Between Something and Nothing

[msjones21]

I'm still stuck on level seven, but in all fairness, I took a pause from it to take my lunch hour :-D

Anyway, on level seven, I was about to go blind sifting through all of those P's, so I copied and pasted into Word, converted the font to Arial and then made the point size larger. I was able to decipher "had case".

So I knew just by looking at the amp case that it had to be a member of Pink Floyd, because of the artwork depicting scenes from "The Wall", but I've used all of the band member's names, full and just the last, and I'm coming up empty-handed. Perhaps I'm way off base or I'm misspelling someone's name?

[church1824]

try looking at all the "P'S" again and see if you didnt miss a letter or sumting. then use that

[msjones21]

Oy vey! I did miss a letter. Now that I've gone back and looked through them again. I was about to go blind. Thanks, Church

[msjones21]

Yeah, so...um, who's house is that? LOL

The quote in the source code is from an ee cummings poem, but the answer is not ee cummings. I found some Google pictures of Frost Farm, and it looks similar, but the answer is not Frost or robertfrost.

[church1824]

try taking the two vowel's away

[msjones21]

Hahahahahaha I was spelling his last name wrong earlier.

So, are we all stuck on level 10 now?

[church1824]

yup, i dont even have a clue

[msjones21]

Well, the page title is "something about this picture must be changed". The source code says, "if it isn't one thing, it must be another". Which leads me to believe one of two things:

1. That photo isn't supposed to have the submarine in it and some other type of water vessel must be there (since I thought it looked Photoshopped at first glance) and we have to determine what should be there

OR

2. There is something awry with the submarine picture. Just looking at the spray it appears to be diving. Judging by the shape and style of this sub, it looks like some sort of attack or ballistics submarine, as other types don't usually have those two rudders toward the front.

But, I'm beginning to wonder if, perhaps, the picture of the submarine is merely to confuse us and there is another clue contained in the photo itself that would require saving the picture to your computer, opening it up in a photo editing program and lightening or darkening the picture. Or perhaps rotating it. I don't know. I'll keep playing with it.

[msjones21]

Did anyone else notice the green spot inthe photo near the nose of the sub?

Okay, I have found the exact same photo on a Warship information website. So, it isn't Photoshopped. The green spot is in the original photo. Must have been something on the camera lens.

I have researched the various classes of submarines, and that photo is of what is called an Astute Class sub. The shape of them is very distinctive. But I can't figure out how it all ties into the clues contained in the webpage.

[church1824]

the green spot is what caught my eye first

[msjones21]

Ah hah! I found the hint on another site. The actual creator of the puzzle gave the hint because everyone was stuck on it (even the total brainiacs, so now I don't feel like a complete idiot).

Change the end of the URL from "bell.html" to "sub.gif". It takes you to a different picture clue that will help you get to level 11.

Well, all of that research about submarines wasn't really necessary. But, hey, I now know all about the Royal Navy's strategy in designing assault subs over the next few years LMAO

[church1824]

so what do you do with the writing in the chalk board?? i entered it in a few different ways, but didnt get anything

[msjones21]

Where it says "the_beginning" in the URL, change it to what's on the blackboard and erase "sub.gif".

[church1824]

Thank You Soooooo Much Msjones21

[msjones21]

Now trying to figure out level 11. I think I'm on the right track. It's probably like that freakin' "who's house" riddle where I'm spelling something incorrectly. :-/