Puzzles Etc.

oh, K_K, just remembered... thanks again for the spectrogram! i think those pops you found were indeed added, after comparing to the source on YouTube

Khale_Kitha

hmm

Also, don't be surprised if I miss a message, because you edited it.

I generally only switch back to this tab when there's a (1) or higher on the tab description

humn

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Q: Where is my inheritance?

Apparently, it's not a good week for relatives. My friend's grandfather just recently passed away, and now my grandfather has died too! He was quite messy, and I had to help clean out his belongings. He managed to collect quite a lot during the years, but nearly everything was in poor condition. ...

Grandfather's Clock - Soprano Cornet Feature

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question_asker

just catching up on chat

I don't know many MC5 songs (besides the linked one) but I like MC5 in spirit

humn

if MC5 isn't metallic enough, maybe the brass band above is (hah, my browser just hiccupped and restarted all tabs, including chill.mp3)

question_asker

haha

I tend to like metal more than punk for listening, but I tend to align more ideologically with punk/hardcore than metal.

humn

3:17 PM

(arpeg2 just restarted now) (thinking about your philosophical mention ^^^^^^^ )

question_asker

oh no!

humn

arpeg2 gets me jumping! especially the first half

Chris Cudmore

Really depends on the mood. Punk is easier to listen to. Metal is more sophisticated.

Khale_Kitha

q_a, you're such a punk...

humn

sheesh, K_K, had me following the link before realizing u funny

Khale_Kitha

3:19 PM

haha

I use those things, for all kinds of stuff, to be honest =D

humn

but if you're back... i'm sure you found something in that spectogram up there

Khale_Kitha

I once used one to mark a spot on tape, for a case mod, to install a fan =D

humn

(you might be safer not being honest about all those kinds of things)

Khale_Kitha

No, I've got nothing, on the music one

humn

you're the only one that's noticed the 3 pops

Khale_Kitha

3:20 PM

I'm always honest =D

humn

(^^^^ anyone can say that ^^^) i was going to comment but wanted to give you the chance

question_asker

@Khale_Kitha What am I looking at there

Chris Cudmore

I did the googles for you. "Punk Igniter Sticks for fireworks"

question_asker

aha!

Chris Cudmore

Do a reverse image search.

humn

3:23 PM

(just did a forward text search to find out how... the future is now)

question_asker

if I said "apple goop" would anything immediately pop into your head.

like, if you knew that was part of a puzzle

without googling, without thinking about it more than maybe 5 seconds

humn

my mind is apple sauce vvv like he said

Chris Cudmore

Apple sauce.

Or I'd hit the anagrammer.

question_asker

OK so that's two votes for "no"

("no" as in "you didn't immediately make the specific connection that I was referencing")

humn

where can i hover for a hint.. the only other instant association was go-op, like no-op

question_asker

3:27 PM

this came from an off-website conversation I was having

Chris Cudmore

And I'm not making any other connections.

Khale_Kitha

back - and I'm not sure the pops are of any consequence, humn

question_asker

"GUESS who was on TV in the waiting room. She's tall, blonde, somehow an oscar winner, and everyone hates her"

Chris Cudmore

Apple computers. Apple Records. Apple the fruit. Goop: Semi liquid,

humn

those pops just have to be artificial

question_asker

3:28 PM

my response was "apple goop!"

and the person I was talking to assured me I had guessed correctly based on that

humn

were you also guessing what the question was like we are?

Khale_Kitha

none of those sections have any one note that's being lpayed, to reference.

And there's no words in the song - not sure what they could indicate

humn

interesting possibility, K_K, too bad it didn't work

Khale_Kitha

The song is a live performance

humn

yes, but you had the exact times, which could be numbers

Khale_Kitha

3:31 PM

also...

It's curious that there's this one frequency with a hold throughout it...

Chris Cudmore

I'm guessing the correct answer to the question is "Gwyneth Paltrow" But I can't make Apple Goop fit.

question_asker

ding ding ding

Khale_Kitha

Her child's diaper?

question_asker

apple is her kid's name, goop is her weird ass website for rich people

humn

????????????????????????????? really???????????????????

question_asker

3:33 PM

but I just totally blanked on her name. like 100% blanked on the name "gwyneth paltrow"

Khale_Kitha

I just compared this to another song, humn

question_asker

but I DID remember the words "apple" and "goop" while picturing her

Khale_Kitha

These two frequency abborations seem suspicious.

humn

two? the obvious horizontal line has been pegged at 11.8 Khz or something

Khale_Kitha

at 11714 and 7751

question_asker

3:34 PM

shop.goop.com/collections/skincare-by-goop

~$100 jars/tubes of skin cream

Chris Cudmore

I just went through the list of Women Oscar Winners and used "Tall, Blonde and Hated" as my filter.

humn

ah that 7751's the other,,,, that explains the comment..

Will

Can someone explain the close votes on this to me

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Q: Not a standard writer

What is the hidden message? n.y-o dak. orm. ugb ,cyd EKRPAT t.fxrape nafrgy Please provide explanation to your answer! Hint:

cipher

question_asker

anyway sorry for that derail. I just reframed my inability to remember her actual name as if it were part of a puzzle after it happened, thought I'd try it on you guys

@Will I can't explain them, no

Khale_Kitha

possibly because it's a "what am I thinking" puzzle, without the hint

Will

3:36 PM

It seems very clear to me.

humn

Got me, Will, it did get an instant bad reaction before the first edit

question_asker

yeah I'll admit that, without the hint, it's just "here's some letters. explain them to me"

Will

I didn't say it was a good cipher question... it just doesn't seem unclear.

Khale_Kitha

Easier to see the lines in this resolution at these colors (plus I LOVE purple!)

I didn't see the close reason - I'd say too broad, before the hint - not unclear what they're asking

humn

it's a neon aquarium, but i miss my favorite pop lines now

question_asker

3:38 PM

@Will I think a) it's totally fine with the hint, and b) it could be fine without the hint if OP had said something like "I found this typed on my computer while I had been away" or something

Khale_Kitha

That would haev been a great clue

question_asker

like, if there was a direct reference to the fact that a keyboard had been used, someone would eventually have gotten it

humn

and it could've been while the lights were off

question_asker

yeah

Khale_Kitha

Meh, my keyboard is backlit :P

That was like that puzzle about the 2 red pills and 2 blue pills

humn

3:40 PM

you would've been stumped ( ???^^^^^??)

Khale_Kitha

The normal solution is to take half of each pill, to make sure you had 1 red and 1 blue.

question_asker

was it somebody here who was complaining about the (eventual) new macs that will have entirely touchscreen-style keyboards?

Khale_Kitha

But....I've been taking capsule pills - so in my head, that's COMPLETELY impossible.

Tablets, yes - but pills is too ambiguous =D

question_asker

yeah

Khale_Kitha

Yes, I was

question_asker

3:40 PM

agreed

Khale_Kitha

Because of it being non-tactile, lol

question_asker

yeah exactly

Khale_Kitha

(and unfriendly to the blind)

question_asker

that would drive me nuts, not having a tactile guide for where my fingers belong

yes, very much so

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, it's why I can't play piano, very well, on my tablet.

And why my wife can't play an electric keyboard piano

humn

3:41 PM

ever type on a mechanical typewriter? it leaves habits that destroy electronic keyboards

question_asker

non-weighted keys make me feel like I'm going to break something

Khale_Kitha

(yes)

question_asker

yeah

Khale_Kitha

You learn to adjust

Though my current keyboard is weighted, but not as much as a grand

question_asker

a lot of the weighted ones ... feel funny to me?

Khale_Kitha

3:42 PM

Yeah, the weighting is unrealistic

question_asker

like, the weighting is off, or too "bouncy" or something

Khale_Kitha

For me, it's just a matter of adjusting.

question_asker

true

humn

if it makes a difference to know, there's a whole hobby industry for reweighting the keys, but think i'm talking about non-electronic piano keyboards

Khale_Kitha

The same reason I don't bother to redo keybinds, for many games, like my friends do.

My head will adjust after a day.

question_asker

3:43 PM

I mean, at the end of the day, I wouldn't kick a keyboard out of bed

Khale_Kitha

Why are you kicking people out of bed at the end of the day, anyhow?

Chris Cudmore

I learned to type in high school on a mechanical. I still bang away like an angry movie journalist.

question_asker

haha

Khale_Kitha

haha, Chris

question_asker

"and FURTHERMORE," CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK CCH-CHING

Khale_Kitha

3:44 PM

Hello @Tom

question_asker

what's the one huge bulky (computer) keyboard that all the nerds like?

Khale_Kitha

EVERY time I see your profile picture, it looks like Christopher Eccleston until i click it.

humn

i've changed my editor to scroll like a platen, the opposite of PAGE UP/DOWN

Khale_Kitha

not a clue, q_a

question_asker

model m

big clicky clacky chunky keys

Model M keyboard

Model M is a designation for a group of computer keyboards manufactured by IBM starting in 1984, and later by Lexmark, Unicomp and MaxiSwitch. The keyboard's many variations have their own distinct characteristics, with the vast majority having a buckling-spring key design and swappable keycaps. Model M keyboards have been praised by computer enthusiasts and frequent typists due to their durability and consistency, and the tactile and auditory feedback they provide. The Model M is also regarded as a timeless and durable piece of hardware. Although the computers and computer peripherals produced...

Khale_Kitha

3:46 PM

I've seen a few people use it - and have never understood why.

While i like mechanical keyboards..a lot....

I also like keyboards with a buffer larger than 3 keys at once ><

Will

There was a guy in one of my classes who took notes on his laptop w/ a USB mechanical keyboard.

Khale_Kitha

Distracting, much?

I want the...

razerzone.com/gaming-keyboards-keypads/…

humn

why do you want that particular keyboard? .... hahaa

Khale_Kitha

Warning! Warning! Context error.

question_asker

what do you mean about the buffer, KK?

Khale_Kitha

3:49 PM

I used to play Duke Nukem 3D with one of those keyboards - back before you used the mouse to aim, and the keyboard to move. Trying to crouch, and strafe, and aim, and fire.... You ended up with buttons not firing, because the buffer could only hold 3 keys, before it stopped accepting input.

Chris Cudmore

I'm about to drop off the starred quotes board. Time to be witty again.

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Khale_Kitha

It was a frequent issue before mouse/keyboard became a gaming hting

lol, Chris

humn

you can still edit that to be witty, Chris

Khale_Kitha

@humn Because it's extremely sensitive to light pressure, but still has that mechanical feel, to typing, so I get the tactile feedback.

question_asker

@Khale_Kitha ah yeah! I remember playing doom that way

Khale_Kitha

3:51 PM

Yeah, doom, too

Wolf3d, etc

question_asker

yep

Khale_Kitha

Here's a bit of trivia for you.

...and NO one has done this, since doom.

question_asker

drawers full of 3.5" disks

Khale_Kitha

I onced used doom /? to get the command line options for Doom, back when it was out..

It had a -left and a -right option

Chris Cudmore

What do we think of the Magic Wall questions? Pure math or puzzles?

Khale_Kitha

3:51 PM

So you could network 3 PCs together

question_asker

whoa

Khale_Kitha

Launch one with -left, and one with -right and you could have a tri-monitor setup, while playing Doom

It was built into the game, and NO ONE NOTICED (but me?)

But, of course...

Will

@question_asker Pffft go 5.25" or go home

Khale_Kitha

Getting network drivers working, in DOS, was an excercise in frustration.

question_asker

@Will those were so awful

Khale_Kitha

3:53 PM

I used to love AOL for years

....Because they sent me free [blank] disks, in the mail.

Will

But unlike their 3.5" counterparts, they're... actually floppy.

humn

gotta stick up for math, here, for me it's very puzzling in a fun way

Khale_Kitha

....Then they switched to CD ><

Chris Cudmore

@Khale_Kitha That's assuming you had the jumpers on the network card set properly.

Khale_Kitha

Omg, yeah, Chris - I nearly forgot about that.

Setting the IRQ, DMA, et al, on the jumpers.

question_asker

3:54 PM

god

taking computers apart to switch jumpers

Khale_Kitha

And there's a reason that plug and [pray] exists.

Chris Cudmore

Pulling out a magnifying glass to read pin numbers.

Khale_Kitha

haha

I can't believe I almost forgot about that...

I remember when "Soundblaster" was the only sound card that existed.

question_asker

I remember being mildly annoyed that my skillset with computers basically became obsolescent by the time I was 18 or so

Khale_Kitha

And it still couldn't play the system beep sound.

Chris Cudmore

3:55 PM

I remember when Ctrl-G was the only sound that existed.

humn

^^^^^^ .... vvvv what did Alt-7 get?

Khale_Kitha

Haha

There was always old Alt-7

•

ASCII for the bell sound

humn

... sure ascii 7

Khale_Kitha

lol :P

And Chris...

It was easier for me at the time - because I started doing all of that when I was 6 - smaller hands :P

question_asker

nerds one and all

Chris Cudmore

3:58 PM

The first computer I touched was the SINGLE TRS-80 we had in the computer lab in grade 8 (1982).

Khale_Kitha

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question_asker

OUT &H64, &HFE

Chris Cudmore

We'd come in with our programs had written on paper, have the teacher look them over, and then we could book time to type them in.

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, we had the Tandy machine

The first one that was mine was an 8086, though

humn

with cassette tape?

question_asker

3:59 PM

I didn't have a computer of my own until I was like 13-14

couldn't afford one, besides my dad's

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, here's a nerd moment for you, q_a

I was bored during lunch at school...

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