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The Failure by Cthulhu Kitty

January 10th, 2007 2:32 AM

INSTRUCTIONS: Was there a Task that you bombed? Were you too ashamed to post it or too afraid of the dangerous red X?

Here is where you can claim partial credit.

Tell us what task you were attempting, why it went wrong, and what you plan to do about it.

First, let me say that either the title of this task was extremely misleading or I am some sort of proto beginner. Okay, I'm not in the CIA or anything, but I've been known to break a code or two (okay, i've solved up to the medium level of cryptoquizzes in the penny press puzzle magazines) so I figured I could take a crack at "Decryption for Beginners." I tried. And I tried. And I checked under my nose and I couldn't find the dang key. So I tried cheating (In the Navy, they taught me "if you aren't cheating, you aren't trying") but all I received for all my work was a giant red X and a resounding BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

Plans for resolution include:
Asking nicely for hints
Bribery
Blackmail
Going back in time and distracting the task's author right before he thinks about adding it
Joing the CIA

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Orion


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posted by Orion on January 10th, 2007 9:32 AM

I love this task being used to 'fess up to a posted failure. No sweat, though...if that's decryption for beginners, I don't even want to see intermediate...

I'm still stuck on that task
posted by Jason 7au on February 14th, 2007 12:15 AM

I know how to break it, I just don't know the missing bit...