Web-Hopper Riddle

[Zephialx]

Well, I suppose that's true. I tried to do as much of it by myself as possible but I needed some help with the punch card one, the speckle one, and the big block of text.

[Jeice]

Hey everyone,
I'm stuck on number 26
I have found the answer but I can't figure out the answer.

Um...Well...I decoded it but I can't figure out the number. I know it's some where between 11,111 and 32,000. I really could use a clue or a narrower range of numbers.

[Claire]

Help

Sum1 plz help me on the recording one wen i play it no words cum up and i am confused!!!

[SomedaySoon]

Hey, Anyone still here who needs help with this puzzle??

[Mr. Logic]

Hey everyone,
I'm stuck on number 26
I have found the answer but I can't figure out the answer.

Um...Well...I decoded it but I can't figure out the number. I know it's some where between 11,111 and 32,000. I really could use a clue or a narrower range of numbers.

The easiest (and most fun) way to solve it is to write a short program (unless you're still living in a cave and don't know how to use a computer ).

Here's the SiMPLE program I wrote to find the answer:

Int z
Do k=31622L,10000L
   unique (k*k,z) @
   If !z Continue
   Display k
   wait quitkey
Loop

Task unique (Int2 x, Int z)
Int dig[10]
   Do k=0,9
      dig[k]=0
   Loop
   work=x; z=0
   Do
      ind=work%10; If dig[ind] Return
      dig[ind]=1; work=work/10
      If !work Break
   Loop
   z=1
End unique

If you're still living in the Dark Ages and don't know how to write elementary programs, then I guess you will just have to work out the solution by hand on a calculator or something.

[Jeice]

The easiest (and most fun) way to solve it is to write a short program (unless you're still living in a cave and don't know how to use a computer ).

Here's the SiMPLE program I wrote to find the answer:

Int z
Do k=31622L,10000L
   unique (k*k,z) @
   If !z Continue
   Display k
   wait quitkey
Loop

Task unique (Int2 x, Int z)
Int dig[10]
   Do k=0,9
      dig[k]=0
   Loop
   work=x; z=0
   Do
      ind=work%10; If dig[ind] Return
      dig[ind]=1; work=work/10
      If !work Break
   Loop
   z=1
End unique

If you're still living in the Dark Ages and don't know how to write elementary programs, then I guess you will just have to work out the solution by hand on a calculator or something.

Yeah.....I'm still a caveman....

[Mr. Logic]

Yeah.....I'm still a caveman....

Ok, "caveman", I'll give you this much of a hint:

The number is somewhere between 30000 and 30500

[Zephialx]

I would've wrote a program for that one but I only know Visual Basic and I don't have that on this computer.

[Mr. Logic]

I would've wrote a program for that one but I only know Visual Basic and I don't have that on this computer.

If you already know BASIC, then SiMPLE should be a snap for you. (SiMPLE is very similar to BASIC... and SiMPLE is totally FREE!

Another option is to use JavaScript. That's available in every web browser.

Either way, the answer is not all that difficult to find.

[Mr. Logic]

Sum1 plz help me on the recording one wen i play it no words cum up and i am confused!!!

Did you try viewing the "Properties" of the sound file?

[Zephialx]

I tried downloading simple but when it went to install it said the system file isn't suitable for running MS-DOS and window applications.

[Mr. Logic]

Oh??? Which version of Windows are you running?

[SomedaySoon]

If you dont mind me asking you Mr. Logic what influenced you to create a game such a web - hopper??

[Zephialx]

Oh??? Which version of Windows are you running?

I have Windows XP. I have no idea what the problem is, i've never seen that error screen before.

[Mr. Logic]

If you dont mind me asking you Mr. Logic what influenced you to create a game such a web - hopper??

Four years ago I created the Cybertrek game (which may well have been the very first "online riddle", predating even "notpr0n" and its followers). The game was actually a story (complete with dialog and plot) in which you solved puzzles that took you to different websites in order to get to the next page of the story. The Web-Hopper riddle (and all of my other online riddles) are just extensions of the Cybertrek idea... but without a story line. (Hey, why should I waste time writing a story if the only thing everyone wants are puzzle questions! )