Talk:Brianundaunted

Password 2

Isn't is the password Lac Long Quan? Good job Hardvice for this page, I like how it turned out.--Bob 22:55, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

• Yeah, password 2 comes from the Lonestar File, not from Brian. And thanks!--Hardvice (talk) 23:10, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
  • Yeah, I knew we could derive it from the Lonestar File, but since Brian is the guy who put the logic bomb in the voting software, you'd think he would have made that backdoor notable. Hm.--Bob 23:13, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
    • Well, he claims he's planning to sell it, so my guess is he wouldn't risk someone finding it out ... which is why we had to get it elsewhere.--Hardvice (talk) 23:29, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

Good move

I like the detail that this page allows us. Little things like the JPG hint, or including the full sonnet are really nice on this page. They would've been too crowded on Hana's website. Good call! — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 23:29, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

• Now if somebody could explain the number series to me ... here's how it's supposed to work:

Number	Read Aloud is	Gives
6	One "6"	16
16	One "1", One "6"	1116
1116	Three "1", One "6"	3116
3116	One "3", Two "1", One "6"	132116
132116	One "1", One "3", One "2", Two "1", One "6"	1113122116
1113122116	Three "1", One "3", One "1", Two "2", Two "1", One "6"	311311222116

Not "31131216", which is the correct answer. WTF?--Hardvice (talk) 23:47, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

• If you work backwards from "31131216", all you get is a ton of 6's eventually. So yeah, I have no idea.--Bob 23:53, 11 April 2007 (EDT)
• I think I've seen different rules when it comes to this puzzle, but for this one it appears you work left to right and each time you come to a digit you've not seen before you count all instances of it in the entire string, not just adjacent ones. (Admin 00:12, 12 April 2007 (EDT))
  • Well then wouldn't it be 31132216? — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 00:22, 12 April 2007 (EDT)
    • 132116 -> 3 ones, 1 three, one 2, one 6 (31131216) "Read aloud" column of row 5 (not counting the heading row) of Hardvice's chart is incorrect, which messes up any subsequent ones. (Admin 00:26, 12 April 2007 (EDT))

Corrected chart:

Number	Read Aloud is	Gives
6	One "6"	16
16	One "1", One "6"	1116
1116	Three "1", One "6"	3116
3116	One "3", Two "1", One "6"	132116
132116	Three "1", One "3", One "2", One "6"	31131216

• Thanks, that clears it up. (I added one more row to make it correct ...) — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 00:41, 12 April 2007 (EDT)
  • I took out your edit to the chart, you made it incorrect. :) The correct answer is right there in the last column, last row: 31131216 (Admin 00:47, 12 April 2007 (EDT))
  • It'ss still wrong though. It should read:

132116

One "1", One "3", One "2", Two "1", One "6"

1113122116