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Being unreal used to be a good thing.
Being real and unreal at the same time now is still OK.
Well better than Ok.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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dandy72 wrote: What is this site if not real life?
Well like the broken quote goes
I [submit posts] therefor I am.
But I cannot prove that all the other posts are posted from real people, and not some self generating posting machine. 
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A great post grralph1. I start my workday with the newsletter to get the neurons firing. I often end up here. It's a pleasant little eddy in life's river of BS.
Thanks to all who make this happen.
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Gematriacally 0x00584f4d4d554c46 them by crowning the luminous and oscillating both by the fifth power of two; conjoined they will always be nincompoops. (6)
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Flummox is the hex - but as a guess - Idiots ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
modified 3-Apr-19 4:16am.
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Nope but looks like you are on the right track. Keep going.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Should this not be renamed "Jewish Mystics' Edition?"
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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PeejayAdams wrote: Should this not be renamed "Jewish Mystics' Edition?"
Absolutely not. You are interpreting hints as being literal. The reference to gematria is a hint that the hexadecimal contains letters.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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I think that's 8 letters long...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Well, you've managed to 0x00584f4d4d554c46 me ... I think you may be up again tomorrow at this rate.
Best I can come up with is BAFFLE but I can't work 32 into that no matter how I try.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Maybe 32 as 'SPACE'...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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I'm thinking 32 could be space and we're talking about a word that would mean something different if split by one ...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I think it will be solved. This one has the definition embedded unlike the last clue.
OriginalGriff wrote: but I can't work 32 into that no matter how I try.
Yeah, since it's the developers edition you should probably try to oscillate them both by the fifth power of two.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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long x = Convert.ToInt64("584F4D4D554C46", 16);
var y = BitConverter.GetBytes(x);
gives FLUMMOX
Not sure about the rest of the clue ...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Hah! I just used the ASCII table imprinted on my brain! 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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So did I - we are old and know stuff  . I did use the ASCII table ( after I'd converted the hex to decimal in my head )
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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PeejayAdams wrote: long x = Convert.ToInt64("584F4D4D554C46", 16);
Did you try shifting it by the fifth power of two and conjoining it with the crown of luminous?
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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And are up tomorrow.
So what was it?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I strongly suspect that it's LOSERS but, not quite getting there in spite of all the hints.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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OriginalGriff wrote: So what was it?
The answer is lummox. I can't believe that you guys didn't get this one. The word is right there in the list of synonyms. I just knew that as soon as someone bit shifted the hexadecimal the suffix would appear and give it away... there are only 4 or 5 words that end with 'MOX' in the English language with (lc > 3)
[DEFINITION CLUE PATH]
Lummox | Define Lummox at Dictionary.com
[PRIMARY CLUE PATH]
Gematriacally 0x00584f4d4d554c46 them: ('F'+('L'<<8)+('U'<<16)+('M'<<24)+('M'<<32)+('O'<<40)+('X'<<48) == "FLUMMOX"
crowning the luminous : LUM
oscillating : back and forth or left to right
by the fifth power of two : 32
oscillating 0x00584f4d4d554c46 by the fifth power of two : (0x00584f4d4d554c46 >>= 32) == 0x0000000000584f4d in ASCII == "MOX"
conjoined : lum mox
but will always be nincompoops : lummox
[ALTERNATE PREFIX CLUE PATH]
Gematriacally luminous : 0x53554f4e494d4c4c
oscillating 0x53554f4e494d4c4c by the fifth power of two : (0x53554f4e494d4c4c <<= 32) == 0x494d554c00000000 in ASCII == "LUMI"
crowning the luminous : "LUM"
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I think you are overthinking them a bit!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well,
All of the math is not even necessary to get the answer. All anyone had to do was find a 6 letter synonym of nincompoop. There are four paths to solve the puzzle.
If you are looking for CCC that are hard to solve check out Fifteensquared – Never knowingly undersolved.. Some of the most difficult ones contain intentional typos and red herrings.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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I think most of us were looking for something meaning nincompoops.
To quote Scott Hanselman:
Quote: "All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection...Except for the problem of too many layers of indirection."
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Good gravy, that's one step away from
Where I went on holiday (3)
This space for rent
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I'm guessing it was BOB as your middle-name could possibly be Robert and it's entirely possible that you're known by that in real life.
Can you confirm whether it was Bob in Louisiana, Bob in Serbia or Bob in South Africa, though, please? I know it doesn't alter the actual answer but I'm just kind of curious ...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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