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Anybody Out There?

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:26 pm
by moose
What is the task of this challenge? It seems like we would only have to find the correct two integers. As both should be in range [0;999] it makes 1,000,000 tries. May we make those tries automatically to the server? What does the output mean?

Re: Anybody Out There?

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:37 pm
by AMindForeverVoyaging
moose wrote:What is the task of this challenge?
[...]
What does the output mean?
I think that is exactly the problem: To find out what it means, and if you find out the meaning you will then be able to find the answer. I don't think the answer consists of two integers between 0 and 999. I could be mistaken though.

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:32 pm
by MrTerry
i m stuck on this for several days now and i really need to ask this :
do we have to create the WOW! or am i totally wrong here?

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:13 pm
by AMindForeverVoyaging
MrTerry wrote: do we have to create the WOW!
If by WOW! you mean World Of Warcraft... um... I don't really see the connection to the challenge? :)

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:45 pm
by MrTerry
well i certainly dont talk about the game :lol:
but there is different meaning by WOW!
and i m certain that it has something to do with this challenge.... but sadly i see a connection and i m unable to solve it cuz of lack of information.... the only possibility is to create the WOW!

but the count of output-numbers doesnt match ....
probably doesnt see the forrest for the trees.... :(

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:29 pm
by AMindForeverVoyaging
I don't have the slightest idea what you are talking about, but it's okay :D

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:50 pm
by MrTerry
hehe ... well in fact
a friend pointed it out..... i didnt know it before too :)

but would be great if someone who actually solved this could verify if i m on the right track with this... maybe i m completely wrong here :)

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:50 am
by laz0r
I've solved it, and I have no idea what a WOW! is... :/

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:09 am
by MrTerry
okay :)
at least something ^^

the wow!-signal was a signal they received from outer space which was 30 times bigger than the normal "noise" (on logarithmic scale)
if u look up at wikipedia for example ("wow!-signal" or something like that)

i thought it might have something to do with the challenge cuz of the curve which goes :
1 1 1 5 J U Q E 6
but obviously there are some more numbers we receive from this challange....

well.... now i m clueless ^^

any hints?

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:14 am
by laz0r
The principle is similar... but not by any means identical :)

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:32 pm
by rokurou
I found two integers which produce

1
1
1
1
1
.
.
.

I just don't know if thats what we need to do.
But if it is, then what is the format of the answer? (pm is also ok)

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:01 pm
by AMindForeverVoyaging
I *think* that the answer is neither the two input numbers nor the twelve output numbers. No matter which values you use/get.

What I could imagine: Say you got a decent sample size of the values, and you plotted them in some coordinate system and they would look like big boobs, then the answer would be "big boobs". ;) Or if it looked like the Eiffel Tower, then the answer would be "Eiffel Tower".

By the way... 'big boobs' is incorrect. :mrgreen:

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:03 pm
by rokurou
so...any hint from laz0r?

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:52 pm
by gfoot
When you work out the answer, it'll be obvious what you need to submit.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:49 pm
by dangermouse
if i say one of the revolutionary algorithms of the last century, am i on the right track?