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Alconja
Alconja
12:44 AM
Sorry for the delay:
CCCC: Partition the road, trading tea with chosen outsiders (6)
 
 
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GentlePurpleRain
GentlePurpleRain
2:20 AM
@Alconja Sorry I couldn't confirm sooner; I was AFK. That is (of course) correct.
 
 
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Alconja
Alconja
3:52 AM
...just realised, that my cryptic arguably breaks a rule, so I'm going to edit to:
CCCC: Partition the road, trading high tea with chosen outsiders (6)
(which is somewhat of a hint, but an improvement, even if it may(?) still break conventions a little)
 
 
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Alenanno
Alenanno
10:15 AM
@Alconja hey got your email :D
 
user230888
Where is the community metapuzzle's pieces ?
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
11:31 AM
@Alconja I have the open excel, am I supposed to see changes or do I need to hit refresh? lol
 
Alconja
Alconja
12:20 PM
@Alenanno Heh. No, it was just my "pure logic" attempt. Just wanted to see if I was supposed to be able to get any further without taking guesses. Don't have time now to have an attempt with guessing, but will in the next 24hrs or so (assuming you still want me to, and haven't given up waiting).
That being said, it currently feels like there must be multiple solutions given how few spots are set, but as I said, I've not done this type of grid before, so we'll see what happens when I start guessing.
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Alconja Oh no worries. To complete the grid it won't take you long. Because as-is, yes, it feels like there are many solutions, but the truth is that the more you add the less there are, because even though you might fill 90% of the grid fine with random values, sooner or later something will conflict and you'll be forced to adopt the only solution (the one I have foreseen).
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
12:53 PM
@Alconja If you find a different solution than mine that works, I'll add another clue to force my solution.
 
Sid
Sid
Ahh, new puzzle in the making?
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Sid Me? Actually... 4/5 lol
Two are rather "simple", as in, logic grids with numbers.
I sent Alconja a copy to test.
 
Sid
Sid
The "simple" ones are usually the most satisfactory
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Sid As soon as Alconja gives feedback, and I'm happy, I'll post it.
 
Sid
Sid
Test? As in to solve it? If so, then he is not allowed to post the answer on the main site,right?
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
1:01 PM
@Sid Well, of course not. :P I think he's aware of that.
I helped Sconibulus as well once and didn't even post on the question.
It's just that I needed another pair of eyes to test it because mine were starting to become numbers themselves. :P
 
Sid
Sid
Yeah, it tends to be tough when you know the answer. The mind becomes biased...
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Sid Exactly! I'm fairly confident though because I tried to give the puzzle all the opposite values of the correct solution and in the end I always ended up with mine because of various conflicts.
 
Sid
Sid
Well, another pair of eyes won't hurt the puzzle and also takes away one possible guy who can answer. Thus, the chances of the question lasting more than a day increases. :P
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Sid Eheh I think it won't take long for it to be solved. It's not a big grid, that's why I'm preparing a bigger grid. :P
 
Sid
Sid
Yeah, bigger grids are harder to solve.
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
1:18 PM
@Sid It's 15x15. I know, I'm evil.
 
Sid
Sid
Hell.... 15x15 is like impossible.... (Might not be for experienced guys.. I am talking about myself)
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
15x15?
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Sid :D This time I'm prepared, I'll make sure to add proper ways to make it more easily solvable.
@dcfyj Hey there
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
15x15 what?
and hi
 
Sid
Sid
Isn't Helvetica not available in MS word 2007?
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
1:25 PM
Couldn't tell you
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@dcfyj 15x15 logic grid
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
like einstein puzzle logic grid?
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@dcfyj No the one called "suguru", google that. :P
With the numbers and regions.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Ok, so basically each region has numbers 1 through x and there can only be x repetitions of a given number in any given row or column?
 
user189275
[cc @Deusovi @Avigrail] As a reply to my mail, I got a mail from Avigrail today. You can guess the topics obviously.
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
1:33 PM
@dcfyj Yes for the first rule and no for the second... The row/column is not important, what matters are neighbors! No same number in any of the 8 neighbors of any given cell (diagonals included).
So for example: 
1 4 3
5 2 1
4 3 5
No "2" is present in any of the 8 neighboring cells.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Ah ok, a 15x15 of that would be annoying, but I highly doubt impossible
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
The regions shapes may vary and numbers don't have to appear in order inside of a region. So you can have a horizontal region that appears like 3 5 1 4 2
Of course, clues are given.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Well, yeah. Would take forever otherwise (not to mention multiple solutions)
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
Gotta go for now, I'll see you guys later.
Yeah, clues are there to force single solutions, basically. :D
 
Sid
Sid
Any idea what fonts are best for writing a synopsis on a project?
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
1:36 PM
Times New Roman?
 
Matt
Matt
"what fonts are best" should always be answered by "comic sans"
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@ArbitraryKangaroo His question now is completely different
 
Sid
Sid
@ArbitraryKangaroo That thing is over. I have done that already...
I am in a bit of a fix now....
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@ArbitraryKangaroo stop removing everything...
 
Sid
Sid
@dcfyj Too generic.... Something better?
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
1:40 PM
Courier New? :P
 
Matt
Matt
Roboto
 
Sid
Sid
I was using "Monotype Corsiva"but I doubt if it is clear...
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
I haven't had to write a paper in a few years and I don't remember most fonts so I'm probably not a good source of knowledge
 
Gareth McCaughan
Gareth McCaughan
There are lots and lots and lots and lots of typefaces intended for setting substantial quantities of text. Pick any of them :-). What sort of tone are you wanting to convey?
Corsiva would, I think, be horrible to read in substantial quantities. Same goes for any cursive-looking font (e.g., anything with "Chancery" in its name).
 
Sid
Sid
A student's tone to a teacher? :P
 
Gareth McCaughan
Gareth McCaughan
1:43 PM
You want boring but maybe not too boring. Unless someone reading this is a typography fanatic it won't matter too much unless you pick something outstandingly terrible. You say it's a synopsis; what have you done typographically with the rest of the project?
Is it going to be printed out or read only on screen?
 
Sid
Sid
Printed out.
I have used "Lucida Calligraphy" for some of the other pages but I am sort of confused on what to use to design the "Cover Page"...
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
Now MBB is just trolling at this point. "Here's a trivializing hint", "It's very very trivial"
 
Sid
Sid
1:59 PM
That guy has a devious, devious mind. :P
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
This over-use of the word makes me think it's not AK...
@ArbitraryKangaroo trivial
 
user189275
Here's a random thing which I found funny here:
 
user189275
 
Sid
Sid
Ok, mods.. This is getting beyond the point of annoying. Is there no fine, no law that can punish a user for deleting his comments unnecessarily and in a large scale?
 
user189275
If anyone tells, I would more than happy to get into a 30 day self ban, it's a lose (if you don't ban)-win(if you ban) situation to me.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
2:12 PM
How about you just stop doing it
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
Is it so hard to stay logged off? You would just create another account if that was the problem...
 
user189275
@dcfyj Yeah, good idea. I will then next code all my tbd messages in chat with an easy-to-code-hard-to-decode cipher.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
...
 
user189275
@LukasRotter I don't find any point in creating unnecessary accounts. My only other account is tpk, and I made it to use it from mobile.
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
@ArbitraryKangaroo So why do you want to get banned?
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
2:15 PM
@ArbitraryKangaroo You do realize that this is the internet, right? Things posted in a chat room are public, if you don't want it seen, Don't post it
 
user189275
@LukasRotter Because I don't think any of the messages of mine here is useful. (Yeah, I have stopped putting up any puzzle answers online, so I do it secretly without posting)
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
@ArbitraryKangaroo I don't think your messages disappear when you're banned. But I don't know, maybe they do (would be bad for transcript, but whatever)
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@ArbitraryKangaroo If you don't think your messages are useful then don't put them up in the first place, there's no point in putting them up and removing them, it just breaaks conversation and annoys everyone else
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user189275
@dcfyj That's exactly the reason I delete it, and if you say that I should realize it before posting them, then the obvious true reply is that I am 10X (or more) slower than any normal people.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@ArbitraryKangaroo That's a cop out...
 
user189275
2:18 PM
@LukasRotter I am not saying my messages would disappear, I am just I wouldn't then clutter up the chat place more.
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
@ArbitraryKangaroo LOL. Is it really that hard to just not post here? :D
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
No, messages don't disappear, as far as I know.
 
user189275
@dcfyj That is true, but I do have around 5X more persistence than the average guy here, so the two balance and I am just at 1/2 X disadvantage.
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@ArbitraryKangaroo There are other actions mods can take besides suspension. For example, muting you in chat.
 
user189275
@Alenanno Yeah, cool thing to do. (Why don't they do it now ?)
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
2:20 PM
Or kick you out of chat.
 
Sid
Sid
@ArbitraryKangaroo You are a KID!! Stop taking yourself too seriously. Just enjoy life for now... you won't get time in the future, I promise you....
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@ArbitraryKangaroo Don't know about cool, but certainly necessary at times.
 
user189275
@Sid Who is telling I'm taking myself seriously ? I am relaxing of course ;)
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
Does it make sense to call moderators overlords? There are certainly some people higher up in the hierarchy, so I'm not sure.
 
user189275
Yeah, the John Ericson guy is there.
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
2:21 PM
@LukasRotter Well, we have the CM above us, and that's it.
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
I guess it's OK then.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@LukasRotter If I say overlords I'm usually referring to the site creators, not the mods.
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@ArbitraryKangaroo I can do those things too since I'm a moderator here as well.
 
user189275
@Alenanno So what ?
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
@dcfyj How would you call moderators? (except moderators :P)
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
2:22 PM
@dcfyj I call them Powers-that-be :P ahah or CM more simply lol
@LukasRotter Evil biased dictators?
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
@Alenanno Good one.
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
Being a moderator isn't as cool as people think, you take a lot of s**t just for doing what you're supposed to do.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Thus the burden of being in charge
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
@Alenanno Which is pretty cool since you'll just ban them :P
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@LukasRotter lol, that would be abuse of power
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
2:25 PM
@LukasRotter lol
@dcfyj Problem? Want to take some time to cool off? Eh? EH?
finger hovers on suspend button
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
@ArbitraryKangaroo Your current attitude seems to be "I'll keep deleting messages even if it annoys other people. And I don't care if you ban me or something, I don't care for anybody else." It's dangerously close to a direct violation of the "Be-nice" policy, so better take our advice.
 
user189275
Okay everyone, so I'm starting to code up my to be deleted messages.
 
user189275
OBKRUOXOGHULBSOLIFBBWFLRVQQPRNGKSSOTWTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLUDIAWINFBNYPVTTMZFPKWGDKZX‌​TJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR
 
user189275
^ Is a joke :P
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Probably a good thing you clarified that
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
2:26 PM
@dcfyj Why? What does it say?
 
user189275
@Alenanno Find it out by yourself :P
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
As far as I'm concerned it's gibberish, I'm saying it's a good thing he clarified that the coding thing is a joke.
@ArbitraryKangaroo Although this applies here
 
user189275
[cc @Alenanno @dcfyj]
 
user189275
43
Q: Unsolved Mysteries: Kryptos

GentlePurpleRain This is the second in a series of Unsolved Mysteries posts. These posts explore current unsolved real-world puzzles. Since these have been unsolved for years, it's uncertain whether anyone on on Puzzling.SE will be able to find a solution, but we do have a lot of brilliant minds here... ...

cipher real unsolved-mysteries
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@ArbitraryKangaroo ok...?
 
user189275
2:30 PM
@dcfyj (The next one's aren't joke, they are actually coded) ?
 
Sid
Sid
@Ankoganit Do you honestly think he cares? This is becoming almost an everyday-thing and it has had no impact whatsoever. I can tell all here, I am losing my patience very fast now...
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
If you're actually coding your "deleted" messages then you're making a rather poor choice in my mind
 
user189275
(I will code all my messages in Vignere and/or playfair, but I don't think you will crack them easily...)
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
@Sid Hmm...
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
And there's that rather poor choice I was talking about...
@ArbitraryKangaroo Why do you even bother writing? If you don't want people to read it, don't write it... and you can't say that it's because you're "10x slower than most people". You're taking the time to write out the message, encode (once or twice) and then pasting it. There's a lot of forethought involved in that.
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
2:42 PM
This is just spam at this point.
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
stop it
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@ArtOfCode Yo dude
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
\o
 
user189275
Seriously, I didn't remove my last two messages. Someone is doing that.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
And out of nowhere, another mod!
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
2:42 PM
@ArbitraryKangaroo Yeah, me. Stop posting gibberish.
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@dcfyj Someone flagged, that's why. :P
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Ah
 
user189275
Five mods. Cool.
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
Flags do tend to have the effect of summoning mods :)
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Flags = pokeballs?
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
2:43 PM
@ArtOfCode Indeed. I was already here though lol
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
@dcfyj kinda sorta
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@dcfyj Flags = all of SE mods (all of them)
Wherever they are lol
It's like the bat-signal.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
By the power of these flags, I sumon thee. MOD FORCE!
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@dcfyj What is that?
Seems like a reference.
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
I feel like I almost get it, too
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
2:46 PM
I was sort of referencing captain planet
But I think it turned out more like something else, just not sure what...
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@dcfyj Oh that. :D
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
3:04 PM
@ArtOfCode Hey, this is Puzzling - gibberish is on-topic!
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
On the site, sure
Not in chat where it's just annoying people
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
See Alconja's post on the starboard. If posting cryptic crossword clues in chat is OK, why not posting enciphered messages too?
OK, if it's annoying people, then sure, I guess. But flagging for that just seemed a bit harsh.
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
because it was annoying people
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
jinx :-)
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
If people are interested in solving them, then yeah sure, but if you've been asked to stop it several times already...
then I turn up :)
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
3:08 PM
What is the latest Chat Cryptic Crossword Clue, anyway?
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Randal'Thor Cryptic clues are fine on the main site, ciphers without anything except the ciphered message are off topic and downvoted on the main site, so why not here?
 
GentlePurpleRain
GentlePurpleRain
@Randal'Thor I think you missed part of the previous conversation. AK basically said they were going to post gibberish just to annoy people.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@Randal'Thor I think it's still Deusovi's
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
So much blue in this chat lol
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@Alenanno Downvoted, not off-topic. And chat is often precisely for stuff that would be off-topic on main.
 
GentlePurpleRain
GentlePurpleRain
3:10 PM
11 hours ago, by Alconja
CCCC: Partition the road, trading high tea with chosen outsiders (6)
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
If I remember correctly it goes: Parents extracted western gas from seals (4)
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@dcfyj Which? I just searched "CCCC" and the latest I found was this:
11 hours ago, by Alconja
CCCC: Partition the road, trading high tea with chosen outsiders (6)
@GentlePurpleRain Jinx again!
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Deusovi's was solved?
 
GentlePurpleRain
GentlePurpleRain
I finally got Deusovi's
It was MO(nogra)MS
 
Alenanno
Alenanno
@Randal'Thor Fine, downvoted. But still, just ciphered text is not a puzzle, it's a "wildly guess how I encrypted this".
 
GentlePurpleRain
GentlePurpleRain
3:11 PM
... after a lot of hints.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@Alenanno That why I linked what (not) to do :P
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
Darn, cryptic crosswords have never been my strong point.
Bailey M used to be pretty hot at them.
But he's one of those users who simply disappeared one day.
 
user189275
@Randal'Thor (Almost) exactly one month ago, down to the hour !
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@ArbitraryKangaroo Do you mean one year?
Bailey has been gone for a lot longer than a month.
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
@Randal'Thor His last post was on Aug 2, last seen on Oct 18
But he had a pretty long break between Oct 2015 to Aug 2016, yeah.
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
3:18 PM
@LukasRotter Oh wow, I didn't realise he was here as recently as 2 Aug.
Yeah, he pretty much vanished over a year ago.
Following in the footsteps of leoll2.
And CodeNewbie to some extent, although CN still posts occasionally.
 
user189275
A really annoying thing is that of A. Mirabeau's. I previously had waited long for the next Labryca's to come.
 
user189275
@HughMeyers: What's the tags for your puzzle for the metapuzzle ?
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@ArbitraryKangaroo Ah well, real life gets in the way sometimes.
I haven't posted much for a few weeks either.
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
Hmm. Tags. I guess rhyme and steganography.
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
@Randal'Thor Or evil moderators participating in a conspiracy to silence high-rep users... I wonder when they'll go for you.
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
3:24 PM
@LukasRotter But rand IS a mod
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@LukasRotter ROFL
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
I've hardly been on for a few weeks. Trying to make time here and there.
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
Not sure if you're aware just how ironic that is :-)
@Ankoganit Only on SFF, not here.
 
Lukas Rotter
Lukas Rotter
Not on Puzzling? But OK, I guess he's part of the conspiracy, too.
We're all doomed.
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
we're all conspiring against you
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
3:25 PM
@HughMeyers And I guess we should all use the word tag?
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
I'm part of a plot to kill all paranoid people.
Ah, of course. Word as well.
 
Sid
Sid
My conspiracy theory is complete!!
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@HughMeyers Plotting Lots Of Things ...
 
user189275
@HughMeyers +many for all your fantastic puzzles ! All of them are awesome. (The profile text of yours look suspicious ... any stenography ? I tried for around 1 hour and gave up)
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
If you find anything, let me know. I wasn't trying to hide anything in there.
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
3:27 PM
@ArbitraryKangaroo You mean steganography right?
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
I now have an answer on Lifehacks which is higher-voted than any of my answers on Puzzling :-(
 
user189275
@Ankoganit Oh . I just realized I read misspelled the word "steganography"from the beginning ... that's why I always wondered how typists (stenographers) are related to stenography.
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
@ArbitraryKangaroo Thanks for the kind words on the puzzles. I aim to please.
 
Sid
Sid
@HughMeyers Here's what I got- You live in a house which has walls,floors and ceilings. You also have a computer(Nothing too surprising) and You live at a place near a lake which should make the place a beautiful one and a peaceful one too...
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). I live in the Lavaux region.
This is near my house: myswitzerland.com/en-ch/…
 
user189275
3:31 PM
@HughMeyers Just saying, youu may experiment with other tags like visual or cipher.
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
Yes. I think I'm almost at the end of my steganography cycle.
I've been wanting to try something new for a while.
 
Sid
Sid
That sight though!! I would dream to be at a place like that away from this city mess...
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
It's grey and wet this time of year but very nice in the summer when the grapes are ripening.
 
user189275
Beautiful.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@HughMeyers riddlecipher? :P
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
3:37 PM
I'd like to do a cipher if I could think of a good idea. Rotate this and vigenere that doesn't do anything for me. The method of enciphering should mean something.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Sounds like you've got some research to do :P
 
user189275
@HughMeyers What do you mean in the last sentence ?
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
A riddle/cipher would be cool. Something like the answer to the riddle is the key to the cipher.
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@HughMeyers Pro tip: create a cipher by using some (possibly well-known) idea that isn't normally used for ciphers.
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
@Randal'Thor Like the sour pods?:)
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
3:40 PM
Like this or of course this.
@Ankoganit Yes, or that!
@HughMeyers I think that's been done a few times before.
12
Q: Multi-part challenge: riddles and cipher

rand al'thorThis is a multi-part challenge; you will need stamina to complete it! The style of this problem may remind you of some of my friend avigrail's riddles, and I will admit to having pinched a few ideas from him. Anyway, let's get down to business. The real answer is in the ciphertext at the very bo...

riddle cipher
 
Sconibulus
Sconibulus
does this count?
 
Hugh Meyers
Hugh Meyers
@Randal'Thor Hence the need for a new, clever idea.
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@Sconibulus Hard to tell until it's solved. But looks like it, yes.
 
Sconibulus
Sconibulus
I should throw another clue up there, but I don't know what a good clue would be...
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
Oh, I didn't realize that wasn't solved yet
 
user189275
3:45 PM
Why don't we create an Ebook merging up those exemplary questions ? (This might be later printed)(Excluding computer, of course)
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
That reminds me, Puzzling should have a blog like many other sites
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@ArbitraryKangaroo Some of us have already had some of our puzzles appear in print ;-)
 
user189275
I mean creating an collection of all the exemplary questions.
 
user189275
@Randal'Thor Really ?
 
Sconibulus
Sconibulus
I mean, I've printed out probably 3-4 puzzles to work on them better
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
3:50 PM
@ArbitraryKangaroo Remember that Beechwood Review guy?
 
user189275
Printed puzzles ? I have around 25 pages of printed puzzles of puzzlers here, mostly of HM, some of GRP, some of Bailey M. But unfortunately I can't print out BMG or Alconja, because they need high quality color printing.
 
user189275
@Randal'Thor That links to a meta post, and I don't have 10k rep.
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@ArbitraryKangaroo links? what link?
 
user189275
@dcfyj Searching for "Beechwood " in the chat search, as I have a terrible memory
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
Sep 12 at 16:48, by Rand al'Thor
user image
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
3:54 PM
ah
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
Oh yeah I submitted some but apparently they weren't what he was looking for
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
@LukasRotter @Emrakul, @GentlePurpleRain: THEY'RE ONTO US
 
Sid
Sid
@ArbitraryKangaroo See, is it that hard to not delete your messages?
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
@Sid (shh you are reminding him :P)
Hmm, long time no CCCC
2
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
I believe this one is still holding:
52 mins ago, by Rand al'Thor
11 hours ago, by Alconja
CCCC: Partition the road, trading high tea with chosen outsiders (6)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:06 PM
I think I've got an idea, just can't find the right synonyms.
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
Hmm, so what I thought was only "outsiders" could be a definition unless @Alconja is being super tricky. The only six-letter word I can think of ALIENS. They partitioning road could be taking the AL from ALLEY, but then I am stuck :(
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
"Partition" could be a definition too.
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
Yeah, that's one possibility
But what the heck is "high tea"?
Could "high" be an anagram indicator btw?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
It could be, but I doubt it.
I think "high tea" just refers to the letter T.
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
Don't forget that "high" was added as an amendment to the original clue.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:13 PM
Yeah, and that's why I think that.
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
I suspect "high tea" may mean the first of more than one T.
Start with STREET (road), split it up (partition), and swap (trade) the first T (high tea) with something else.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Hm, I was thinking start with a synonym for road, then swap a T for CN ("chosen" outsiders) to make a word for "partition".
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
Yeah, that's probably a better way to use the "partition" bit.
Since I don't see how splitting the actual word is going to be useful.
Unless we do something like STREET -> EETSTR ...
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Yeah, maybe? I'm not quite sure. My interpretation may be wrong.
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
CNRACK?
ROUCNE?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:17 PM
A word finder doesn't find anything for *T*-->*CN* other than ATE-->ACNE.
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
Maybe @Ankoganit is right and there's an anagram somewhere.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
I don't see what could be cluing the anagram, though.
 
user189275
SWITCH/DIVIDER/ALIENS/DRINKS :P
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Hm?
 
Matt
Matt
what if "the road" means "main st" or similar?
 
Rubio
Rubio
4:34 PM
what if "partition the road" is all def for STRIPE
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
I've never heard "stripe" as a verb meaning 'partition the road".
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
Stripes up the middle of the road?
 
Rubio
Rubio
putting lane markings on a road, which partitions it into lanes, is called striping
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Huh, I didn't realize that was what it was called.
"Chosen" seems weird to me. I'm not sure how to interpret it.
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
I know! It's SCREEN - T's replaced by CN in STREET
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:46 PM
Oh!
You replace both!
Yeah, that's definitely it - your turn now! :D
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
Brilliant!
 
Ankoganit
Ankoganit
That was nice
CCCC: That man is the leader of robbery (5)
I can't make too hard ones
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
Its HEIST
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
not getting it
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
That was shortlived
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:49 PM
HE+IS+T_.
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
I think. He - That man - is the begging of the robbery
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
robbery is the definition
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
Ah, gotcha.
 
Sconibulus
Sconibulus
That man-He is-IS The Leader-T Robbery-HEIST
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
@BeastlyGerbil Beginning*
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
4:49 PM
If it was 3 letters, I would've said Rob :-P
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
Yeah that one
@Randal'Thor :P
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
OK @Beastly, your turn!
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
@Ankoganit am I right?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
I liked that clue! It's pretty simple, but the surface reading is very smooth.
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@Ankoganit Btw, on closer inspection your profile picture is AWESOME.
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
4:50 PM
Okay will try and think one up
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
In thumbnail version it just looks like a drawing of a cell or a flower or something, but in detail it's amazing!
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Yeah, ambigrams are cool!
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
Reminds me of
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@Deusovi My favourite ambigram:
user image
3
 
Rubio
Rubio
nice. i thought ambigrams are usually designs that are the same upside down
but that one is pretty durn cool, and oh so apropos
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
4:54 PM
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Usually they make another word upside down (or the same one). Sometimes it's mirror symmetry, and sometimes it's just two readings of the same direction.
 
Sconibulus
Sconibulus
Ugh, the I is really ugly there
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
I don't really like that one. It just looke like "ADLEAVDE".
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@ArtOfCode That's the weirdest I I've ever seen.
 
Sconibulus
Sconibulus
Oh, crap, I forgot to fix that puzzle, I hope I still have the components at home
 
Rubio
Rubio
4:55 PM
which, @Sconibulus?
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
I asked the librarian if she had a book on Pavlov's dog and Schrodinger's cat. She said it rang a bell but she was sure if it was there or not.
3
 
Sconibulus
Sconibulus
The Regex crossword
 
Rand al'Thor
Rand al'Thor
@dcfyj rofl
 
Sconibulus
Sconibulus
even though it makes me really sad now
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
I get a kick out of that joke every time I see it
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:57 PM
:/
 
Sid
Sid
Does anyone know what that weird,dark(If I may say so) things that are written in Avigrail's page really mean?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Nope. I've put a bounty on his recent puzzle.
I think it's just a gimmick.
 
user189275
3 hours ago, by Arbitrary Kangaroo
[cc @Deusovi @Avigrail] As a reply to my mail, I got a mail from Avigrail today. You can guess the topics obviously.
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
CCCC: A faultfinder lost track of time, and a plane figure is actually here but forgot their job halfway (6)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Oh, really? What did it say?
 
dcfyj
dcfyj
4:59 PM
@BeastlyGerbil Letter count?
 
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