Solve the challenge and Win an Alps MiniVan prototype

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Solve the riddle first and win the first ever alps MiniVan keyboards. The keyboard in question -

[Sifo]

Do I really have to hunt down all those words?

[evangs]

Do I really have to hunt down all those words?

If you want the keyboard


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[Moistgun]

Do I really have to hunt down all those words?

Pm me how, ill do it ;]

[evangs]

First place has been claimed, but I've decided to have prizes for second and third place as well!


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[Moistgun]

Whatever, this is lame 

[Sifo]

First place has been claimed, but I've decided to have prizes for second and third place as well!


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wow that was fast T_T only half way through

[evangs]

First place has been claimed, but I've decided to have prizes for second and third place as well!


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wow that was fast T_T only half way through

I know right?!? There are two more prizes! 


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[Signature]

que?

[evangs]

que?

What?


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[chuckdee]

Nice giveaway!  Good luck to people that try!

[Sifo]

First place has been claimed, but I've decided to have prizes for second and third place as well!


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wow that was fast T_T only half way through

I know right?!? There are two more prizes! 


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BAM SON SENT

[Moistgun]

First place has been claimed, but I've decided to have prizes for second and third place as well!


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wow that was fast T_T only half way through

I know right?!? There are two more prizes! 


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BAM SON SENT

Now tell me how to do it.

edit: you guys know im kidding.

[Sifo]

edit: shhhhh my bad

 ^^ that was fun you successfully got me to focus for 30 minutes on a task.

[evangs]

It was pretty easy once you figured out like the first half of the email ^^ that was fun you successfully got me to focus for 30 minutes on a task.

Congrats, don't give anything away the contest is still going!


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[evangs]

And.... It's over! Thanks to everyone who played.  I think I underestimated the difficulty level.  Next time will be harder


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[joey]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

[evangs]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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[joey]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

[Moistgun]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

-1

[evangs]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

It's a number system, not binary, not hex....


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[joey]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

It's a number system, not binary, not hex....


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Weird, I thought I'd tried that, must have done something wrong in my code!

[Moistgun]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

It's a number system, not binary, not hex....


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That means nothing to me.
Is this some programming problem? mathematics thing I should know?

[joey]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

It's a number system, not binary, not hex....


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That means nothing to me.
Is this some programming problem? mathematics thing I should know?

Do you know about binary and hex? If not, it's doubtful you'd know about this other system

[Moistgun]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

It's a number system, not binary, not hex....


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That means nothing to me.
Is this some programming problem? mathematics thing I should know?

Do you know about binary and hex? If not, it's doubtful you'd know about this other system

I do know about binary and hexadecimal numbers. I wouldn't be able to tell you how to write this sentence in binary, but I could use a converter on google to make that happen.

This, i'm completely confused by.

[evangs]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

It's a number system, not binary, not hex....


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That means nothing to me.
Is this some programming problem? mathematics thing I should know?

Do you know about binary and hex? If not, it's doubtful you'd know about this other system

I do know about binary and hexadecimal numbers. I wouldn't be able to tell you how to write this sentence in binary, but I could use a converter on google to make that happen.

This, i'm completely confused by.

It's a number systems common enough to programmers a bit more of a stretch for mathematicians


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[Moistgun]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

It's a number system, not binary, not hex....


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That means nothing to me.
Is this some programming problem? mathematics thing I should know?

Do you know about binary and hex? If not, it's doubtful you'd know about this other system

I do know about binary and hexadecimal numbers. I wouldn't be able to tell you how to write this sentence in binary, but I could use a converter on google to make that happen.

This, i'm completely confused by.

It's a number systems common enough to programmers a bit more of a stretch for mathematicians


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Does the number system have a name?

[Sifo]

there is a certain number missing in all of those triplets

[evangs]

Can you give a hint for those of us that didn't get it?

Sure.  Which phase are you on?


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Phase 0

It's a number system, not binary, not hex....


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That means nothing to me.
Is this some programming problem? mathematics thing I should know?

Do you know about binary and hex? If not, it's doubtful you'd know about this other system

I do know about binary and hexadecimal numbers. I wouldn't be able to tell you how to write this sentence in binary, but I could use a converter on google to make that happen.

This, i'm completely confused by.

It's a number systems common enough to programmers a bit more of a stretch for mathematicians


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Does the number system have a name?

Octal


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[joey]

there is a certain number missing in all of those triplets

There's 2 numbers missing

[Sifo]

there is a certain number missing in all of those triplets

There's 2 numbers missing

cuz 789

[suicidal_orange]

I got the octal part (without knowing what it was called) so now I must go for a wander to find the magic encryption key...

[evangs]

I got the octal part (without knowing what it was called) so now I must go for a wander to find the magic encryption key...

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[joey]

I don't have the encryption key to hand, and can't be bothered to find one online

[evangs]

I don't have the encryption key to hand, and can't be bothered to find one online

But it's so easy to find online... That's why I picked it

Edit: it's freely available

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[joey]

I don't have the encryption key to hand, and can't be bothered to find one online

But it's so easy to find online... That's why I picked it

Edit: it's freely available

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Fine, I'm just too lazy )

[evangs]

I don't have the encryption key to hand, and can't be bothered to find one online

But it's so easy to find online... That's why I picked it

Edit: it's freely available

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Fine, I'm just too lazy )

Lol fair enough


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[mteinum]

Erlang solution

here you go

https://gist.github.com/mteinum/f4039d9c115a0ad13b37787a2de5cc58

[evangs]

Erlang solution

here you go

https://gist.github.com/mteinum/f4039d9c115a0ad13b37787a2de5cc58

Nice!


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[mteinum]

Erlang solution

here you go

https://gist.github.com/mteinum/f4039d9c115a0ad13b37787a2de5cc58

Nice!


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Well, did not solve the map 100%. Need to dig this up first

[evangs]

Congratulations to all the winners:

/u/y2bd - 12:11
Sifo - 12:26
/u/a0-c - 12:35
/u/koduh - 12:48
/u/infinitestory - 12:57
/u/dohmain - 1:05
/u/kentone - 1:05
/u/__orion - 1:07

[y2bd]

Woo, congrats everyone!

[Wazazaby]

Congrats guys!

[joey]

Erlang solution

here you go

https://gist.github.com/mteinum/f4039d9c115a0ad13b37787a2de5cc58

ruby:
puts input.split(' ').map{|a|a.to_i(8 ).chr}.join

[suicidal_orange]

Congratulations to all the winners:

/u/y2bd - 12:11
Sifo - 12:26
/u/a0-c - 12:35
/u/koduh - 12:48
/u/infinitestory - 12:57
/u/dohmain - 1:05
/u/kentone - 1:05
/u/__orion - 1:07

Congrats Sifo, and any of the others who may be lurking

[y2bd]

Erlang solution

here you go

https://gist.github.com/mteinum/f4039d9c115a0ad13b37787a2de5cc58

ruby:
puts input.split(' ').map{|a|a.to_i(8 ).chr}.join

Python's pretty similar:

Code: [Select]

''.join(chr(int(o, 8)) for o in input().split(' '))

[evangs]

The solution to this contest had three parts.  The first was converting the octal code to text which gave instructions for decoding the book code in the second phase.  This resulted in a bunch of words that didn't really make sense, but by taking the first letter of each word you would get a message telling you to send an email to a special email address!

[Sifo]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/4mugjd/contest_solve_the_challenge_and_win_an_alps/d3ygp27

wait if 1st place surrendered am I first place ?

[evangs]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/4mugjd/contest_solve_the_challenge_and_win_an_alps/d3ygp27

wait if 1st place surrendered am I first place ?

That would be correct sir you won the grand prize


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