by itself. The "distance" comment has something to do with a word formula.

A word formula damn...

I found the answer on that page, but I still don't get it, between what you say and the relationship with that algorithm.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.similar-text.php

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