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tzarmarko Pillar of the Community 614 Posts	Posted 08/31/2012 7:06 pm I'm interested in coins.......>:) Report this Post to the Staff
LTMets44 Pillar of the Community United States 580 Posts	Posted 08/31/2012 7:21 pm Quote: Let me know if anyone is interested in coins. Is that another hint? Report this Post to the Staff
larsdog Pillar of the Community United States 593 Posts	Posted 08/31/2012 11:34 pm Quote: Oh no your not! If your going to participate in my contest, Lars, I may just as well send you the prize now. tzarmarko - I can skip the next one, too, if you wish. I just enjoy the mental exercise. I own a small business, have two young children, and therefore very limited free time. The current contest would require more time than I can allocate, but it might be a very worthwhile adventure for those with more disposable hours. So far I have given away everything I have won, plus more, with the exception of a Franklin half I'm hoping to trade some day. (If not, I'll crack it open and put it in my Type Set album). So it's usually not about the prize for me. However, if you're giving away a 1909 S VDB Lincoln Cent, I can probably allocate a few more disposable hours! Report this Post to the Staff
tzarmarko Pillar of the Community 614 Posts	Posted 08/31/2012 11:39 pm Haha if you want to, feel free to participate. Just if you get it off the bat, wait for others to at least get a clue. ;) Sorry, if I had a 1909 S VDB to give away I prob wouldn't be living in a modest NJ suburb. Lol. Report this Post to the Staff
jg86 Pillar of the Community Canada 686 Posts	Posted 09/01/2012 3:20 pm Is ASCII involved? Should we try converting the code using the "bases" first, or "unzip" it first? Is base 2 involved? Is base 3 involved? Is base 4 involved? Is base 5 involved? Is base 6 involved? Is base 7 involved? Is base 8 involved? Is base 9 involved? Is base 10 involved? Is a base higher than 10 involved? Was pi supposed to be 3rd base? Was pi supposed to represent 3? Do we use each base on the same number of characters? Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 09/01/2012 8:59 pm Hint # 1.0 The base is constant throughout. The base is big enough to accommodate the alphabet and three special characters (thus a character per character coding). Report this Post to the Staff
tzarmarko Pillar of the Community 614 Posts	Posted 09/03/2012 11:47 am Common guys, participate. Report this Post to the Staff
matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 09/03/2012 12:21 pm Bases basically bring on my brain burnout. This morning I had the thought, "ANY base is sufficient to represent ANY number. Now, if the "Hint" were framed as: "The base is sufficient to represent 26 letter and three punctuation marks, USING ONLY two/three/four ... symbols," THEN I mght come back in. Report this Post to the Staff
jdavis18 Pillar of the Community United States 556 Posts	Posted 09/03/2012 12:55 pm You could always as that question...lol Report this Post to the Staff
matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 09/03/2012 1:12 pm I just throw out ideas. I have NO problem with other people using my ideas to solve this code. Let them state my idea in the form of a question. "Alex, what is, 'How many symbols are needed in the base?" "You have fifteen seconds ... GOOD LUCK!" "Join us tomorrow on ... Jeopardy!" Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 09/03/2012 4:09 pm Quote: "ANY base is sufficient to represent ANY number. Yes, but! We're using decimal system in everyday life, and indeed we can represent any number ... but we often need more than one digit. If I use a big enough base then all my (numbered, i.e. in a certain order) characters can be represented with a single "digit" i.e. symbol. Report this Post to the Staff
matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 09/03/2012 7:33 pm To represent 29 characters with a single digit would require ... base 30? 26 letters plus 3 punctuations = 29 26 letters plus 10 numbers = 36. More than enough symbols. CRUEL! Say it isn't so. Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 09/04/2012 11:18 am I decided 29 was enough (what I needed in my sentence). So it is just like base 30 explained on Wikipedia minus one unnecessary symbol. Report this Post to the Staff
matthewvincent Pillar of the Community United States 3486 Posts	Posted 09/04/2012 11:29 am But dare I say that, unlike the explanation provided by Wikipedia, You started with the letters, A through Z, plus three numbers. Perhaps you chose more more numbers than you needed. This has to end soon. My brain wants to explode! Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 09/04/2012 11:42 am My Coding Chart The alphabet is in the middle, top is one way, bottom - the other. Report this Post to the Staff
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