FCWWW3B: Signal to Noise ANSWER

Ready for an answer to this week's Mystery Monday puzzle? It's after the break!

FCWWW3B Signal to Noise HINTS

Getting distracted by the Noise in this week's Mystery Monday puzzle? Come and get a hint!

I will give you five hints, each getting progressively more revealing, but they will be encoded in ROT13, just like the hints on geocaching pages. You can copy and paste the hints here to decode them. HINT 5 will be nuclear level, so only look at it as a last resort!

HINT 1: Guvf vf abg n pvcure.

HINT 2: Gur jbeq gb gur fvqr (Jbj!) naq gur pvepyrq yrggref/ahzoref ner bayl n uvag.

HINT 3: Gur gvgyr vf lbhe ovttrfg uvag.

HINT 4: Lbhe wbo vf qrgrezvar jung vf fvtany, naq jung vf abvfr.

HINT 5: Pbzcner gur gjb frgf bs ahzoref naq ohvyq pbbeqf sebz jung vf qvssrerag orgjrra gur gjb.

Answers tomorrow, happy puzzling!

FCWWW3B: Signal To Noise

Another week has come, and it's time for another practice puzzle! This one is inspired by a puzzle that I recently solved. While this was NOT the solution to that puzzle, I spent an awful lot of time trying to MAKE it the solution... of course it didn't work... You gotta love those "tunnel vision" moments in puzzle solving. 

Here is a closer look at that text, just in case you need it:

 For more information on using puzzle stats see this post. (Remember, the checksum is the result of adding all the individual digits of the coords.)

Please don't spoil the answer in the comments! Hints published tomorrow, and the answer on Wednesday.

Happy Puzzling!

Resource: Reverse Text

This week's resource does one simple thing: It reverses text. You enter a sentence (or some cipher text) and it gives you the same text, backwards. So text like "Hidden coordinates," becomes "setanidrooc neddiH." When is this useful? Some caches include reversed text as part of a cipher, or as part of the hint. It is an effective way to double encode something. Of course, it can be done by hand... but this tool ensures results without mistakes.

FC0N4S4 Apache Mission ANSWER

Having trouble getting off the ground with  this week's Mystery Monday puzzle? The answer is after the break!

FC0N4S4: Apache Mission HINTS

Experiencing a failure to launch on this week's Mystery Monday puzzle? Maybe a hint will help!

I will give you five hints, each getting progressively more revealing, but they will be encoded in ROT13, just like the hints on geocaching pages. You can copy and paste the hints here to decode them. HINT 5 will be nuclear level, so only look at it as a last resort!

HINT 1: Gur gvgyr vf uvag va gur sbez bs n cha.

HINT 2: Creuncf vg fubhyq or n-"CNGPU"-r.

HINT 3: Gur vzntrf ner bs zvffvba cngpurf sebz gur ANFN Fcnpr Fuhggyr cebtenz.

HINT 4: Rnpu Fcnpr Fuhggyr zvffvba jnf tvira n zvffvba ahzore bs gur sbez "FGF-A" jurer "A" jnf n 1-qvtvg be 2-qvtvg ahzore.

HINT 5: Gur negvpyr "Yvfg bs Fcnpr Fuhggyr zvffvbaf" ba Jvxvcrqvn fubjf gur cngpurf naq zvffvba ahzoref.

Answers tomorrow!

FC0N4S4: Apache Mission

If you are in America, chances are you're feeling a bit "spaced out" since today is tax day. So, take a minute to relax. It's time for this week's puzzle! This week's puzzle was created by Eric Peterson, creator of the recently completed Geodyssey puzzle series, and the infamous Puzzle Solving 101 series of geocaches in Florida. (Which has been copied many times the world over.) 

If you need a closer look at the image, here you go: 

And here are the viewing and solving stats for this puzzle:

 For more information on using puzzle stats see this post.

(Remember, the checksum is the result of adding all the individual digits of the coords.)

Please don't spoil the answer in the comments! Hints published tomorrow, and the answer on Wednesday.

Happy Puzzling!