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  1. 15th January 2009, 12:06 PM #1
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    Crack the code to reveal the message

    (76+89)-(20+8)
    12-(31-(89-6)
    79-(20-6)
    86-7+(31-47)
    (76+53)-14
    26-(63-92)

    31-(33-16)
    50-((51+1)-107)
    (83+19)-97
    36-(44-92)
    37-(97-19)
    (67+16)-108
    (74+98)-(6+9)
    66-((70+53)-83)
    42-(25-7)
    84-((59+7)-86)
    ((51-16)-(97-19))+74

    Hint: It goes up to where you are.
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  3. 18th January 2009, 10:30 AM #2
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    No takers on this one?

    Need more clues/hints?
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  4. 18th January 2009, 02:42 PM #3
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    I started it, but got sidetracked.

    Meanwhile, you are missing a bracket on line 2.
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    my interim answer is..."glmkkc naefpzazxze".
    but might need a little more work
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    got to admit i really have no idea what this is about.
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  7. 18th January 2009, 07:13 PM #6
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    Bracketing amended

    (76+89)-(20+8)
    12-(31-(89-6))
    79-(20-6)
    86-7+(31-47)
    (76+53)-14
    26-(63-92)

    31-(33-16)
    50-((51+1)-107)
    (83+19)-97
    36-(44-92)
    37-(97-19)
    (67+16)-108
    (74+98)-(6+9)
    66-((70+53)-83)
    42-(25-7)
    84-((59+7)-86)
    ((51-16)-(97-19))+74

    Hint: It goes up to where you are.

    Another: What a well known detective often said to his associate is a vague reference
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    Elementary!
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    I keep coming up with 42.

    I guess it really IS the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything!
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

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    Prozac's comment is correct, apply that to the code, periodically.

    42 may be the answer to the hitchhiker's question, but not this one
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    137
    64
    65
    63
    115
    55

    14
    105
    5
    84
    -41
    -25
    157
    26
    24
    104
    31


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    something to do with the periodic table in chemistry....
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    Woodworking Forums.........backwards!

    .......thanks for the clues, wouldn't have got it without them
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  14. 22nd January 2009, 03:17 PM #13
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    Well done elmoticus

    The numbers are from the Standard Periodic Table and relate to the symbols/letters for the elements.

    e.g. (76+89)-(20+8) = (Os+Ac)-(Ca+O) = OsAc-CaO = s
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    My goodness, outbackrr...you are quite subtle and obtuse...remind me no to leave any coded messages around where you are
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