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Poke Me
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:11 pm
by MerickOWA
I'm pretty sure I understand what the numbers mean. However, without knowing the right "conditions" I don't see how i'm suppose to know the answer.
Can anyone give a hint to the "conditions" of this challenge without giving the challenge away? or is this part of the problem?
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:27 pm
by MerickOWA
Ok, finally found it. Man, how do you expect us to guess this stuff!
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:10 am
by tog
Did the title help you to discover the meaning of the numbers? All my associations of 'poke' haven't led to anything so far.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:22 am
by tails
I think I understand what the numbers are saying, but I can't see what they are refering to. Maybe that's the "condition" MerickOWA says. I tried several possibilities, legally and illegaly(!), with no luck.
By the way, "Poke me" and "Pokemon" are similar.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:06 am
by michuber
tails wrote:By the way, "Poke me" and "Pokemon" are similar.
Before the Game Boy we played with a "Competition pro"
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:24 am
by tog
tails wrote:By the way, "Poke me" and "Pokemon" are similar.
Right, this was one of my associations (along with memory-stuff from BASIC) which didn't help me too far.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:03 pm
by MerickOWA
It helped me in so far as I got a lucky google with that and a few other words that showed me something that helped me understand what the numbers might mean.
After doing some research I was pretty convinced of what the number meant, it was the "conditions" part that took me longer before I understood what the answer was.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:20 pm
by tails
Hmm...
I checked the numbered fruit of course, but it didn't make sense.
The mustache brothers didn't help, either.
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:36 pm
by MerickOWA
I think this is a very very tough challenge.
I honestly believe I was just lucky to figure it out, both in figuring out the numbers and the context.
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:55 pm
by MagneticMonopole
Ah! The memories... I feel young again... thanks for that challenge, man!
(And no way those youngsters will figure this out
:twisted::twisted:)
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:27 pm
by teebee
The difficulty of this challenge depends on one's age and origin. BTW, I couldn't agree with you more, MagneticMonopole...
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:26 am
by dangermouse
i think i solved it, but cant' get my solution accepted. should i submit the special chars as well? and should i put what the syscall does?
EDITED: oh, i think i also need to worry about the initial conditions...
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:34 pm
by AMindForeverVoyaging
Without even having access to this challenge, I have a pretty good idea about what is meant here
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:09 pm
by dangermouse
our hint: if you computed a solution with the great machine, try to copy&paste it
man, i feel 26 years younger now!
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:46 am
by Rat62
Sounds interesting, where will I find this challenge?