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Is a forum secret Santa a good idea?

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Alfred Borden » Nov 24th, '11, 22:51



Ted wrote:
However, considering it should be clear for non-techies, I'm assuming no coding should be involved :)


The answer is clear. Not necessarily the solution ;)

I did not intend to hijack the thread. Just all festive run.


Don't be so sensitive Ted, it's all good fun :D

Any excuse for me to put a thread hijack thread pic up :wink:

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Rob » Nov 24th, '11, 23:04

Alec Kobain wrote:
magicrob wrote:Arrghhh!!

Where's mine - I want to have to prove my Iron Will too 8)

You will buckle like a cheap bicycle wheel mate! :twisted:


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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Alec Burns » Nov 24th, '11, 23:09

magicrob wrote:
Alec Kobain wrote:
magicrob wrote:Arrghhh!!

Where's mine - I want to have to prove my Iron Will too 8)

You will buckle like a cheap bicycle wheel mate! :twisted:


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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Ted » Nov 24th, '11, 23:46

Alfred Borden wrote:
Ted wrote:
I did not intend to hijack the thread. Just all festive run.


it's all good fun :D


Had I spell-checked earlier i'd say, "my words exactly" ;)

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Alfred Borden » Nov 24th, '11, 23:49

Ted wrote:
Alfred Borden wrote:
Ted wrote:
I did not intend to hijack the thread. Just all festive run.


it's all good fun :D


Had I spell-checked earlier i'd say, "my words exactly" ;)


But festive run....

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Madelon Hoedt » Nov 25th, '11, 00:06

Ted wrote:
However, considering it should be clear for non-techies, I'm assuming no coding should be involved :)


The answer is clear. Not necessarily the solution ;)

I did not intend to hijack the thread. Just all festive run.


Hmm... Does "using one's powers of being a girl to enlist help from nerdy friends in finding a solution" count as cheating? :D

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Ted » Nov 25th, '11, 00:16

Hmm , how about festive RUM?

Mad: seek help where thou wilt. The prize is worth it :)

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Madelon Hoedt » Nov 25th, '11, 08:18

Ted wrote:Hmm , how about festive RUM?

Mad: seek help where thou wilt. The prize is worth it :)


At this point, I'm less worried about the prize than about figuring this out (whether it's me or someone else)..!

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Mancunian Lee » Nov 25th, '11, 09:15

I just cant work it out, I believe its some sort of cryptograph but ive tried everything I know so its beyond me :D

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Alec Burns » Nov 25th, '11, 10:11

I was thinking in a complex way but then wondered if it was more random than that.

I've ruled out a child randomly tapping. I'm now thinking of books and the such.

It's not the calculations of deep thought working out the answer to life, the universe and everything is it? :D

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Ted » Nov 25th, '11, 11:10

A clue for Ste and Lawrence:

59:6f:75:20:61:72:65:20:6f:6e:20:74:68:65:20:72:69:67:68:74:20:74:72:61:63:6b:2e:20:43:68:6f:6f:73:65:20:79:6f:75:72:20:61:6c:67:6f:72:69:74:68:6d:20:77:69:73:65:6c:79:2e:20:49:74:27:73:20:65:69:74:68:65:72:20:6f:6e:65:20:74:68:69:6e:67:20:6f:72:20:61:6e:6f:74:68:65:72:2e:2e:2e

A clue for everyone else:
Ste and Lawrence are on the right track. They just need to switch lanes.
I'll leave it to them to reveal what they have discovered so far.

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby MiKo » Nov 25th, '11, 11:21

49:20:72:65:61:6c:6c:79:20:68:61:76:65:20:74:6f:20:66:69:67:75:72:65:20:74:68:69:73:20:64:6f:77:6e:2c:20:6f:74:68:65:72:77:69:73:65:20:49:20:77:6f:6e:27:74:20:62:65:20:61:62:6c:65:20:74:6f:20:77:6f:72:6b:2c:20:64:61:6d:6e:21

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Ste Porterfield » Nov 25th, '11, 11:31

The value is a hexadecimal value.

It won't translate directly into ASCII so it has been key'd with a salt of some sort. We just need to work out which method was used.

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Ste Porterfield » Nov 25th, '11, 11:31

MiKo wrote:49:20:72:65:61:6c:6c:79:20:68:61:76:65:20:74:6f:20:66:69:67:75:72:65:20:74:68:69:73:20:64:6f:77:6e:2c:20:6f:74:68:65:72:77:69:73:65:20:49:20:77:6f:6e:27:74:20:62:65:20:61:62:6c:65:20:74:6f:20:77:6f:72:6b:2c:20:64:61:6d:6e:21


I'm not getting much work done either!

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Re: Secret Santa

Postby Ted » Nov 25th, '11, 11:35

I've started a dedicated thread on my puzzle so that the Secret Santa movement can continue in peace :)

Please continue the discussion over there.

By the way, Ste may or may not be correct about the value being in Hex. I could not possibly comment, other than to say that his approach, and Lawrence's, is on the right track.

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