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I had to borrow a couple of symbols from a non-standard font so the puzzle can be found in image form here[^] (7, 9).
Edit: So I just posted what I thought was an amusing little puzzle. I didn't expect some kind of Spanish Inquisition[^]!
Hint 1: Try toying around with the idea of flexibility
Hint 2: If your childhood coincides with the 70s or 80s you might have been gifted this gifted one
Hint 3: whose story is told in the 2nd word at index 0, 2, 6, 7 & 8?
Answer: STRETCH ARMSTRONG
Even though the repeated characters from the first word were a bit distracting I really expected someone to spot ARMSTRONG straight away (No. 1, astronaut, down, moon, Apollo command module - how hard can it be?) leaving only the right first word to discover - a quick Google would have revealed the relevance of the trademark hero (hence the medal) being pulled apart, I thought in my innocence.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
modified 25-Feb-16 10:32am.
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No external links please... Defeats the whole purpose.
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Strange that you didn't say this yesterday, or on any of the other occasions that links have been used! Feel free to set tomorrow's and show me how it should be done!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I agree with super. If it cannot be done with the available symbol set then it should not be acceptable.
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Why do we have to have so many rules 
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I don't think there are many Rules but at some point you have to restrict people to not do everything they want 
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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HobbyProggy wrote: some point you have to restrict people to not do everything they want
You really don't - people should be free to be as creative as they like.
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And what would happen if you would play a game without any rules?
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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The argument is not about no rules/some rules. It's about too many rules. There are enough rules already there doesn't have to be another one about linking to outside websites.
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I agree, i think the rules we have are sufficient. But since outside links are not that good for some of us (Ads on work and stuff) i guess one can critisise that, without getting a bloody nose?
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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PompeyThree wrote: doesn't have to be another one about linking to outside websites.
In many cases, while working from office, we cannot see it
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Again! This was not said yesterday when the puzzle completely departed from the rules or the many other occasions on which far more questionable puzzles have been set. If you don't want to soil your hands with my unclean puzzle then it's no skin off my nose. I'll make sure never to be so gauche as to provide a correct answer again and you can all enjoy your snobby little coterie in peace.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Dear oh dear, sorry I pulled your chain too hard.
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I raised the issue because this is first time I am seeing with link. Yesterday I did not even participate. If I had seen it, I would have raised it
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Well I did not see the FSOW yesterday. But with external link, many working in Office cannot see. It gets blocked.
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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I don't see any mention of external links in the rules[^].
In fact, they encourage you to use anything, except binary.
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Well you are right, but since the examples and the "characterlimit" referr to letters or symbols i guess pictures are kind of out the game, it's a gray zone though.
2ndly i'd say external links are always a little problem 
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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HobbyProggy wrote: i guess pictures are kind of out the game
It's not pictures. Yesterday's was pictures. It's simply an image of the characters as they appeared in my word processor but would not show here because I included a couple of characters from a dingbat font.
HobbyProggy wrote: external links are always a little problem
I'm not sure the Lounge would survive without external links. They're in just about every original post! It seems odd to object to them for this puzzle when no such objection is raised for everything else. The problem would go away entirely if we were allowed to post images (as in just about every other forum in the Universe) but the hamsters are dead set against it.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Okay in every part, i just gave my opinion about external links. And as already stated and verified, there is no rule against external links
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise....
(Except everybody expected the Spanish Inquisition: they sent you an appointment 30 days in advance...)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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On a serious note, it's probably time for a few clues, or you're going to be in the Hot Seat tomorrow as well, I suspect! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sorry. Didn't realise anybody was actually trying. Hints will begin.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Just because the regulars are bickering, doesn't mean they are getting at you, or not trying! Bickering and insults are frequent events in the lounge and nobody means anything by it. If they did, I'd be up for several charges of murder, I suspect...
I have had a couple of looks at it, but I can't make head nor tail of it!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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TR is a correct combination correctly repeated but both time in the wrong place, if that helps. Third hint now going in.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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