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I work as a delivery man for our local newspaper and noticed something that has my alarm bells ringing. The embassy of Warfaretania has ordered exactly nine issues of our paper, from December 1 through December 9. While it's possible that the officials of that faraway nation simply have great interest in our local news, I find it much more likely that there's some shady spy stuff going on in the newspaper's office. Can you figure it out?
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I work as a delivery man for our local newspaper and noticed something that has my alarm bells ringing. The embassy of Warfaretania has ordered exactly nine issues of our paper, from December 1 through December 9. While it's possible that the officials of that faraway nation simply have great interest in our local news, I find it much more likely that there's some shady spy stuff going on in the newspaper's office. Can you figure it out?
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I work as a delivery man for our local newspaper and noticed something that has my alarm bells ringing. The embassy of Warfaretania has ordered exactly nine issues of our paper, from December 1 through December 9. While it's possible that the officials of that faraway nation simply have great interest in our local news, I find it much more likely that there's some shady spy stuff going on in the newspaper's office. Can you figure it out?
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I work as a delivery man for our local newspaper and noticed something that has my alarm bells ringing. The embassy of Warfaretania has ordered exactly nine issues of our paper, from December 1 through December 9. While it's possible that the officials of that faraway nation simply have great interest in our local news, I find it much more likely that there's some shady spy stuff going on in the newspaper's office. Can you figure it out?
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Very partial answer -- quotes of the day
Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine
GOT
Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun
(true)
My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice
GO (AlphaGo)
My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait
OT (overtime)
Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun
GOAT (greatest of all time)
Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren
GOTH (black clothes, too)
Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou
GHOST
Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes
BIGOT
One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole
Game of Thrones
There remain
the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)
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Partial Answer:
Observation 1:
the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
Observation 2:
The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)
1
Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
– George Menoutis
4 hours ago
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Partial:
The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.
also:
the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END
, which probably does not help. ;)
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Partial (non)-answer:
Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get
CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry
which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.
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Partial:
First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
Second is the A chord on the guitar.
So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A
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Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
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Partial: (with some help from @GarethMcCaughan
It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:
1. r
2. e a
3. d y
4. f o
5. r d
6. e l
7. i
8. v e
9. r y
which reads "Ready for delivery"
Also the first 3 pictures give us:
AW + A + IT = AWAIT
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Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
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And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
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Another two partial findings:
The fourth image
shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.
The fifth picture
shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.
Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as
Aw-a-it-in-g pay
I guess the last three pictures have the solution
m-en-t or me-n-t
but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.
You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
– ablerks
53 mins ago
I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
– NudgeNudge
33 mins ago
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I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
31 mins ago
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And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
@GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
– jafe
17 mins ago
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Very partial answer -- quotes of the day
Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine
GOT
Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun
(true)
My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice
GO (AlphaGo)
My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait
OT (overtime)
Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun
GOAT (greatest of all time)
Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren
GOTH (black clothes, too)
Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou
GHOST
Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes
BIGOT
One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole
Game of Thrones
There remain
the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)
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Very partial answer -- quotes of the day
Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine
GOT
Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun
(true)
My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice
GO (AlphaGo)
My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait
OT (overtime)
Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun
GOAT (greatest of all time)
Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren
GOTH (black clothes, too)
Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou
GHOST
Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes
BIGOT
One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole
Game of Thrones
There remain
the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)
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Very partial answer -- quotes of the day
Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine
GOT
Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun
(true)
My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice
GO (AlphaGo)
My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait
OT (overtime)
Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun
GOAT (greatest of all time)
Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren
GOTH (black clothes, too)
Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou
GHOST
Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes
BIGOT
One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole
Game of Thrones
There remain
the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)
Very partial answer -- quotes of the day
Three letters in my name have I - A.Cecine
GOT
Not one's an A or E or Y - B.St.Pasun
(true)
My first two -- bested by AI - C.Indice
GO (AlphaGo)
My last two work till they're bled dry - D.Enfait
OT (overtime)
Add A, still best though years go by - E.Cestun
GOAT (greatest of all time)
Or add an H, hair black I dye - F.Haren
GOTH (black clothes, too)
Add two, I go with ship, town, ly - G.Grou
GHOST
Or maybe stare with prejudiced eye - H.Gedes
BIGOT
One who plays me will win or die. - I.Ole
Game of Thrones
There remain
the initials, which just go A-I and (I guess) don't have much extra content to them; and the names, which I'm sure are informative but I don't yet understand. (The initials may or may not want to be included.)
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Partial Answer:
Observation 1:
the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
Observation 2:
The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)
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Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
– George Menoutis
4 hours ago
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Partial Answer:
Observation 1:
the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
Observation 2:
The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)
1
Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
– George Menoutis
4 hours ago
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Partial Answer:
Observation 1:
the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
Observation 2:
The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)
Partial Answer:
Observation 1:
the logos on the top left corner of each piece of newspaper can be combined ton form this, which is the coat of arms of Lower Silesia, Poland. Silesia-"ia"=Siles:
Observation 2:
The question mark on Dec 3 is it (country code for Italy), where the six pairs of alphabets are the country codes for France (fr), Switzerland (ch), Austria (at), Slovenia (si), Vatican (va), and San Marino (sm)
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Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
– George Menoutis
4 hours ago
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Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
– George Menoutis
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Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
– George Menoutis
4 hours ago
Your observations are a superset of mine, though, so I'm clearing my answer to de-clutter the thread. Nice job!
– George Menoutis
4 hours ago
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Partial:
The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.
also:
the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END
, which probably does not help. ;)
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Partial:
The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.
also:
the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END
, which probably does not help. ;)
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Partial:
The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.
also:
the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END
, which probably does not help. ;)
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Partial:
The picture in no. 5 is the seal of Paraguay. Paraguay minus RH2O (R[WATER/AGUA]) is PAY.
also:
the double letters in the bold names in each article spell: ONE MORE DEAD END
, which probably does not help. ;)
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Partial (non)-answer:
Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get
CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry
which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.
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Partial (non)-answer:
Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get
CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry
which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.
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Partial (non)-answer:
Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get
CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry
which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.
New contributor
Partial (non)-answer:
Concatenating the last names of the different authors of the Quote of the day, we get
CecinePasunIndiceEnfaitCestunHarenGrouGedéSolé, which gives: Ceci n'est pas un indice, en fait c'est un hareng rouge, désolé and in english,
This is not a clue, it is a red herring, sorry
which is indeed not even a partial answer, but it's a dead end worth mentioning in order to prevent falling into it.
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Partial:
First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
Second is the A chord on the guitar.
So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A
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Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
– Christoph
2 hours ago
@DaurenYermenov Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix in the beginning of the lines.
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Partial:
First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
Second is the A chord on the guitar.
So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A
New contributor
Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
– Christoph
2 hours ago
@DaurenYermenov Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix in the beginning of the lines.
– rhsquared
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Partial:
First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
Second is the A chord on the guitar.
So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A
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Partial:
First picture is the Japanese WA (わ) backwards (and with 2 shadows):
Second is the A chord on the guitar.
So we get either AW - A or AWAWAW - A
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Dauren Yermenov
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Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
– Christoph
2 hours ago
@DaurenYermenov Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix in the beginning of the lines.
– rhsquared
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Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
– Christoph
2 hours ago
@DaurenYermenov Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix in the beginning of the lines.
– rhsquared
2 hours ago
Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
– Christoph
2 hours ago
Good find! Add @OmegaKryptons second observation and you get rot13(njnvg).
– Christoph
2 hours ago
@DaurenYermenov Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix in the beginning of the lines.
– rhsquared
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@DaurenYermenov Hello and welcome to PSE. Please hide your answers in spoilers using the >! prefix in the beginning of the lines.
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Partial: (with some help from @GarethMcCaughan
It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:
1. r
2. e a
3. d y
4. f o
5. r d
6. e l
7. i
8. v e
9. r y
which reads "Ready for delivery"
Also the first 3 pictures give us:
AW + A + IT = AWAIT
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Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
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And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
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Partial: (with some help from @GarethMcCaughan
It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:
1. r
2. e a
3. d y
4. f o
5. r d
6. e l
7. i
8. v e
9. r y
which reads "Ready for delivery"
Also the first 3 pictures give us:
AW + A + IT = AWAIT
1
Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
1
And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
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Partial: (with some help from @GarethMcCaughan
It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:
1. r
2. e a
3. d y
4. f o
5. r d
6. e l
7. i
8. v e
9. r y
which reads "Ready for delivery"
Also the first 3 pictures give us:
AW + A + IT = AWAIT
Partial: (with some help from @GarethMcCaughan
It looks like all the latin names are misspelled. So far I discovered some of the differences which might contain hidden text. Starting with the top image here is what I found so far:
1. r
2. e a
3. d y
4. f o
5. r d
6. e l
7. i
8. v e
9. r y
which reads "Ready for delivery"
Also the first 3 pictures give us:
AW + A + IT = AWAIT
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answered 5 hours ago
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Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
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And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
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Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
1
And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
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Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
Unsurprisingly #6 is missing EL.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
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1
And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
4 hours ago
And #3 is missing DY. So that message is pretty clear.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
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Another two partial findings:
The fourth image
shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.
The fifth picture
shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.
Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as
Aw-a-it-in-g pay
I guess the last three pictures have the solution
m-en-t or me-n-t
but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.
You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
– ablerks
53 mins ago
I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
– NudgeNudge
33 mins ago
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I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
31 mins ago
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And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
@GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
– jafe
17 mins ago
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Another two partial findings:
The fourth image
shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.
The fifth picture
shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.
Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as
Aw-a-it-in-g pay
I guess the last three pictures have the solution
m-en-t or me-n-t
but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.
You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
– ablerks
53 mins ago
I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
– NudgeNudge
33 mins ago
1
I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
31 mins ago
2
And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
@GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
– jafe
17 mins ago
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Another two partial findings:
The fourth image
shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.
The fifth picture
shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.
Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as
Aw-a-it-in-g pay
I guess the last three pictures have the solution
m-en-t or me-n-t
but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.
Another two partial findings:
The fourth image
shows the country of Benin and Benin City, which is located in Benin's neighbour country Nigeria. I'm not sure what the symbol represents, but I got a strong suspection that you should substract "ben", making the solution for this picture in.
The fifth picture
shows the SI prefixes. The missing one is G.
Putting together these two with @DaurenYermenov's first two pictures' solutions, @OmegaKrypton's solutions for the third picture and @ablerks's sixth picture solution you get as much as
Aw-a-it-in-g pay
I guess the last three pictures have the solution
m-en-t or me-n-t
but I couldn't figure out how exactly yet.
answered 1 hour ago
Christoph
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You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
– ablerks
53 mins ago
I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
– NudgeNudge
33 mins ago
1
I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
31 mins ago
2
And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
@GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
– jafe
17 mins ago
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You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
– ablerks
53 mins ago
I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
– NudgeNudge
33 mins ago
1
I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
31 mins ago
2
And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
@GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
– jafe
17 mins ago
You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
– ablerks
53 mins ago
You're right. The signs in the fourth image are rot13(Uroerj sbe Ora).
– ablerks
53 mins ago
I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
– NudgeNudge
33 mins ago
I believe the seventh image could refer to rot13(Wnzrf Obaq'f obff (Ntrag mrebmrebfrira), Z), which would fit your solution.
– NudgeNudge
33 mins ago
1
1
I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
31 mins ago
I think the last is TRACK - RACK = T.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
31 mins ago
2
2
And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
And it's in no way a surprise that the other one is EN (Lincoln -> Nebraska -> NE -> EN) but I don't quite see how it works. Lincoln (capital of Nebraska) is the guy on the $5 bill. But Jackson (capital of Mississipi) is on the $20, not the $10, and the guy on the $10 is not Columbus (capital of Ohio).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
@GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
– jafe
17 mins ago
@GarethMcCaughan Augh, that one's on me. Turns out I was looking at 1914 banknotes or something... I'll fix the clue once I get to an actual computer.
– jafe
17 mins ago
add a comment |
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