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Post by texttext on Apr 15, 2020 14:19:07 GMT -5
I'm thinking "Each of you are equal" refers to a square in some way since a square has equal sides and angles. This also follows along with competition being fair and square. I looked at square.com and squareup.com, but nothing came about. I also looked at square ciphers, but couldn't make anything click. That's my two cents.
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Post by Aech on May 16, 2020 15:58:12 GMT -5
I'm stuck on the 3rd line of this stanza. It makes me think of either programming (a for each loop), or some sort of formula/math: 4(each) * u = I'm really bad at math though, especially when it has both numbers and letters! Ideas, anyone?
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Stanza 8
May 24, 2020 20:35:12 GMT -5
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Post by zalios on May 24, 2020 20:35:12 GMT -5
Not sure if this will make any sense or help the hunt in anyway, but the line "For each of you is equal" seems to be a direct quote from the Qu'ran (3:195). I highly doubt this is useful towards the solution, but was interesting to find.
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Post by thedutchcoder on May 28, 2020 19:22:31 GMT -5
How about a reference to the Declaration of Independence? "all men are created equal"?
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Stanza 8
May 29, 2020 11:18:56 GMT -5
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Post by thedutchcoder on May 29, 2020 11:18:56 GMT -5
So my thought is that the stanza refers to:
Line 1: literally next to the chairs in front of the store.
Line 2: "Equis" (means cross. X marks the spot?)
Line 3: ?
Line 4: playfair cipher
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Stanza 8
May 29, 2020 11:20:08 GMT -5
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Post by silentpartner on May 29, 2020 11:20:08 GMT -5
I think line 3 includes "equal" to get us looking at the equis sign behind the chair. What to do with that though, who knows.
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Stanza 8
May 29, 2020 11:46:17 GMT -5
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Post by thedutchcoder on May 29, 2020 11:46:17 GMT -5
I think line 3 includes "equal" to get us looking at the equis sign behind the chair. What to do with that though, who knows. Equis means "X" in Latin (or who/what). I'm fairly sure it refers to "treasure buried here", because "X marks the spot".
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Post by thedutchcoder on May 29, 2020 11:56:17 GMT -5
One addition: I know for a fact that the 2nd key is 20 characters or fewer, so we have that tiny bit of info to go on as well! This was incorrect
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Post by thedutchcoder on May 29, 2020 12:00:41 GMT -5
How about a reference to the Declaration of Independence? "all men are created equal"? Actually, there's something called the "Beale ciphers" that are an actual treasure hidden in Bedford. They used the Declaration of Independence to encrypt the 2nd cipher, very much like how our cipher was done. This is very, very interesting.
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Stanza 8
May 29, 2020 13:57:02 GMT -5
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Post by tabfrankie on May 29, 2020 13:57:02 GMT -5
So my gas thing was just insanity, going back to basics. Other things I've been following: 1)the equis logo is for equis feed, not equis financial. Feed when entered playfair with equis as key comes back as Asia.
In stanza 2 the 3rd line is "but the key is split in three" maybe "the key is: split in 3" The gas prices that have a number between 2 3's are 476. Long shot tho, I dont think he has gone back into previous stanzas once that part of the hunt is complete.
I really like the declaration of independence idea posted above.
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Post by thedutchcoder on May 29, 2020 14:31:49 GMT -5
So my gas thing was just insanity, going back to basics. Other things I've been following: 1)the equis logo is for equis feed, not equis financial. Feed when entered playfair with equis as key comes back as Asia. In stanza 2 the 3rd line is "but the key is split in three" maybe "the key is: split in 3" The gas prices that have a number between 2 3's are 476. Long shot tho, I dont think he has gone back into previous stanzas once that part of the hunt is complete. I really like the declaration of independence idea posted above. I don't think we should go back to old stanzas that way, those were very clearly for the first key, though it might be an option that old stanzas are part of the actual solve in some other way. Like every x'th letter or something.
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Stanza 8
May 29, 2020 16:43:46 GMT -5
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Post by silentpartner on May 29, 2020 16:43:46 GMT -5
There's also a feedback mechanism to find out the second key is right. Do you think the mechanism is like the first key, the message that you've got the right answer? Or do you think the feedback mechanism is simply putting in the correct password?
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Post by thedutchcoder on May 29, 2020 16:46:37 GMT -5
Hm, that's a good point. It might be a phone number again, or a URL for example, those would be the most obvious ones in my opinion.
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Stanza 8
May 29, 2020 17:02:42 GMT -5
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Post by silentpartner on May 29, 2020 17:02:42 GMT -5
The only reason I hesitate to think it's a phone number, is that would be all numbers, which wouldn't fit password requirements.
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Post by thedutchcoder on May 29, 2020 17:46:54 GMT -5
The only reason I hesitate to think it's a phone number, is that would be all numbers, which wouldn't fit password requirements. Yeah that's true and the poem is quite clear on the 2 keys unlocking the chest, of which one is already a phone number, so I tend to agree.
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