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A: This puzzle changes every week, but it's always the same. A window pops up with the title "Knock, knock, knock", it presents us with a line of text and we get to try to guess the answer.

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A: Try searching for that line of text in Google.

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A: It's a line from Shakespeare.

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A: Finish the line to enter Martin's diary. (Sometimes there are different entries if you end with a period or not.)

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A: Be sure to read all the entries before you continue.

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Q: How do I decode Brutus' messages in Martin's Diary?

A: Be sure that you've at least logged into DonuTech (but not acquired the Investor Relations code) before you try decoding Brutus' messages.

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A: Brutus communicates with you in two ways.

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A: The first way is the obvious way: via the visual pictures he sends.

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A: The second way is in his choice of filenames for the pictures.

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A: The filenames usually relate to the poem or play that Martin quotes in block-text throughout the entry.

Q: How do I decode Brutus' message in the April 26 entry?

Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the May 22nd entry?

Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the May 29th entry?

Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the June 5th entry?

Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the June 8th entry?

Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the June 18th entry?

Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the June 25th entry?

Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the July 3rd entry?

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Q: How do I decode Brutus' message in the April 26 entry?

A: From what is Martin quoting?

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A: He's quoting from the Wasteland, by TS Eliot.

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A: Look at the filenames on the pictures.

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A: They are: B-233, B-237, B-125, B-299, B-241, B-247, V-253, V-249, V-049, V-130, V-377, E-113, E-298, V-421, V-021, V-158

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A: The numbers correspond to the poem.

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A: They refer to line numbers.

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A: They go as follows:

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B-233 One of the low on whom assurance sits
B-237 Endeavours to engage her in caresses
B-125 Those are pearls that were his eyes.
B-299 I made no comment. What should I resent?'
B-241 His vanity requires no response,
B-247 Bestows on final patronising kiss,

V-253 When lovely woman stoops to folly and
V-249 She turns and looks a moment in the glass,
V-049 Here is Belladonna, the Lady of the Rocks,
V-130 So intelligent
V-377 A woman drew her long black hair out tight

E-113 'What are you thinking of? What thinking? What?
E-298 He wept. He promised "a new start".

V-421 Gaily, when invited, beating obedient
V-021 You cannot say, or guess, for you know only
V-158 I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face.

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A: What do the letters correspond to?

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A: They correspond to characters in the game.

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A: B stands for somebody whose name starts with B, V stands for someone whose name starts with V, and E stands for somebody whose name starts with E.

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A: We think B stands for Basta, V stands for Venus and E stands for Evan. This is a conversation between them, or something like it.

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Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the May 22nd entry?

A: From what is Martin quoting?

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A: He's quoting from Shakespeare's play "Macbeth." (Use the MIT version.)

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A: Look at the filenames on the pictures.

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A: They are: 1-3-18, 1-7-27, 3-1-127, 3-4-23, 1-3-136, 4-1-45, 4-1-113, 2-3-94

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A: These are act, scene and line numbers from the play.

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A: These lines go as follows...

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A: 1-3-18: "I will drain him dry as hay:"
1-7-27: "Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself"
3-1-127:"Your spirits shine through you. Within this hour at most"
3-4-23: "But now I am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined, bound in"
1-3-136:"And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,"
4-1-45: "Something wicked this way comes"
4-1-113:"Thy crown does sear mine eye-balls. And thy hair,"
2-3-94: "All is but toys: renown and grace is dead;"

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A: This is an acrostic... look at the first letter of each line.

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A: It spells "IVY BASTA."

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Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the May 29th entry?

A: From what is Martin quoting?

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A: He's quoting from Kate Nei's website.

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A: Look at the filenames on the pictures.

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A: They are: N-25, E-4, A-56, O-51, F-28, E-29, O-29, A-3, W-8, L-17, W-56, N-187, E-25, T-23.

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A: The letters refer to the pages on her site: News, Earth, Air, Operations, Fire, Water, Light, and The elements of design.

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A: The numbers are word numbers. Start from the top, including the graphical header.

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A: The solution is...

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A: N-25 Nei

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A: E-4 is

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A: A-56 living

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A: O-51 oversees

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A: F-28 there

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A: E-29 proud

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A: O-29 Kate

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A: A-3 is

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A: W-8 now

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A: L-17 seeking

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A: W-56 blood

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A: N-187 for

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A: E-25 her

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A: T-23 home

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Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the June 5th entry?

A: There are three messages this time. One written out longhand, "Look for the light at the end of the tunnel," one in the pictures, and one in the filenames.

Q: How do I decode the written message?

Q: How do I decode the message in the pictures?

Q: How do I decode the message in the filenames?

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Q: How do I decode the written message?

A: Do as it says: look for the light at the end of the tunnel.

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A: Try the other architects' web sites.

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A: It's on Deskendeneshaus, Beate Bosch's web page.

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A: Check out the different materials that she uses.

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A: Especially examine the page labeled "Metalle U Glasser."

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A: There's a tunnel there.

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A: Click on the tiny link in the middle of that image.

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A: See the question in the Deskendeneshaus section about decoding that message.

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Q: How do I decode the message in the pictures?

A: See the question above, "How do I decode the Cahir pictures?"

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Q: How do I decode the message in the filenames?

A: No quotations this time... this puzzle is truly different.

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A: The filenames are: ~182-251, N`3112, Matt1912, E'02951, question~7000Ang.

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A: You need to use Google to search on certain combinations of these names to guess what's being meant.

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A: N'3112 and E'02951 are map coordinates.

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A: You can search for them on Google.

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A: They're the coordinates of ancient Alexandria, the location of the famous Library of Alexandria in Egypt.

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A: Now try searching on Alexandria and ~181-251.

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A: The first link is to Origen, one of the most distinguished of the Fathers of the early Church, who was born, probably at Alexandria, about 182; and died at Caesarea not later than 251.

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A: Read that article carefully.

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A: It says that he followed Matt 19:12 literally. (That is, he made himself a eunuch.)

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A: But haven't we seen the name Origen before?

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A: It's one of Martin Swinton's houses.

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A: It was even featured on Metropolitan Living Homes.

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A: That leaves only the last clue: 7000 Ang.

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A: It's a wavelength of light.

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A: It's the color red.

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A: Origen is featured on MLH in red.

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A: Don't go on until you've cracked into Sophia's Temple.

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A: Don't go on until you've found the Red King's hack on the SPCB.

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A: Don't go on until you've read the Sophia entries for the Red King.

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A: Don't go on until you've found all six emotions that work for him.

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A: Review Red King/Struggle, as well as the postscript to Martin's June 8th diary entry.

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A: In Red King/Struggle, there was a hidden message for RK hidden in text in the picture.

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A: Maybe there's a similar message hidden in this picture?

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A: Download the image with the red border and view it in Notepad.

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A: There's a hidden message at the beginning: 8rk8 ... DOMICIDE ESSPEE CEEbe 8A8

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A: That's a clue to find a hidden message on another website.

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A: There's another hidden message on SPCB.org.

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A: And the hidden message is... (watch out, we're going to give it away!)

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A: http://www.spcb.org/8domicide8

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Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the June 8th entry?

A: This one's much easier than the last one, but we don't actually understand the answer we found.

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A: From what is Martin quoting?

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A: He's quoting from The Circus Animal's Desertion by William Butler Yeats

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A: Look at the filenames on the pictures.

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A: They are: 8-6, 3-8, 6-7, 10-7, 7-3, 15-5, 33-2, 36-1, 12-2.

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A: They correspond to line and word numbers.

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A: The solution is...

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A: 8-6 Lord 3-8 man 6-7 show 10-7 the 7-3 boys 15-5 that 33-2 masterful 36-1 old 12-2 gaiety

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A: But we don't know what that means! :)

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Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the June 18th entry?

A: Don't go on until you've found a hidden dialogue on Catskill Seaview Clinic.

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A: The filename of that hidden dialogue was "/May_I", from the Rational-Hatter clue.

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A: The filenames of these images are "mayi" and "goose."

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A: What does that suggest to you?

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A: Try http://www.catskillseaviewclinic.org/goose

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A: There are more of these.

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A: What do "mayi" and "goose" have in common?

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A: They're both related to "Mother", of course.

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A: Here are the rest... look out, these will spoil ya!

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A: nature, superior, teresa, lode, goose, russia, necessity.

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Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the June 25th entry?

A: This one's different, not like the others.

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A: Look at the filenames.

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A: They are:u-7, E-3, D-9, v-7, h-0, h-3, C-1, e-1, o-4, n-7, a-6, n-6, c-4, a-0, n-5, T-8.

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A: Do those letters spell anything?

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A: They spell DonuTech Evan Chan, or Evan Chan DonuTech.

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A: So what are those 16 numbers?

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A: Obviously, those numbers are the 16 digit shareholder access code.

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A: But some of those numbers are ambiguous.

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A: There's are three "n"s (5, 6 and 7), two "a"s (0 and 6), two "h"s (0 and 3) and the code might be DonuTechEvanChan or EvanChanDonuTech.

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A: The only way to get it is by trial and error. (This was relatively easy for 6000 of us, but it may be quite tedious for you, so don't feel bad if you want a hint.)

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A: Well, it's EvanChanDonuTech, not DonuTechEvanChan.

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A: The first "a" is a 6.

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A: The first "h" is a 0.

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A: The first "n" is a 6.

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A: And the second "n" is a 7.

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A: So the third "n" must be a 5, the second "a" must be a 0, and the second "h" must be a 3.

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A: So the code must be 3766100794578143.

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Q: How do I decode Brutus' message from the July 3rd entry?

A: This one's especially easy.

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A: Just look at the filenames.

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A: They are: e, in, er, wa, hr, ha, ft, ev, ol, ut, io, na, re, ni, nt, el, li, ge, nz.

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A: Try reading them all together.

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A: einerwahrhaftevolutionarenintelligenz.

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A: That's in another language.

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A: It's German.

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A: It says "einer warhaft evolutionaren intelligenz," meaning One truly evolutionary intelligence.

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A: That phrase also appears on Deskendeneshaus.

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A: It's on the Freidenker page, under "Unser Unternehmen".

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A: That phrase is a link.

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A: Revealing this letter.

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Q: What's that "AN HEERESGRUPPENKOMMANDO" code on Martin's May 29th diary entry?

A: Try searching for it on Google.

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A: It's a code word used with the German Enigma machine.

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A: That code below it must be encoded using the German Enigma.

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A: Find an Enigma translator to decode the message, following the instructions in the page you found.

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A: Here's a good Enigma translator.

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A: Use the same ring settings, rotor order and plugboard connections that they do.

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A: The reflector is B, rotor order is II I III, ring settings ZWD, and plugboard is EZ, BL, XP, WR, IU, VM, JO.

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A: Start with the key FRX.

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A: The first six characters decode to IVYIV Y. That's the indicator for the rest of the message.

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A: Be sure to skip the Kenngruppen, AXPWT.

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A: The message decrypts as follows:

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A: DAMNRSX
IMSOSORRYABOUTTHESEMURDERSX
IMSOSORRYABOUTTHESEMURDERSX
IMSOSORRYABOUTTHESEMURDERSX
IMSOSORRYABOUTTHESEMURDE

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Q: How do you decode the Cahir pictures?

A: Don't try this until you've solved the code on the May 29th diary entry and solved the Custom Designs puzzle on Rational-Hatter.com.

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A: This is one of the most difficult puzzles we've encountered so far.

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A: Click on the picture of paintbrushes.

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A: Click again (only once) on the zoomed in version.

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A: Listen carefully to those drip noises.

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A: Those drip noises are in code.

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A: Can you guess which code?

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A: That's right, they're in Morse code.

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A: The first part of the message says "TO MARTIN."

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A: But the rest of the message is in ANOTHER code.

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A: Can you guess which code THAT would be?

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A: Most of it's divided up into five letter blocks.

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A: That's right, it's the German Enigma code again.

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A: Watch out, because we're going to spill the exact text of the code below. If you want to decode the drips from Morse code yourself, now's your last chance. (This is actually quite a bit harder than it sounds, BTW.)

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A: TO MARTIN
1304 1300 1 TLE SRY SRY 1TL53
SLRXG FXUNE AXPWT LRKLP TEOFI YZCGA ZZFUQ LINRS HPWLR BHBMM ZOM
(SRY is a common Morse abbreviation for "Sorry," BTW.)

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A: Now you have to figure out the reflector, rotor order, ring settings, and plugbord settings.

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A: Recall the clues on Rational-Hatter: "Comparatively the Cahir Enigma was straightforward: a known and defined encoding system with setting indicated in obvious anomalies {napkin rings around objects to key ring settings, plugboard given by other clearly anomalous linkages, as Tea kettle/Ladle}. "

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A: Look closely at the pictures, and try to figure them out. Starting with the indicator SRY, the first six characters will be repeated twice once you get it right.

Q: How do I figure out the reflector?

Q: How do I figure out the rotor order?

Q: How do I figure out the ring settings?

Q: How do I guess the plugboard settings?

Q: OK, I give up. What are all of the Enigma settings and the final answer?

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Q: How do I figure out the reflector?

A: What in these pictures might represent the reflector?

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A: The mirror, of course.