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jsmcmullen92
08-05-2015, 10:43 AM
011618-1E-3424 []_
100114-04-3550 []_
012107-01-3636 []_
100114-02-3374 []_
012107-15-3647 _[]
040503-0B-3430 _[]
150320-1F-3510 []_
040503-07-3373 _[]
130125-1D-3376 []_
100114-1D-3505 _[]

This one is a little harder in my book. Let's start with no clues yet and see where this gets us. :evil:

stroppygoblin
08-05-2015, 03:02 PM
I have the first 2 sets of numbers worked out and pretty sure I know the significance of the last column (first letter/number of the word created by the other numbers or last letter of the word/number created by other numbers)

E.G Line 1 is APR 30. I just need to crack the last 4 digits....

jsmcmullen92
08-06-2015, 04:09 AM
I have the first 2 sets of numbers worked out and pretty sure I know the significance of the last column (first letter/number of the word created by the other numbers or last letter of the word/number created by other numbers)

E.G Line 1 is APR 30. I just need to crack the last 4 digits....



Very nice, you are on the path of the beam.
I assumed you would get set 2 and 3 not 1 lol

stroppygoblin
08-06-2015, 06:39 AM
trying to narrow down what it is im looking for....

Are the individual rows King related? and do they provide a pointer to a word (or Words) once the full line is readable?

jsmcmullen92
08-06-2015, 09:32 AM
Hint 1
Each row points to something that is not King related, and usually abbreviated to two letters

stroppygoblin
08-06-2015, 03:03 PM
Hint 2 please - need a pointer for the 3rd set of numbers. it's not ascii, it's not hex, i'm pretty sure its not octal. I feel its code for a year, but drawing a blank.

jsmcmullen92
08-07-2015, 04:18 AM
hmmm this is a hart hint to give.
The 3rd column requires a common computer number format to decode it.

Simon is very close.

stroppygoblin
08-07-2015, 05:29 AM
So, thats really annoying and is down to my own stupidity and laziness...

Octal was my first thought and i made the mistake of doing it my head which gave an answer (clearly wrong) which looked nothing like a year:pullhair: Based on that I went off on complete tangents.

Ok so Octal it is, which gives us:

Apr 30 1812
Jan 04 1896
Aug 01 1950
Jan 02 1788
Aug 21 1959
Dec 11 1816
Oct 31 1864
Dec 07 1787
May 29 1790
Jan 29 1861

Being a non - US citizen, these dates didn't exactly leap out at me and having briefly considered 1812 overtures, I hit upon states entering the union - US states are commonly abbreviated to 2 letters - BINGO!

now we have:
Apr 30 1812 Louisiana (LA)
Jan 04 1896 Utah (UT)
Aug 01 1950 Guam (GU) (actually a territory...)
Jan 02 1788 Georgia (GA)
Aug 21 1959 Hawaii (HI)
Dec 11 1816 Indiana (IN)
Oct 31 1864 Nevada (NV)
Dec 07 1787 Delaware (DE)
May 29 1790 Rhode Island (RI)
Jan 29 1861 Kansas (KS)

LUGGINNERS is an anagram of...

GUNSLINGER

phew! :)

stroppygoblin
08-07-2015, 05:42 AM
More info...



Anyone looking at this and wondering how those lines convert to dates, you need to look at the 3 separate sets.

011618-1E-3424

011618 is actually 3 separate numbers 01 16 18 which is a letter by alphabetical sequence 01 = A 16 = P 18 = R

1E is Hexadecimal which is Base 16, which goes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F so 1E = (1 x 16) + (E [14]) = 30 in base 10 (Decimal)

3424 is Octal which converts to decimal like this (3×8³)+(4×8²)+(2×8¹)+(4×8⁰) = 1812 (Tip - don't do this in your head!)

jsmcmullen92
08-07-2015, 05:52 AM
Very very nice!!! I am amazed at your patience to do these. I had my friend try this and he couldn't figure out the first set.

stroppygoblin
08-07-2015, 05:55 AM
Very very nice!!! I am amazed at your patience to do these. I had my friend try this and he couldn't figure out the first set.

I'm a sucker for puzzles and have enjoyed cryptography since I was very young. certain number sequences just leap out at me.

I have an idea for one, I'll post in a while. Looks like just you and me playing anyway :)

ladysai
08-07-2015, 09:59 AM
(Tip - don't do this in your head!)

:panic:

Are you kidding? My head nearly exploded just reading your explaination!