Python Challenge ahead [NEW] for riddle lovers

Roel Schroeven rschroev_nospam_ml at fastmail.fm
Sat Apr 30 10:19:57 EDT 2005


Mike Rovner wrote:

> David Murmann wrote:
> 
>>Shane Hathaway wrote:
>>
>>
>>>That was pretty fun.  Good for a Friday.  Too bad it comes to an abrupt
>>>"temporary end".
>>>
>>>Shane
>>>
>>>P.S. I hope I didn't hammer your server on step 3.  I was missing the
>>>mark. :-)
>>
>>
>>Interestingly step 3 is actually wrong... there is an additional 
>>solution, which looks like cqqmsxk. (I don't think that spoils the fun :))
> 
> 3 IS wrong because if you use any not BIG letter after bodyguard on both 
> sides, you get extra 'eCQQmSXK\n' which slow me down for 5 minutes.

Strange: I don't find eCQQmSXK\n, only eCQQmSxK\n. I guess the data has 
been modified in order to get that potential confusion out of the way.

-- 
If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood
on the shoulders of giants.  -- Isaac Newton

Roel Schroeven



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