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by portal
Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:51 am
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Number of HVM /SuperHVM Challenges
Replies: 19
Views: 23490

Just for completeness, here are a few more challenges: HackVM: Flash Flood Warmup Quine Mus Minutoides Really Small Mouse Maybe Smallest Mouse It's a Very Small World Flash Flood Maybe Smallestest Mouse It's A Very Small Word! It's a Very Very Small World Tsunami Quinine Surely Smallest Mouse Surely...
by portal
Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:21 am
Forum: Modulo Puzzle
Topic: How large the high-levels are
Replies: 9
Views: 32002

Nice.
What do you mean by "Fields per piece"?
And for "game size", I suppose your metric for min and max is the area. Is this right?
by portal
Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:42 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Short Video Series on Cryptography
Replies: 2
Views: 18964

thanks man!
really worth taking a look...
by portal
Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:14 am
Forum: Modulo Puzzle
Topic: How large the high-levels are
Replies: 9
Views: 32002

not laughing, don't worry.. the method around seems to be self-learning, so we should be careful in discussions.. this may be a little frustrating sometimes, but also much more rewarding.. so, I will not reveal what I am doing, but a little of methodology should be fine. I spent quite a while trying...
by portal
Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:57 am
Forum: Modulo Puzzle
Topic: How large the high-levels are
Replies: 9
Views: 32002

basically early outs..
all my attempts with mathematical modeling failed, although I think it is much more beautiful
by portal
Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:20 pm
Forum: Modulo Puzzle
Topic: How large the high-levels are
Replies: 9
Views: 32002

I am currently at level 54 and you can easily find levels like 8x10 or 7x11.. number of colors varies from 2 to 4 (I can't remember viewing a level with depth 5). number of pieces is around 22 I am not being very accurate because I don't want to look at real numbers, since I am solving the current l...
by portal
Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:41 pm
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Deluge
Replies: 17
Views: 31698

In case you are interested: http://www.spoj.pl/
The focus is more algorithmic, however...
by portal
Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:32 am
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Deluge
Replies: 17
Views: 31698

I spent some minutes thinking about a funny deserved reply for you, but could not find one. So, just a piece of advice: if you do not have something constructive to post, just don't post anything. By the way, I do not think there is someone forcing you to solve these challenges, is there? Finally, s...
by portal
Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:39 am
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: Didactic Scrambled Egg Cipher Pre-Warmup
Replies: 9
Views: 894

it has been some time ago, but I think I did it by hand.
it took a while, but not years...
by portal
Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:20 am
Forum: Crossflip
Topic: Stuck at level 91? (Server fault?)
Replies: 30
Views: 89626

have you tried using something different to send your solution, like wget?
Not that it makes much sense, but it may be some strange bug involving curl and your local configuration...
by portal
Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:10 am
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Darn It!
Replies: 4
Views: 8299

I don't see how this is not a spoiler.
by portal
Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:07 pm
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Anybody out there? challenge
Replies: 6
Views: 11366

I don't know neither and could solve it.
Maybe it has some relationship, but I would bet not.
by portal
Tue May 18, 2010 6:39 pm
Forum: Challenges
Topic: I need some help to solve 'One Minute Man'
Replies: 5
Views: 11166

Seriously, if the idea of these challenges is to ask in the forum for each problem you have, so I am in the wrong place... Asking is nice... but take your time in each challenge, and respect your learning speed... Challenges will get difficult, believe me! And if you don't learn to do things by your...
by portal
Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:21 am
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Challenge: Number Theory
Replies: 22
Views: 32605

you are probably in the right track... but missing something about these numbers...
sorry, not very good in giving hints...
by portal
Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:28 pm
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Need help about the 'Russian Dolls' challenge
Replies: 29
Views: 34625

my tip is: computers can do some things fast, if well instructed how to..