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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?
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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
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
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
.
.
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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.
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?