Introduce Yourself

RayofLight010 wrote:So I find it funny that this is supposed to be an introduction thread, not GIVE CRYPTIC INFO AND EXPECT THEM TO GUESS WHO YOU ARE thread. Anyways, I'll start. Hi, I'm Joo, I'm Korean, and I like doing fun stuff.
...GO.

Woo!
I knew it.
I think everyone who knew me now knows who i am, so no point in saying the obvious.

hola

Elmo wrote:

RayofLight010 wrote:So I find it funny that this is supposed to be an introduction thread, not GIVE CRYPTIC INFO AND EXPECT THEM TO GUESS WHO YOU ARE thread. Anyways, I'll start. Hi, I'm Joo, I'm Korean, and I like doing fun stuff.
...GO.

Woo!
I knew it.
I think everyone who knew me now knows who i am, so no point in saying the obvious.

I still want to check, so post your first name.

I'll be honest I'm Alex Ba*n*r*, and love being part of CCHS's drumline. I know most of you guys already.

RayofLight010 wrote:

Elmo wrote:

RayofLight010 wrote:So I find it funny that this is supposed to be an introduction thread, not GIVE CRYPTIC INFO AND EXPECT THEM TO GUESS WHO YOU ARE thread. Anyways, I'll start. Hi, I'm Joo, I'm Korean, and I like doing fun stuff.
...GO.

Woo!
I knew it.
I think everyone who knew me now knows who i am, so no point in saying the obvious.

I still want to check, so post your first name.

Instead of directly saying, i'll help you solve my first hint.
http://www.blisstonia.com/software/WebDecrypto/
That works well at decrypting cryptograms, which is what i sent earlier.
Of course, if you did it the old fashioned way (i think snail did), props to you.
Use that to decode my block of text to check.

RayofLight010 wrote:

Elmo wrote:

RayofLight010 wrote:So I find it funny that this is supposed to be an introduction thread, not GIVE CRYPTIC INFO AND EXPECT THEM TO GUESS WHO YOU ARE thread. Anyways, I'll start. Hi, I'm Joo, I'm Korean, and I like doing fun stuff.
...GO.

Woo!
I knew it.
I think everyone who knew me now knows who i am, so no point in saying the obvious.

I still want to check, so post your first name.

Instead of directly saying, i'll help you solve my first hint.
http://www.blisstonia.com/software/WebDecrypto/
That works well at decrypting cryptograms, which is what i sent earlier.
Of course, if you did it the old fashioned way (i think snail did), props to you.
Use that to decode my block of text to check.

Elmo wrote:

RayofLight010 wrote:

Elmo wrote:

RayofLight010 wrote:So I find it funny that this is supposed to be an introduction thread, not GIVE CRYPTIC INFO AND EXPECT THEM TO GUESS WHO YOU ARE thread. Anyways, I'll start. Hi, I'm Joo, I'm Korean, and I like doing fun stuff.
...GO.

Woo!
I knew it.
I think everyone who knew me now knows who i am, so no point in saying the obvious.

I still want to check, so post your first name.

Instead of directly saying, i'll help you solve my first hint.
http://www.blisstonia.com/software/WebDecrypto/
That works well at decrypting cryptograms, which is what i sent earlier.
Of course, if you did it the old fashioned way (i think snail did), props to you.
Use that to decode my block of text to check.

Ohay that'll give me something to do at school. Cool.
P.S. Decrypto fails at decrypting your cryptogram.

RayofLight010 wrote:

Elmo wrote:

RayofLight010 wrote:

Elmo wrote:

RayofLight010 wrote:So I find it funny that this is supposed to be an introduction thread, not GIVE CRYPTIC INFO AND EXPECT THEM TO GUESS WHO YOU ARE thread. Anyways, I'll start. Hi, I'm Joo, I'm Korean, and I like doing fun stuff.
...GO.

Woo!
I knew it.
I think everyone who knew me now knows who i am, so no point in saying the obvious.

I still want to check, so post your first name.

Instead of directly saying, i'll help you solve my first hint.
http://www.blisstonia.com/software/WebDecrypto/
That works well at decrypting cryptograms, which is what i sent earlier.
Of course, if you did it the old fashioned way (i think snail did), props to you.
Use that to decode my block of text to check.

Ohay that'll give me something to do at school. Cool.
P.S. Decrypto fails at decrypting your cryptogram.

No, it just requires changing one setting and then it can solve it.
Unless you want to solve it the old fashioned way.

Oh my god WHO ARE ALL YOU NEW PEOPLE?

Hey thar, Roy.

esque wrote:Hey thar, Roy.

Ohey.

Well, as per established forum traditions, all the new peoples must post strange unhelpful cryptic clues as to their identities without actually giving it away.
Unless you're a random person who knows none of us.
Actually, even if you are a random person, still post hints. It'd be funny if we have no idea who you are and yet are trying to solve your riddles and clues.

Elmo wrote:Well, as per established forum traditions, all the new peoples must post strange unhelpful cryptic clues as to their identities without actually giving it away.
Unless you're a random person who knows none of us.
Actually, even if you are a random person, still post hints. It'd be funny if we have no idea who you are and yet are trying to solve your riddles and clues.

^This. It is tradition, after all.

I think I've already got a decent idea of who you are although the demographic is broad.

My handle is my initials turned backwards, transformed into similar sounding letters and then added a mythological beast and some Italian word onto.

Let n = the number of letters in my first name.

n = the smallest number that can be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways - the year in which the Mapuche uprising began in Chile.

n + 1 = the number of letters in my last name.

n + 7 = my age - 2.

(n + 1)^2 - 30 = the corresponding number for the first letter of my first name = q

q - 8 = the corresponding number for the first letter of my last name

16 * 5 = 90.

( q - 8 )^2 + 1633 corresponds to a common (non-leap) year that started on a Tuesday = p

z = the next common year starting on a Tuesday after p

z - 1747 = the corresponding number for the last letter of my first name.

The last letter of my last name is a consonant.

The last letter of my first name is a consonant.

The corresponding number for the third letter of my last name is (7850 - the greatest positive integer x such that none of its digits is zero and reading from left to right each three consecutive digits of x form a perfect square).

One of the above statements is false.

The below statement is false.

Three of the above statements are false.

Enjoy

EDIT: Assume all years are in the Gregorian Calendar.

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Once the above has been solved and someone gives me a full solution, I shall add more clues.

Oh my god.

Don't give any more hints yet, I want to figure it out as it is.

Okay so I made a C++ program to solve the sum of two cubes, the answer is 1729:

Spoiler:

The Mapuche uprising was 1723. That means n = 1729-1723 = 6
n+1 = 7 is the number of letters in your last name
n+7=your age-2 means you are 15, likely in my grade.
(n+1)^2-30 = 19, your name starts with S. q=19
q-8 = 11, last name starts with K.
16*5 is not 90, it is 80 that is false.
( q-8 )^2+1633 = 1754, which did start on a Tuesday and since 2000 is a leap year and 2000-1754 is not divisible by 4, is true. p=1754
z=1765, by brute force searching the years in google for January 1 ("year January 1")
z-1747=18, last letter of your first name is r.
Last letter of your last name is a consonant might be false, who knows.
Last letter of your first name is a consonant. True unless the previous hint for that was false, in which case this is also false.

So far: name is S------R K-----
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fffffff. PM'ed you.

I know a lot of you guys, but I'm too lazy right now to point out exactly who I do know and who I don't. My hints are as follows:

-- I met Jman once in a portable classroom and haven't talked to him since.

-- If I'm known for anything, it's my lack of presence.

-- If it weren't for my last name, everyone would think I am white. And everyone thinks I'm white, anyway. And I am quite literally white. (Or almost white, for anyone who takes the word "literally" too seriously and is picturing a person whose hexadecimal color code is #FFFFFF and deciding that I'm an idiot.)

-- I like this smiley face: Lookit that guy, I mean really.

supermassiveblackho wrote:I know a lot of you guys, but I'm too lazy right now to point out exactly who I do know and who I don't. My hints are as follows:

-- I met Jman once in a portable classroom and haven't talked to him since.

-- If I'm known for anything, it's my lack of presence.

-- If it weren't for my last name, everyone would think I am white. And everyone thinks I'm white, anyway. And I am quite literally white. (Or almost white, for anyone who takes the word "literally" too seriously and is picturing a person whose hexadecimal color code is #FFFFFF and deciding that I'm an idiot.)

-- I like this smiley face: Lookit that guy, I mean really.

Think I know you. Second and third hint gave it away. #_o

(See what I did there?)

I think Snail hates me now ;_;

esque wrote:I think Snail hates me now ;_;

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~HA~! But I know who you are now and that is the most important ahahahaahahahahhahhahahahhhhahahahhahahahahah

And I'm sure you have a great sense of accomplishment solving my b-b-brilliant puzzle.

You wouldn't believe. Now try this.

"Three gods A, B, and C are called, in no particular order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter. Your task is to determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three yes-no questions; each question must be put to exactly one god. The gods understand English, but will answer all questions in their own language, in which the words for yes and no are 'da' and 'ja', in some order. You do not know which word means which."

Well, the puzzle's solution can be simplified by using certain counterfactuals.

The key to this solution is that, for any yes/no question Q, asking either True or False, the question "If I asked you Q, would you say 'ja'?" results in the answer 'ja' if the truthful answer to Q is yes, and the answer 'da' if the truthful answer to Q is no. The reason it works can be seen by looking at the eight possible cases.

Assume that 'ja' means yes and 'da' means no.

(i) True is asked and responds with 'ja'. Since he is telling the truth the truthful answer to Q is 'ja', which means yes.
(ii) True is asked and responds with 'da'. Since he is telling the truth the truthful answer to Q is 'da', which means no.
(iii) False is asked and responds with 'ja'. Since he is lying it follows that if you asked him Q he would instead answer 'da'. He would be lying, so the truthful answer to Q is 'ja', which means yes.
(iv) False is asked and responds with 'da'. Since he is lying it follows that if you asked him Q he would in fact answer 'ja'. He would be lying, so the truthful answer to Q is 'da', which means no.

Assume 'ja' means no and 'da' means yes.

(v) True is asked and responds with 'ja'. Since he is telling the truth the truthful answer to Q is 'da', which means yes.
(vi) True is asked and responds with 'da'. Since he is telling the truth the truthful answer to Q is 'ja', which means no.
(vii) False is asked and responds with 'ja'. Since he is lying it follows that if you asked him Q he would in fact answer 'ja'. He would be lying, so the truthful answer to Q is 'da', which means yes.
(viii) False is asked and responds with 'da'. Since he is lying it follows that if you asked him Q he would instead answer 'da'. He would be lying, so the truthful answer to Q is 'ja', which means no.

Using this fact, one may proceed as follows:

Ask god B, "If I asked you 'Is A Random?', would you say 'ja'?". If B answers 'ja', then either B is Random (and is answering randomly), or B is not Random and the answer indicates that A is indeed Random. Either way, C is not Random. If B answers 'da', then either B is Random (and is answering randomly), or B is not Random and the answer indicates that A is not Random.

Either way, A is not Random.

Go to the god who was identified as not being Random by the previous question (either A or C), and ask him: "If I asked you 'Are you True?', would you say 'ja'?". Since he is not Random, an answer of 'ja' indicates that he is True and an answer of 'da' indicates that he is False.

Ask the same god the question: "If I asked you 'Is B Random?', would you say 'ja'?". If the answer is 'ja' then B is Random; if the answer is 'da' then the god you have not yet spoken to is Random. The remaining god can be identified by elimination.

Easy.

Baaaaah-(rain).