The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by finnw on Thursday July 02, 2009 @11:46AM (#684573)

Don't waste your time on this stupid puzzle. #13 is just completely unfair. There are too many combinations (if the answer ends with '0' do add a '5' to form a plural or use a decimal point? Do you use '9' or '8' to represent 'b'?) Trying out all the possibilities is just not fun. And the 4th question is too much of a guessing game.

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Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by dan_the_man on Thursday July 02, 2009 @12:03PM (#684621)

Well you're entitled to your opinion of course, but #4 is not a guessing game - the answer is given to you, you just have to work out how to find it.

#17 has me totally stumped though, anyone offer any clues? I've tried naming the computer, the institute, the museum... no luck :-(

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Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by finnw on Thursday July 02, 2009 @12:07PM (#684628)

I don't mean the 4th task, I mean the 4th question in task #13

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Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by dan_the_man on Thursday July 02, 2009 @12:23PM (#684654)

Oh, my mistake; #13 certainly is a pain, although as it happens, my first guess for part 4 was correct because I happen to fit that stereotype :-)

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Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by chaosprophet on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @08:08AM (#693734)

the username is the computers name and the password is the year it was completed. Wikipedia's not really accurate on that last count, so try google.

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Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by anonymouswrites on Friday July 03, 2009 @01:57PM (#686383)

any hints for #14

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Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by anonymouswrites on Friday July 03, 2009 @01:56PM (#686380)

any hints for #14

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