Secret Location Meta Information Solution - Revision history

Scott at 19:14, 13 March 2007

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	==The Meta Data==		==The Meta Data==
	The card {{Card\|223\|Secret Location}} has a list of numbers printed on it in a faint yellow ink, these numbers are not related to the other numbers in the [[Puzzle_card_symbols#Wave_4_Meta_Information\|wave 4 meta information]]. They form an encoded message that is a clue to the location of the [[Receda_Cube\|Cube]].		The card {{Card\|223\|Secret Location}} has a list of numbers printed on it in a faint yellow ink, these numbers are not related to the other numbers in the [[Puzzle_card_symbols#Wave_4_Meta_Information\|wave 4 meta information]]. They form an encoded message that is a clue to the location of the [[Receda_Cube\|Cube]].

Scott at 01:59, 31 October 2006

2006-10-31T01:59:32Z

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	If you remove all spaces and punctuation, you get the grid given by [[Combed_Thunderclap\|Combed Thunderclap]]:		If you remove all spaces and punctuation, you get the grid given by [[Combed_Thunderclap\|Combed Thunderclap]]:
	~~{{quote}}~~		HamletWilliamShakespeareThewonderfulOJamesThurberT
	HamletWilliamShakespeareThewonderfulOJamesThurberT~~<br>~~		helibraryofbabelJorgeLuisBorgesHistoryofthelandcal
	helibraryofbabelJorgeLuisBorgesHistoryofthelandcal~~<br>~~		ledUqbarSilasHaslamPapillonHenriCharriereOhwhistle
	ledUqbarSilasHaslamPapillonHenriCharriereOhwhistle~~<br>~~		andIllcometoyoumyladMontagueRhodesJames
	andIllcometoyoumyladMontagueRhodesJames~~<br>~~
	\|}

	Counting the characters and picking the ones given by the numbers gives:		Counting the characters and picking the ones given by the numbers gives:
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	==Using the Example to Solve the Secret Location puzzle==		==Using the Example to Solve the Secret Location puzzle==

	The solution to {{Card\|223\|Secret Location}} gives you five books and their authors. Using the full names of the authors, you can generate a grid as in the example. If you have the correct names for the authors, the message decodes as:		The solution to {{Card\|223\|Secret Location}} gives you five books and their authors. Using the full names of the authors, you can generate a grid as in the example.

			:'''NOTE:''' ''The correct names for the books and authors, which are the answers to the puzzle card, can be found in the thread on [http://www.perplexorum.com/showthread.php?t=749 Perplexorum], and are not posted here so as to avoid spoiling the puzzle card for those that have not solved it.''

			If you have the correct names for the authors, the message decodes as:

	{{quote}}		{{quote}}
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	\|}		\|}

	~~The correct names for~~ the ~~books~~ and ~~authors can be found~~ in the ~~thread on~~ [http://~~www~~.~~perplexorum~~.com/~~showthread~~.~~php?t=749 Perplexorum~~], and ~~are not posted here so as to avoid spoiling~~ the ~~puzzle card for those that have not solved it~~.
			It is believed this is 5 pieces of information which point to the location of the cube, like so:

			* Hemisphere (North, South, East, West, and so on.)
			* Country, or Continent (it is unclear what constitutes a "realm" in CT's mind)
			* Area, Town, District, Hamlet, Village, or the like.
			* Specific place within that town (near a statue, under a rock, in a box, beside a building, that sort of thing)
			* A key clue as to the ultimate whereabouts and means of discover of the cube.

			It is reasonable to guess the Cube is in the Northern Hemisphere. [[Sente Kiteway]] said, at the [[SFCon\|San Francisco Event]], The Third Power sent agents to North America [http://emergency.perplexcity.com/main/summary.html] and presumably they have come looking for the cube. This narrows the options considerably, but is neither conclusive nor especially indicative of one location over another.

Flabyo: Solve for the 'secret location' meta information

2006-10-30T23:12:07Z

Solve for the 'secret location' meta information

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==The Meta Data==
The card {{Card|223|Secret Location}} has a list of numbers printed on it in a faint yellow ink, these numbers are not related to the other numbers in the [[Puzzle_card_symbols#Wave_4_Meta_Information|wave 4 meta information]]. They form an encoded message that is a clue to the location of the [[Receda_Cube|Cube]].

==Combed Thunderclap's Example==
In [[Combed_Thunderclap|Combed Thunderclap]]'s [[Library_of_Babel#Message_5:_To_Begin|Library of Babel]] update on 30th October 2006 we were given a method of decoding a string of numbers using a series of book titles and their authors.

The update gave the following books:
{{quote}}
Hamlet- William Shakespeare 
The Wonderful O - James Thurber 
The Library of Babel - Jorge Luis Borges 
History of the Land Called Uqbar - Silas Haslam 
Papillon - Henri Charriere 
Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to you my Lad - Montague Rhodes James 
|}

If you remove all spaces and punctuation, you get the grid given by [[Combed_Thunderclap|Combed Thunderclap]]:
{{quote}}
HamletWilliamShakespeareThewonderfulOJamesThurberT 
helibraryofbabelJorgeLuisBorgesHistoryofthelandcal 
ledUqbarSilasHaslamPapillonHenriCharriereOhwhistle 
andIllcometoyoumyladMontagueRhodesJames 
|}

Counting the characters and picking the ones given by the numbers gives:
{{quote}}
N(127) O(77) W(28) B(64) E(160) G(176) I(11) N(30)
|}
ie:
{{quote}}
Now Begin
|}

==Using the Example to Solve the Secret Location puzzle==

The solution to {{Card|223|Secret Location}} gives you five books and their authors. Using the full names of the authors, you can generate a grid as in the example. If you have the correct names for the authors, the message decodes as:

{{quote}}
Five fingers point 

half the world 
realm 
region 
feature 
last mystery 
|}

The correct names for the books and authors can be found in the thread on [http://www.perplexorum.com/showthread.php?t=749 Perplexorum], and are not posted here so as to avoid spoiling the puzzle card for those that have not solved it.