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Re: Your Brain - Use It or Lose It
« Reply #100 on: November 23, 2025, 02:07:14 pm »
Google.com had no idea.

ChatGPT.com said this:

Those 5-digit groups look like a code, but there is no single famous message universally known in exactly that number format. Several historic communications use 5-digit groups, but without knowing which system they come from, the numbers cannot be decoded—they’re meaningless until paired with the correct key.
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« Reply #101 on: November 23, 2025, 02:20:31 pm »
Quote from: ChemEngrMBA on November 23, 2025, 02:07:14 pm
Google.com had no idea.

ChatGPT.com said this:

Those 5-digit groups look like a code, but there is no single famous message universally known in exactly that number format. Several historic communications use 5-digit groups, but without knowing which system they come from, the numbers cannot be decoded—they’re meaningless until paired with the correct key.

ChatGPT isn't so clever given that this code was cracked by a bunch of men with slide rules.
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Re: Your Brain - Use It or Lose It
« Reply #102 on: November 24, 2025, 11:23:28 am »
Quote from: MeganC on November 17, 2025, 06:47:16 pm
30356 45896 41814 51547 92543 75124 88546 21154 55467 23518  55849 24514

(Yes, this is the actual code for a famous bit of communication)

@MeganC

Can you give me a hint here?  Does each 5-digit series have unique significance?  Does each represent a whole word?
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« Reply #103 on: November 24, 2025, 12:04:13 pm »
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for Mankind" ??

(winging it here)
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« Reply #104 on: November 24, 2025, 02:56:20 pm »
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@MeganC

  Does each represent a whole word?

Yes, but not each word is part of the message.
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« Reply #105 on: November 24, 2025, 03:25:03 pm »
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Yes, but not each word is part of the message.

This is what the X AI said it means when I asked it.

"I like it up the a**"

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« Reply #106 on: November 24, 2025, 06:26:32 pm »
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Yes, but not each word is part of the message.

Another hint:

JN 25
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« Reply #107 on: November 24, 2025, 06:30:12 pm »
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Another hint:

JN 25

All Your Base Are Belong To Us
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« Reply #108 on: November 24, 2025, 06:37:46 pm »
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All Your Base Are Belong To Us

Wrong enemy but that's funny!  :silly:
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« Reply #109 on: November 24, 2025, 08:46:46 pm »
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Another hint:

JN 25

Either the transcript for Yamamoto's flight plan, or the attack on Midway.
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« Reply #110 on: November 27, 2025, 02:26:17 pm »
Tenth three this month, and also four twos...

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« Reply #111 on: November 27, 2025, 02:36:25 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on November 24, 2025, 08:46:46 pm
Either the transcript for Yamamoto's flight plan, or the attack on Midway.

 :bingo:

Exactly! It was the Japanese message about AF running out of fresh water! 👍
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« Reply #112 on: November 29, 2025, 04:10:54 pm »
I think this is the first time I have solved it on my second try with zero hits on first try:



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« Reply #113 on: December 01, 2025, 01:23:55 pm »
[Starting December with a 3 on Wordley:

Ironically, LEARN was the word of the day on Wordle. It was my first guess just above.




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Re: Your Brain - Use It or Lose It
« Reply #114 on: December 18, 2025, 10:02:39 pm »
I am always in over my head but I'm a good swimmer.
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« Reply #115 on: December 20, 2025, 03:03:35 pm »
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I am always in over my head but I'm a good swimmer.

I once swam in waters three miles deep.  wink777
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« Reply #116 on: December 20, 2025, 08:24:55 pm »
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« Reply #117 on: December 21, 2025, 02:02:33 pm »
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« Reply #118 on: December 21, 2025, 02:16:53 pm »
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« Reply #119 on: December 21, 2025, 02:36:41 pm »
Quote from: ChemEngrMBA on December 21, 2025, 02:02:33 pm
(Number) (x-x) = 0

That is a cool problem.
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« Reply #120 on: December 21, 2025, 08:18:07 pm »
My tennis friends and I do Wordle, Wordley and Connections daily.  Connections is on the smartphone NYT App and it is KILLER!
We routinely solve Wordle on second, third, or fourth try but only solve Connections about half the time.  We got it today by the first three combos but four was only by default.
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« Reply #121 on: February 10, 2026, 02:37:44 pm »
Today's 247Wordley, in three.





We always do both, but seldom do I get it on third try on both.  Today's that day again.





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« Reply #122 on: February 23, 2026, 07:10:00 pm »
I have gotten Wordle and 247Wordley both in three tries on the same day, but for the first time I can recall, a two and a three on the same day!!!  Woot.



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« Reply #123 on: February 24, 2026, 07:47:44 pm »
Two and three yesterday and another two today!

Good words, TRUST and HAPPY.
AI is so smart it's like talking to a person who is a genius and a polite one.
So today I had some fun and said "I can beat you at tennis."  The machine agreed, "6-0, 6-0..  I like your swagger."

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Re: Your Brain - Use It or Lose It
« Reply #124 on: February 25, 2026, 11:53:58 am »
This time the encryption question is much easier.

The encrypted message is "Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee".

All you need to do is to decode the leading and trailing word which are the same word:

54879 25687 15789 99857 61458 36845 20148 95068 00687 19485 34687 19063 64998

Good luck!  tipping hat!!
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« Reply #125 on: Today at 02:02:19 pm »
After my second guess, it was clear that no combination of B, G, and R would go into the first two letters if R could not be second letter.  So I typed RXIGN and the solution was obvious.  Sixth 3 this month and one 2 to date.  Also try NYTCROSSWORDLE.

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