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vimesey Member (Idle past 101 days) Posts: 1398 From: Birmingham, England Joined: |
I wondered about Hewlet Packard for a while too, but it's the wrong theme too.
PP cracked it for me in the end - the alliteration finally kicked a connection, and then it all fell into place.Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?
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Percy Member Posts: 22502 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
vimesey writes: It is something else, yes. Is there something about it that should make what kind of puzzle it is recognizable to anyone, or only to people more fluent with the puzzle world? --Percy
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vimesey Member (Idle past 101 days) Posts: 1398 From: Birmingham, England Joined: |
xongsmith and Tangle are both using the right approach/formula, but there's a theme which makes it possible to get all of the solutions. Dr A has given the clue to the theme, in emphasising the V in the topic title.
Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?
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Percy Member Posts: 22502 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
I haven't read any post that looked like it might include a clue. I'd first like to try to solve the puzzle with no help. But I'm not a puzzle person, and if it's not a letter substitution problem then I don't know what type of puzzle it is. If anyone should be able to figure out the type of puzzle it is then so be it, I'll figure out what I can, but if it helps to be familiar with various types of puzzles then I don't have that familiarity and am at a disadvantage.
--Percy
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
I finally got one of these, namely 'SHVPM'.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams
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vimesey Member (Idle past 101 days) Posts: 1398 From: Birmingham, England Joined: |
The others follow a similar theme - though it helps a little with a couple of them to have young kids or grandkids ;-)
Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8562 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
OK, got em.
vimesey's already gone the extra mile. Congrats. So, do I get a cookie? Please? If I also get SMVLL may I have an extra cookie? Please? Edited by AZPaul3, : No reason given. Edited by AZPaul3, : No reason given.
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
but if it helps to be familiar with various types of puzzles then I don't have that familiarity and am at a disadvantage. I don't believe that being familiar with various types of puzzles is a help. Fifty percent of the task here is figuring out what the puzzle is about. So don't give up on account of some perceived advantage for others that does not exist. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams
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Straggler Member (Idle past 93 days) Posts: 10333 From: London England Joined: |
If you are utterly lost and want a proper clue that risks giving the game away entirely click peek.
nemeses
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8562 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Hey, Straggler, good to see you again.
You missed one small little detail, the "?" at the end. So where's your addition to the list? Make it a good one, now.
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Straggler Member (Idle past 93 days) Posts: 10333 From: London England Joined: |
KEVPS
Should leave people hungry for more such games...
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Straggler Member (Idle past 93 days) Posts: 10333 From: London England Joined: |
Good to see you again To quote James Bond "I never left". Edited by Straggler, : No reason given.
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ringo Member (Idle past 440 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
vimesey writes:
JBVAG JBVESBJBVFS
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8562 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
To quote James Bond "I never left". Oh. Well, maybe I'm the one who left. I get so confused. Anyway, it's good to see you again.
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Percy Member Posts: 22502 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
What was the answer?
--Percy
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