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Q: Number-Sequence Puzzles: What (Not) To Do?

Beastly GerbilSimilar to Code Puzzles: What (Not) To Do? as this is a genre which I feel also drastically needs improvement. 1, 6, 3, 8, 5, 10, 7, 12, ?, ? What are the next two numbers in this sequence? I have seen far too many of these and they make up the quite a lot of the number-sequence puzzle...

discussion
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
1:12 AM
I for one would like to say thanks for the CCCC explanation :P
 
Sphinx
Sphinx
1:48 AM
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Q: A message from a new baker

OMGtechyThere is a pie stuck to the ceiling, written in the pastry is... 63, 26, 29, 60, 29, 60, 41, 79, 19, 29, 57, 60, 63, 54, 66, 16, 60, 63, 29, 48, 44, 26, 16, 57, 16, 51, 38, 16, 4, 60, 16, 7, 16, 44, 29, 10, 16 What is the author trying to say?

cipher
 
Sphinx
Sphinx
1:59 AM
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Q: Andy Crush Saga

Kit-Ginevra12-year-old Andy's mum has been bugging him(as mums are wont to do)after having found his notebook doodled over with little hearts and flowers,and his pocket money being spent on a lot of cologne... 'But when your little sister got a crush,she told us who it was...' Yes,repeatedly.If he heard a...

riddle story
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
2:42 AM
I lost The Game
 
Rubio
Rubio
Is that why you were suspended? :)
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
@Rubio No, I was suspended for asking a question, I believe
wait nvm
that was something else
I was suspended for voting
 
Rubio
Rubio
For voting?
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
yes
I downvoted several times and forgot to say why
 
Rubio
Rubio
Huh. I'm guessing there was more to it than just that.
Ohh. Were you the one who was downvoting someone to keep them from hitting 3k, and then not undoing it before the timer ran out?
 
Jim
Jim
2:53 AM
Does anyone in here work on any historic unsolved ciphers? I'm asking mostly out of curiosity than anything.
 
Rubio
Rubio
like the unsolved-mysteries ones?
Not me in any case
 
Jim
Jim
I'd have to check and see what that means. But as an example I spend a decent amount of time on Kryptos.
Which is the opposite of what goes on here so as I said it was a curiiosity
 
Volatility
Volatility
Well, there is this:
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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
 
Rubio
Rubio
Yeah - so someone posted a handful of real-world unsolved ciphers and enigmas (Kryptos among them) as puzzles here with the unsolved-mysteries tag.
 
Jim
Jim
Got it.
Kryptos is fun for almost no one.
That was a good recap for it though. I actually went out to DC and met with the artist and the cryptographer.
 
Rubio
Rubio
3:00 AM
Heh, wow.
 
Jim
Jim
There's a group of mostly crazy people that claim to "work" on it and it was organized for that.
But it was an interesting life highlight
 
Rubio
Rubio
I bet. Did anyone pester the sculptor about the error in the cipher? hehe
 
Jim
Jim
it wasn't actually an error
So the deal was it was set up that way on purpose but since he didn't want to give anything away about the full puzzle he just said he made an error.
 
Rubio
Rubio
No? I've seen reference to the missing symbol in the ciphertext in at least a couple places, but ok
 
Jim
Jim
Yes, missing character but on purpose
Also, what's not prominently mentioned anywhere is that the cryptographer used some sort of analog masking technique before it was encrypted with classical cryptography (mostly likely still Vigenere to keep it a fair puzzle)
 
Jim
Jim
3:49 AM
Periods (dots?), around 1 bc (i have no thoughts on this), perhaps (feels like the definition)
 
Rubio
Rubio
I was trying for Periods around "one", "bc perhaps?" as def
but can't get much with that so far
 
Jim
Jim
I started there too
Ages, eras around ONE
 
Rubio
Rubio
I started with ibc words, but that was fruitless :)
 
Jim
Jim
Forgot about i
 
Rubio
Rubio
23 hours ago, by Deusovi
Not sure how difficult mine is. (The definition may be a bit unfair...)
there's this factor too.
 
Jim
Jim
3:54 AM
Huh okay
That damn @Deusovi
 
Rubio
Rubio
He's pretty devious, that one is.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Hey!
 
Rubio
Rubio
Heheh
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
:P
 
Jim
Jim
It's a compliment
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
3:59 AM
I'm fully aware of that. My "hey" was a greeting, not taking any offense.
 
Jim
Jim
Nope, you YELLED, at me. Offense taken.
 
Rubio
Rubio
lol
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Aw, I just thought of a much better clue for the same word with a cleaner definition too.
 
Jim
Jim
Sonofa
 
Rubio
Rubio
You should totally update it then. You know, make it better.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:02 AM
Is that a request for a hint? :P
 
Rubio
Rubio
And not at all because I have no idea how to proceed. It's totally just to, you know, make a better CCCC. :)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Ohh, sure. Of course it is.
 
Rubio
Rubio
I'm just, er, thinking of the PSE community. :)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
This would make the clue significantly easier, unfortunately
Not the clue itself - I don't mind easy clues
but knowing both versions would probably be a dead giveaway
 
Rubio
Rubio
Oh, I'm sure. hehe
I've only been looking at this seriously for maybe an hour, I'm not actually giving up yet
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:04 AM
I am kinda tempted to replace it with the "nicer" clue.
Dunno. What do you all think?
Eh, why not.
 
Rubio
Rubio
Your call.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
CCCC: Revolutionary paper: "A - B - C, perhaps?" (8)
Now just forget the previous clue ever existed. :P
 
Rubio
Rubio
Wow. That's pretty different.
 
Volatility
Volatility
Don't tell me the definition was supposed to be "C, perhaps?"
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Nope, not that. That's all I'm saying for now.
I wouldn't be that unfair.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
4:07 AM
I think I know what it is now :P
Only half parsed it before and didn't get the first part
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
(Although I did use "C? (4)" as a double-def &lit for NOTE at one point.)
Go ahead and answer!
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Does one merely just blurt out the answer or something? :P
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Yeah, basically, and then you write another clue.
 
Rubio
Rubio
you give the answer and its construction from wordplay
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Well then SEMITONE = {TIMES}<- + ONE = B->C, perhaps?
Now you've got me on the spot :P
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:09 AM
Yep!
 
Rubio
Rubio
nice, good job
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Original definition was "BC, perhaps" but I deemed it too unfair.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
(I actually came to ask Deusovi which SUMS team you were on :P)
 
Volatility
Volatility
oh, nice!
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
@Sp3000 Oh! I'm on Test Solution, Please Ignore.
Are you participating too?
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
4:10 AM
... mumbles (writing)
 
Rubio
Rubio
hehe
 
Jim
Jim
Can someone explain that answer more for me
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Ooh, you're a writer for SUMS? Cool - which puzzles did you make?
 
Jim
Jim
I still don't get it
 
Volatility
Volatility
Well, I would say the old def wasn't too bad, since that is how you say intervals (or at least how I would)
 
Rubio
Rubio
4:11 AM
paper=times, revolutionary means flip it around backwards; add "one" (for "A");
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
@Jim "Revolutionary" literally means turning around. The TIMES is a paper, and A is "one"; turn TIMES around and add to ONE and you get SEMITONE, which the interval between B and C is.
 
Rubio
Rubio
b->c is def. for SEMITONE
the previous clue works similarly
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
I.4, III.1, V.1, V.3
Some were a bit... cleaner than others, unfortunately :/
 
Rubio
Rubio
Periods around -> TIMES flipped; then "one" from 1BC; then B->C, perhaps for def
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Yep.
@Volatility Yeah, it wasn't terrible. But I would expect some sort of connector between B and C when writing.
 
Jim
Jim
4:12 AM
Got it now
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
@Sp3000 Oh nice! I loved V.3... except the extraction, which took us forever because of a mistake.
(Also, didn't realize you were a fan of 999 too!)
 
Jim
Jim
It's all about picking up on the reversal clues
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
The first clue intentionally made "periods around 1" seem like a container clue. Then I decided to be less evil the second time around.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Yeah... one of them has an ambiguity if you interpret it a little differently - tried to clarify that but couldn't think of a good way :/
 
Rubio
Rubio
"around" was particularly cruel, as it's probably more often used as a container indicator
and revolutionary, possibly, an anagram one
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:13 AM
Let me guess - the top right one?
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
I actually thought it was a double def for far too long :P
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
That's the ambiguity that tripped us up.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Yeah top right
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Not sure if this is too spoilery, but was there a method to extraction ordering besides anagramming?
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
No there isn't, but if you look around the outside you'll notice that the panels aren't really in random order either
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:15 AM
To be honest, I'm not sure what you're referring to. I guess we'll get it when the solution guide comes out.
Also, I'd like to thank you for not involving spoilers in your puzzle's extraction. You know what I'm talking about.
(Well, you should.)
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
:) there's one part where you might accidentally run into some, but I did try to keep spoilers down yeah
(trying to think of good clues on the spot is hard)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Yeah, it's fine!
Anyway, I really enjoyed all three of your puzzles. Some of the others seem... less polished, to put it gently.
Was there a testsolving process at all?
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Some were... tested more thoroughly than others, unfortunately. :/
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
We noticed two "typos" in I.3 that severely affected the puzzle. :/
But still, your puzzles were fantastic. c: Are you part of a team in the MIT Mystery Hunt?
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Ah... did you guys email about it out of curiosity?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:20 AM
No, we didn't.
It wasn't fixable easily.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
... ah :/ I think the writer would probably appreciate it if you let him know, but that's annoying...
 
Jim
Jim
@Rubio yes I would never have considered around as "turn around", but I also have limited experience
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Re: MIT nope unfortunately, just doing the Australian 3 is a lot for a year :P
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Aw, really? You should definitely solve with us! :D
We're a mostly-remote team, and we'd be happy to have you join.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Hmm that sounds kind of good actually - didn't realise people did MIT remote
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:24 AM
(Also, I've probably spent too much time recruiting for TSPI in this chat. I'd put up a community ad if I had any graphic design skills. :P )
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
4:37 AM
(I feel like I'm holding up the cryptic chain :P do you guys normally just quickfire this or how does this go?)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
(Sometimes people take several hours to post a new clue, sometimes it's almost instant. It depends, and nobody really minds. Clues can last a while anyway.)
 
Rubio
Rubio
As quick as the next person can come up with something they're happy with
I've taken a good while on a couple of mine, so no rush at all
Unless it's Deusovi. Difficulty increases exponentially with time taken to devise for his, so we want him to post them more or less immediately. ;)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
:P
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
Agreed ;)
 
Rubio
Rubio
I think someone needs to figure out if Will's SATISFACTORY is indeed the longest to solve CCCC so far, and by how much. That one was a killer.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
4:40 AM
Yeah, definitely.
 
Rubio
Rubio
Back in a while, gotta go give someone a ride
 
Volatility
Volatility
The LOTE one took a week, I think
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
That one doesn't count. :P
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
@Scon, I love the last two on this answer :P
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
CCCC: Most verifiable case of theft around nice streets? (6)
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
4:57 AM
hmm
i'm guessing streets is the def
unless it's most verifiable
 
Rubio
Rubio
TRUEST
Explain coming shortky
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
:) nice
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
@Rubio Gosh darnit, I was about to say that
 
Rubio
Rubio
Case of theft is TT. French (Nice) streets - RUES.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Hm, I'm not sure if that quite works. Necessary capitalizations generally have to be kept.
Still, I liked the "case of theft" for TT - very clever!
 
Rubio
Rubio
5:06 AM
I think hence the ?
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
^
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Yeah I wasn't sure whether that was unfair :/ Could have probably made it a lot easier and kept it at Parisian
 
Rubio
Rubio
I liked it as is personally :)
Gonna need a bit to post a new one. Still in the car.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
I shall keep the capitalisation thing in mind though :P still getting a feel for the do's and don'ts (or is it don't's?)
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
@Sp3000 don't's.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
5:30 AM
Huh, I didn't realise MIT's puzzle hunt is so close
Always thought it was later in the year for some reason
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Nope! Martin Luther King weekend.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
I see a Google Form and I shall fill it. Probably won't be able to help that much time-wise, but interested to see how things go :)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Sounds good! We have a lot of people who just drop in occasionally, so that's not a problem c:
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
To be honest, part of the reason I never did much MIT was because I thought if I look at the size of MIT's hunt I'd feel like every puzzle idea has been done already :P
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
@Deusovi do you happen to know when I will be told if/when I am accepted?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
5:37 AM
@TrojanByAccident Nope. I've tried to contact our team leader, but there hasn't been a response. I'll try again though
@Sp3000 Yeah, I get that feeling a lot. Turns out there's a lot of puzzle-able material left though!
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Yeah... I get that feeling for most of the year but then it gets close to hunt date and only then do ideas start coming together :/ (not great for test solving)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
I keep a text document with puzzle ideas. Right now, there are about 20-30 things floating around in there (most not very fleshed out), plus a few half-finished puzzles in a spreadsheet.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Mine's just the "not very fleshed out" list :P
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Most of mine in that list are just a few words.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Well as long as it reminds you of what the idea was :)
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
5:42 AM
@Deusovi Alright.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Just scrolled up and realised I missed a comment - yeah very much into 999 as well. Part of the reason I wanted that one this year was, well, Zero Time Dilemma finally came out :)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Have you played it yet?
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Yup :P got it as soon as it came out
Pretty stoked for the PC versions coming out next year too, because Virtue's Last Reward in 3DS has that game-breaking bug that makes me not want to replay it...
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
You might also like the Ace Attorney and Danganronpa games.
And Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, my favorite game of all time. (It's where my avatar is from.)
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Been through all the Ace Attorneys, but not Danganronpa. Shall check that out :P
And yep, I do recognise Ghost Trick :) Used to replay, what was it, part 10 all the time?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
5:51 AM
Even the Investigations games?
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Yup
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
The fan-translated one was my favorite game of the AA series.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
I tried playing that one in Japanese, so some parts probably went over my head. I should probably get around to try the patch some time. :P
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
"Tried playing" - did you not finish? Oh man, you're missing out
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
I did finish, but probably didn't understand the story as well as I could have (I did read around afterwards at the time to fill in the holes, but it's a different experience of course...)
Well Dangan's on sale. Why not :P
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
6:00 AM
It's basically a cross between Ace Attorney and Zero Escape.
(Just warning you, I have heard mixed reviews of it. I personally enjoyed it though.)
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
:) we'll see how it goes, thanks for the recommendation
 
Rubio
Rubio
CCCC: Dropped primary frequency, trimmed hums, +10dB, mixed, and finally faded. (7)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Wow.
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
Thinking Dropped is the def?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Or "faded".
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
6:06 AM
'mixed' references anagrams
@Deusovi maybe. I was more thinking finally fadeD, though.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
I have a word in mind but it's only half parsing...
 
Jim
Jim
I'm going to pretend I never saw this CCCC
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
@TrojanByAccident I was at first too, but it could also be "and finally".
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
@Deusovi hmm...
 
Jim
Jim
Anagram IODB?
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
6:10 AM
Stuck on the +10dB, mixed part :P
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
@Jim or tIOdB
 
Jim
Jim
@TrojanByAccident yeah I wasn't sure if + could be T
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Ah, I see what you mean
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Okay I think I'm convinced it's FUMBLED now
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
That's what I was thinking too. But it looks to me like the wordplay gives FUMB10DD
which isn't exactly the same thing
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
6:13 AM
:/
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Dropped = primary [F]requency + trimmed h[UM]s + (10*deci)BEL mixed + finally fade[D]
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Oh!
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
@Sp3000 nice!
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
That "10dB" part was sneaky, Rubio.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Talk about it :P
 
Jim
Jim
6:14 AM
What's the answer here?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
FUMBLED
F_ + (-h)UM(-s) + BLE* + _D
where BLE comes from mixed BEL, which is "10 * deci-bel'
 
Jim
Jim
I still don't get it :) as usual
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Dropped | primary frequency, | trimmed hums, | +10dB, mixed, | and finally faded.
Dropped: definition
Primary frequency: F
Trimmed hums: UM
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Seems like a bel is actually a thing but just rarely used nowadays, interesting...
(as a unit, I mean)
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
10dB mixed: BEL mixed, by logic above
finally faded: D
 
Jim
Jim
6:17 AM
I can't get to BEL, but I'll pretend I get it so I don't seem stupider than I am
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Deci- is the prefix meaning 1/10.
So 10 decibels is one Bel.
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
ah
I was wondering that too
 
Volatility
Volatility
It is an indirect anagram, although I suppose 10dB -> BEL is unambiguous enough
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Yeah. I'm not complaining too much because it's small.
 
Rubio
Rubio
derp. Sorry, FUMBLED is correct
and heh, I actually worked that out in the car on the way home and completely spaced on it being an indirect anagram. hehe
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
6:20 AM
lol
 
Rubio
Rubio
I normally wouldn't have missed that, sorry!
 
Volatility
Volatility
No worries!
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
@Rubio SHAME
 
Volatility
Volatility
lol
 
Rubio
Rubio
Yes, I know. (*hangs head sorrowfully*)
And I didn't even have "ICE" in there. I'm definitely slipping.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
6:22 AM
Hm?
 
Rubio
Rubio
Bad joke, left over from the carbonless diamond
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Oh yeah.
 
Rubio
Rubio
I'm just going to start indicating "C" with "shaved ice" from now on ;)
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
Ha
 
Rubio
Rubio
so, @Sp3000 got that, I think?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
6:25 AM
Yep!
 
Rubio
Rubio
I kinda liked (the sound of) that surface reading. ;)
 
TrojanByAccident
TrojanByAccident
gn all
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Yeah, it was nice.
Night!
 
Rubio
Rubio
Cya Trojan
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Night :)
Yeah interesting surface
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
6:29 AM
Ooooh, just came up with a great clue.
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
You make me want to just keep a stockpile of clues in case I ever need them now :P
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
That's... kinda what I do? I've reused some clues I wrote for other things here.
 
Rubio
Rubio
I had a few stockpiled, but had a good run over the past two days and burned through them all
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
And occasionally I stockpile one or two clues until I can get one
Your clues are always overcomplicated :P
 
Rubio
Rubio
Meh :)
From you, I'm not sure if I can take that as a compliment or not. hehe
"Show dog retreating a piece. (8)" was actually pretty simple.
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
6:33 AM
True.
My clues here aren't actually bad though - I just like doing more gimmicky things here since I have more freedom of word choice than in the puzzles I post.
@Sp3000, you might like this one I posted earlier:
7 - (6 - 9) = 10, maybe (4)
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
EVEN?
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Yep!
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
Nice :P
 
Rubio
Rubio
"Taking notice of an X in the notice. (9)" also pretty simple. I liked the surface on both of those.
that EVEN one is lovely :)
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
CCCC: Beginning to spot a lead within criminal's diary (9)
 
Volatility
Volatility
6:52 AM
I think I have the answer, but can't get the beginning to fit
oh, hang on
 
Rubio
Rubio
I think I have it if you don't.
 
Volatility
Volatility
SCRAPBOOK, "Beginning to spot" -> S, "a lead within criminal" -> A+PB within CROOK, def: "diary"
 
Rubio
Rubio
yup
just got there too
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
Oooh, I love that one.
 
Volatility
Volatility
Yeah, nice surface!
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
6:55 AM
:) nicely done
 
Volatility
Volatility
CCCC: Assembling one piece of Schubert's (8)
I'm out for a bit, bbl
 
Sid
Sid
So many CCCC..
 
Rubio
Rubio
7:27 AM
Aieeee. Still not sure which piece is definition.
 
Sphinx
Sphinx
8:24 AM
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Q: something usually comes after - What is the word?

Jason_ How I am, something usually comes after Without my first and my last, I sound like I'm only one Remove my third letter and a ball or an animal I might catch Now read me backwards, I'll be a number What word am I?

riddle
 
 
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Techidiot
Techidiot
10:23 AM
@Volatility- Is it Symphony(An arrangement-Assembling) it's a piece of Schubert's link
 
Volatility
Volatility
@Techidiot Nope
 
Deusovi
Deusovi
@Techidiot I don't see how you get the wordplay there.
 
Techidiot
Techidiot
I applied no word plays. ;) It was a wild guess considering there are 2 def's and nothing else
 
Sp3000
Sp3000
10:51 AM
Can't tell if need more music knowledge or just really well hidden def :P
 
Sphinx
Sphinx
0
Q: Christmas light horror story!

TheGreatEscaperInspired by stories of strangely behaved Christmas lights here on Puzzling, I feel comfortable now to share my own Christmas light horror story. It all started when I ordered a grid of star lights on eBay. Advertised as 'inifinitely bright!', I wasn't sure what to expect when I unboxed them. To ...

mathematics seasonal lights-out
 
 
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ABcDexter
ABcDexter
1:39 PM
Happy New Year everyone ^_^
Thanks for making this year a great learning experience.
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
1:57 PM
Still 31st here :P
10 hours away
But I appreciate it anyway:P
 
 
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Sphinx
Sphinx
3:02 PM
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Q: A head, a heart and a tail

IAmInPLS A head, a heart and a tail You ought to find me, so don't fail After my tail, send my head From some bullets, I fled? To make things new, now use me And so to do, then affix me Take my heart and duplicate Before my head, place it straight Congrats, I was not very tall ...

riddle rhyme
 
Sphinx
Sphinx
3:36 PM
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Q: 2017 is the 1st prime satisfying three conditions. What is the 2nd?

Joseph O'Rourke(1)   $2017$ is prime, and so is $(2017+1)/2=1009$. (2)   $2017$ can be written as $a^2 + b^4$: $2017 = 44^2 + 3^4 = 1936 + 81$. (3)   $2017 \equiv 2 \bmod 31$. What is the next prime (if any) that satisfies these same three conditions?

mathematics
 
 
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Mithrandir
Mithrandir
6:02 PM
@BeastlyGerbil progress report? :P
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
Very well. Done a lot of it today and am making the final image now.
 
Mithrandir
Mithrandir
Cool, great!
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
Whats your email so I can send it to you?
 
Mithrandir
Mithrandir
Um.
Can you just create a room, say, on Scifi?
And there's always that delete button.
(And if you go here I can try to give you a hat :P)
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
Er okay, I'll do it on some random site you have an account on so no one follows...
 
Mithrandir
Mithrandir
6:04 PM
:P
(I have accounts on lots of sites.)
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
You do have 38 (visible) accounts yes :P
 
Mithrandir
Mithrandir
Woohoo, just got First Responder for starring my own message :P
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
Oh star one of mine in the room :P
(Room I'm creating that is)
Okay @Mithrandir I will leave a comment on site with link to room
 
Mithrandir
Mithrandir
k
ALthough if you go to my profile and click create room with this user it will automatically ping me
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
Oh I already created the room. :P
done
 
 
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Sconibulus
Sconibulus
9:18 PM
Happy New Year, everyone!
 
Mithrandir
Mithrandir
9:55 PM
If tag badges were awarded for questions, I'd have another 3 story questions to post to get one. I have a question score of 104.
It's 2017 here now!
Now I get to go to sleep :P
 
Beastly Gerbil
Beastly Gerbil
10:54 PM
1 hour here...
 
Sphinx
Sphinx
11:27 PM
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Q: Based on this, who am I?

Iry-Hor I was born from your deepest emotions, I was cared as your most valuable treasure, then I left you, but you kept running after me, if you let me go, you will never truly live again, but if you catch me, you will die, So, who am I?

riddle
 

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