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( :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :97-         :96- :96-        :5- :5- :5- :5- :5- :5- :5- :5-)

 :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :97-         :127- :127- :127- :127- :127-          :97- :97- :97- :97-    ---

:30- :30- :30- :30-         :97-         :99- :99- :99- :99-           :103- :103- :103- :129- :129- :128- :128-

Ask for Joey.

(this should be a very easy code to break)

Yup, it was easy. :96- :96- :88- :5- :5-

You didn't do the toll free number.  :96-

( bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing         Tongue Out Tongue Out        arrow arrow arrow arrow arrow arrow arrow arrow)

 bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing         Weird Eyes Weird Eyes Weird Eyes Weird Eyes Weird Eyes          bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing bust gut laughing    ---

frying pan frying pan frying pan frying pan         bust gut laughing         Help Help Help Help           Scratch Head Scratch Head Scratch Head Scratch Head 3 Scratch Head 3 Scratch Head 2 Scratch Head 2

my program couldn't break the code....lol

Think #s     :79-

Leave it to a Stats Guy to post a numeric enigma!   :127-

 :96- I know...I'm just kidding...

Trying to save Joey some money.  :61-

Well, in the past I used the actual numeric values that the site uses in the SMS code (e.g., 97 for :97-) to put a hidden message in my text, so you weren't wholly incorrect to look at the source code. This was a beat-over-the-head type of code. :72- :72-

( :97- :96- :5-)                             or (928) ?
( :97- :127- :97- )                         or (754) ?
( :30- :97- :99- :103- :129- :128-)   or (4147) ?

tel: = (928) 754-4147 ?


Oh, I'm having fun with this!.....For April Fool's , I'm gonna send you a letter on a eeprom, in binary code :97-

 :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :72- :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :97- :131-


That's a K+ for an SOB! :97- :97- :97-

Actually, I meant something more like these:

The answer to all of these is 928 754 4147

Easy:
(:92- :8-)    :7- :54-    --     :4- :147-

Moderate:
(:57- :50- :56-)    :55- :53- :52-   --  :52- :49- :52- :55-

Difficult (maybe not that difficult):
ÆçTAG



Extremely Difficult (I honestly am not sure if I could solve this if I were given this one)
Each of my emoticons here needs a friend, so add :100- to every one.
:139- :155- :153- :147- :155- :91- :154- :155- :147- :155- :27- :154- :155- :27- :91-

the easy on is the number again.
W

Moderate is also the number
sum of pairs minus 3
w

Nope. What about 49?  4+9-3=10, not 1.

Hint: I designed all of these with SB in mind.

I think "difficult" is from Evolve-o-Matic? But I don't have a program for it.
Might be in MD-5 code...    

9f34571d5cca28e21f22ca8c3bf6f2d1

 I now have that Tommy Two Tone Tune running through my head..... UGH  :30-  :30-  :30-

Jenny Jenny 867 5309

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3e5xmvNXow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3e5xmvNXow)

You used to peek in your neighbor's bedroom window? :96-

Yes but her name was Roberta .....

 :97- :97- :97-

I guess I added the two digits on that one.  I didn't have my coffee yet when I did that :103-.  I am not a golfer either. :103-
Thanks,
Wayne

No hash, and not Evolve-o-Matic..  one of these ideas might be closer than the other. :79-

American Flag kool aid cocktail martini kool aid yummy chug kool aid martini kool aid fever chug kool aid fever yummy

       :239-       :255-    :253-   :247-    :255-    :191-  :254-  :255-   :247-    :255-  :127- :254-  :255-  :127-   :191-     


The answer is>>>>  "PAR"  ? 


I saved it to word pad after adding 100 to each emoticon...then re-opened it in HxD editor to discover "par" on line"0049DA50"...lol
awesome puzzle....worked on it for about 7 minutes! lol

Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F

0049DA40  30 30 30 30 0D 0A 7D 5C 70 61 72 0D 0A 7D 0D 0A  0000..}\par..}..

Sounds like a golf puzzle to me.
 :96-

Golf CAN be puzzling at times....  :72-
but I can't wait till the courses open up around here!

 :103- :103- :103-


It's not the answer itself that you're looking for; it's how the answer is embedded in the puzzle, so no PAR, although it is definitely related to your interests. On the other hand, using HxD is much warmer than using Evolve-O-Matic, and may help you with other puzzles too...  or not.

<EDIT> I just tried what you did SB. That is very innovative!  :131- :3- :3-  I wish I had thought of that; but it wasn't intentional. Very COOL sleuthing. :71-

I will say this: There is no unnecessary information in the codes. That is, you won't end up with a long string of stuff with the phone number in only a small part of it, as it was with the word "PAR".

Looks like some guys have run numbers for a living. :72- :72-

I give up!!!  :5- :72- I thought I had it , but now I know you want me to find just the phone numbers :25-

I know you wont give it up on how it's embedded ( you're like David Copperfield) but how'd you hide it?

Please?????

I tried to look at the patterns repeating such as the 4s, but there seemed to be too many sets, I tried without the 5 255 combos, must be more to it.  I thought I had it but once applied to all, it didn't work.  I think I'll go shop some slots, it's much easier for me.  :103-  :103-  :103-

thanks,
Wayne

Shall I post the word document with the solutions then?

Anyone else want more time first?

Let me know. :71-

I'd say let's wait till Friday, if anyone gets it, they win a free machine from Joey!  :71-

Are you offering to pay for the free machine that you would have Joey give away? :56- :14- :127-  :72- :72- :97- :97-

If so, can I answer my own puzzle? :96- :31-
He still owes me a tee-shirt for the 5,000,000^th post..  :79-

[Are you offering to pay for the free machine that you would have Joey give away]quote


No! I'm in a recession! :96-    Maybe I should go before Congress and ask for a bail out package...


(I gotta learn to keep my mouth shut :25-)

If you can successfully get bailout money from Congress as an individual, not only will you be able to buy every slot machine in the state of New Jersey and fly every member of NLG into town to attend a dozen lavish parties, you'll be able publish a book, wear a bright green suit with exclamation points all over it instead of question marks, and outsell that question mark guy's book a hundred times over. :131- :131- :131-

 :72- :72- :72- I 'd have to be a CEO of something in order to make an appearance...

Be creative! We're talking twenty or fifty billion dollars give or take a few dozen billion. Start a bank -- a very small bank -- maybe one with only a single depositor -- and install yourself as CEO. :5-
Then go to the hearings with hat in hand, a great story and the press in tow.  :97- :97-

Even if you don't get the money, you might end up with 0.1% of it in the form of a 50 million dollar movie and book deal for the rights to your story.

Stat, I'd really love to see YOU do that..... :97-


Knowing you,    you'd pull it off! :96-

Okay, it's Friday, and as promised, here are the solutions to the puzzles. :71-

it always seems easy when you have the answer.  Kept my brain alive for some time, however I was way off track.

Thanks,
Wayne

Puzzles are fun for the maker and the solver. :71-
I hope the answers weren't a disappointment. They were really intended to help SB with his study of computers.

SB, you're finally here! We were going to send out search parties.  :72- :72- :72- :72-

Yes,
Crazy, but constructive day here on the east coast...lol
Those puzzles you made were ingenious, to say the least...I wasn't even close...lol
I guess I don't have to go see Congress to pay for the winner's machine.
I was busy making another S+ out of the cabinets I made....check out what I made this week.
It's not finished yet but it's progressing along fine>>

Here's down in the hopper area and the cool lights for the reels>>

Love the fresh cut wood smell!...lol

Test and power switch area and the way I switch 16" award glasses...lol

Funny little slider I had to make to catch the door, and a shot of the way I attached the modified tray to a wood cabinet.
I used aluminum 1" square tubes, drilled some holes and screwed it to the wall.

Some nice work.....

I would love to have a nice cherry wood case.....

Yes, You can use any kind of wood you choose....
just adapting it to accept S+ parts requires some sound thinking and combination of welding/woodworking skills.
Not to mention electrical knowledge and slot machine set-ups! :72-

I was going to wait to be sure that you had posted all of the pictures, but since Jay posted, I'll jump in and congratulate you on your work.  :131- :131- :3- :3-

Most people end up buying kits to put in their existing S+ frames; you ended up making S+ frames to put your kits into.  :71- :71-

Or.... a buddy that enjoys wood working, welding, and electrical not to mention slot machine setups and can ship from within Canada....  :88-

Yeah....lol...I can't put a frame in my Toyota Corolla:96-

So I had to make my own :5-

Cherry wood is beautiful, but expensive. My friend was an amateur woodworker for some time (he no longer has the space for his workshop) and he built me a DVD/VHS/CD cabinet out of cherry with oak trim. We decided not to stain the wood, but to let it develop it's own color over the years instead.

The lattice work is cherry and the dark frames around each piece of glass are oak.

Here are some pictures. I wish I had this kind of talent. :131- :131-

some more pictures..

That is pretty Stat, with piano hinges too :131-

When we sat down to design it and realized how large it would need to be to fit my collection, we looked at several design options. Building the doors to hold inventory effectively doubled the capacity, but the fastening device had to be able to hold all of that weight suspended at 90 degrees. Piano hinges were the only choice, and since the materials were costing me a fortune anyway, I figured why not do everything up in brass? Finding the knobs on the outside proved difficult and were a last minute purchase. I had searched the internet for a couple of months (while he was building the cabinet) for something suitable, but was surprised how few choices there were when I limited myself to polished brass -- our theme -- and to handles that would befit a piece of furniture this size.

It's actually two identical pieces that stack. He built them so that they could both sit on the floor and still look like finished pieces in case that turned out to be a better way to place them down the road in a future home. That's why the top, middle, and bottom frames all look the same.

I met him through work years ago -- he's a web designer. :96-  For a while there, he had so many orders for projects that he had hopes of going into business full-time. But life seldom works out the way we want it to. :8-

When I was about 17, I made a huge case for all my cassette tapes....though made of cheap pine, it served its purpose..
while riding around town, the girls would be in the back seat checking them out exclaiming excitedly "Play this one!"...I felt like some kind of driving DJ in a volkswagen bus....needless to say, I was at a lotta local parties back then :72-

Some very creative work there on the S+ Cabinets SOB!   :131-

Also, one heck of a custom media center Stat!    :89-


Thanks to both of you for sharing!   :3-

Great puzzles Stat!
Wish I would have had more time to decipher them. Been very busy lately!!! Did recognize the IBM set characters (DOS)
But the 15 emoticons representing 10 numbers had me baffled.  :103- :103- :103-
It looked like 8-bit binary, but why 15 of them? If I had just multiplied 8 x 15 / 10, I would have gotten 12 and been on my way.  :30- :30- :30-
Very clever code!  :89-

Nice work on the cabinets, SB.  :71-
If you ever get to Laughlin, go to The Riverside Casino and checkout the custom wood S+'s they have for sale in their antique slot store. They are antique looking, standup style.

I will go there and check them out! Thanks Uni  :89-
and thank you TJ , for the nice compliment...I just shot off an email to Jay.
I told him that I was interested in obtaining some S2000 parts to put into a cherry wood cabinet I'm thinking of building.

There are too many guys to thank for helping me get all the various S+ parts to put into these wooden cabinets.
Even though I have already, I must thank them all again for their help! :3-

In between , I found some time to get online and try to figure Stat's amazing puzzles...
I must thank him very much for his help...even though I don't fully understand it just yet!!!! :96-
I really thought I figured out his "Difficult" puzzle...boy was I way off :25- ....lol

(Don't worry Stat, I figure it all out soon enuff!)

Great puzzles, great woodwork! Not everyone can do everything - fortunately! If Stat could make cabinets like that as well as do the math, he'd be omnipotent. We'd have to sacrifice virgins to get him to notice our posts.

I have a cartoon somewhere on the relative importance of skills - aha, here it is.

My life in a nutshell... :8- :8- :8-

:72- :72- :72- :72- Great cartoon!

I have to agree there. Most laymen hear "computer [insert your occupation here]"  and immediately expect that a, you know everything there is to know about IBM PC clone style computers and Microsoft Windows, and that b, you will fix theirs for nothing.

Doctors also have to deal with issue B quite often (expectation of free services). So do musicians, btw. Issue A stems from the fact that non-technical people don't understand that the computer field is almost as vast as all other occupations combined. Someone at a party mentions that they were the chief architect on the design team of the original Intel Pentium IV processor and invariably someone else will respond, "Oh, you're in computers? So is my son! He's does data entry for Walmart. You should talk with him." :7-

Now if THAT isn't truth, I don't know what is!   :72-
I am just a layman but know my way around a pc primarily because I have experienced so many issues.
Now that I "know" how to fix issues, I get phone calls from all over to help resolve pc issues. Heck even
just Wednesday I got a ph call from someone that I told to call Tech Support. They did then turned around
and called me right back. Funny thing is I basically did the same thing Tech Support did.  Apparently they just
like how I handle it better. While I'm happy to help, I am no tech and nowhere near a professional. Doesn't stop it though!  :25-