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Old 11-04-2007, 07:55 PM   #1
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Capture It!

  1. 14,553,112
    10,628
    13,795,137

  2. 14,553,112
    16,777,215
    14,553,112

  3. 16,777,215
    1,086,546
    14,553,112

  4. 16,772,872
    10,628
    14,553,112

  5. 2,710,181
    0
    16,777,215

  6. 1,086,546
    16,772,872
    10,628

  7. 0
    14,553,112
    16,768,520

  8. 14,549,000
    16,777,215
    555,833

  9. 11,337,728
    16,777,215
    11,337,728

etc.
Name the location associated with item# 11.



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Old 11-04-2007, 08:03 PM   #2
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By the way, this puzzle does not require any heavy-duty math, so don't bother looking for any complex functional interrelationships between the numbers.

So, for example, if at any point the terms "square root", or "eigenvector" or "Riemann zeta-hypothesis" come to mind ... you're probably over thinking things.
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Old 11-04-2007, 08:23 PM   #3
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what?

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Old 11-05-2007, 12:01 AM   #4
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if at any point the terms "square root", or "eigenvector" or "Riemann zeta-hypothesis" come to mind ...
they wouldn't come to mind even if I tried.
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Old 11-05-2007, 05:21 AM   #5
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what?

555,833
11,337,728
10,628
You're looking for the name of a place in plain English. Numbers and punctuation just won't fly.

My advice would be to just keep thinking about the puzzle, reading any hints amast in this thread, and maybe an idea will come to you.

It's just a lateral thinking puzzle that I thought was pretty fun and colorful. Try any answer that comes to mind, I promise no one will put a hex on you if you guess wrong. Really.

Anyway, I don't think think this puzzle is all that hard, but maybe I'll start a pole and see what other posters think.
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Old 11-05-2007, 11:35 AM   #6
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Wave if you have any ideas ...
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Old 11-05-2007, 11:56 AM   #7
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I noticed that Capture It! as you titled this puzzle has 11 spaces if you count all letters, the space between words and the exclamation point . Does the 11th sequence you request involve this punctuation mark?
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I noticed that Capture It! as you titled this puzzle has 11 spaces if you count all letters, the space between words and the exclamation point . Does the 11th sequence you request involve this punctuation mark?
No.

If you look at my previous two posts in this thread I've actually given a number of hints.
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Old 11-05-2007, 02:58 PM   #10
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Im working on it, dont give us the answer, let us figure it out ourselves.

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Almost got it.
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Almost got it.
I may have been premature in that assessment.
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back on track
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I am numb I see a few hints... just won't fly. amast colorful... a pole....hex....wave.... capture it...pole


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i'm clueless. i have no idea what this is about. i thought it was a numbers sequence puzzle, but i guess i was wrong.
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Ganch, are you going to post the answer and explain this puzzle to me/us. my simple-minded feeble brain doesn't get it.
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it will not let me type answer in
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it will not let me type answer in
I probably broke the damn answer machine, typing in all the wrong answers. Im still trying, although its not looking promising anymore.

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is it the Moon ?
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Moon answer came back wrong, sorry.

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it will not let me type answer in
Is there not a text box at the bottom of the post?

What browser are you using?
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if this is supposed to be a lateral thinking problem, i thought there is no true answer to a lateral thinking problem. but i don't think this is one, cause all the lateral thinking problems i've read before, are just a paragraph of words, theres no numbers involved.
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if this is supposed to be a lateral thinking problem, i thought there is no true answer to a lateral thinking problem. but i don't think this is one, cause all the lateral thinking problems i've read before, are just a paragraph of words, theres no numbers involved.
I'm fairly certain that there's nothing inherent in the definition of a "lateral-thinking" puzzle that would preclude the use of numbers.
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Dead Money, by the way, pointed out a few hints in this post.
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Last hint gave 50% of it away... still took me a while to figure it out from there.

Good stuff!
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Solved by Sean on 11/5/2007 at 13:54:12, MrX on 11/5/2007 at 16:52:25, Art Vandeleigh on 11/5/2007 at 17:15:54, diglett on 11/6/2007 at 17:33:04, and Matt Rain on 11/7/2007 at 15:18:51.

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still a pretty hard puzzle with that rgb hint.
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i guess not everyone is cut out to work for the NSA
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