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Re: Mars DVD solutions posted
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lugnet.space, lugnet.general
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Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:20:02 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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If you’re a geek like me who spent time solving the Mars Rover DVD...
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Not only that, but I owe geeks like you for informing me about the contest.
Thank you, it was a lot of fun! I got a whole class of 3rd-6th graders started
on code-breaking due to that contest grin...
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What I found interesting was the first 10 solvers of each code... and
30 randomly-chosen people who sucessfully solved the codes.
Don’t suppose anybody here’s gotten notice they won?
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Nope, and no chance on the Spirit code (I needed hint #6 before I was able to
crack it - partly due to time limitations, partly due to intelligence).
Opportunity I was early on, (but probably not within an hour - Wow!), but
probably not that early. What surprised me, actually, was how *few* (relatively
speaking) people solved the code - I mean, at the end the hints were pretty much
give-aways (no slight intended - I still don’t know how people were doing it
with only, essentially, the first hint).
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Funny about that Opportunity code, though... I didn’t realize it
was Braille,
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Funny ‘bout that - I realized it within about 10 minutes of looking at it. I
was very proud of this, unitl I showed it to a 5th-grader who within 10-15
seconds of looking at the picture, said “it’s braille - where’s the dictionary?”
Oh well, being humbled is good for me grin...
--
Brian Davis
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Mars DVD solutions posted
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| Spoiler alert if you were going to try solving the code yourself. Hints if you tried and gave up. (...) Thanks for posting the original contest notification. I would never have known about it otherwise. Of course, I did waste the majority of a day (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | Mars DVD solutions posted
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| If you're a geek like me who spent time solving the Mars Rover DVD, you'll be interested to know the (URL) Society> finally announced the solutions. I won't spoil the suspense for anyone, but you can find the answers at the Planetary Society's site. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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