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Even though I am about 700 miles from the "Key to the Cryptonomicon" cache I have been working on trying to solve the puzzle.

 

I was wondering if anyone else here was working on it and would like to compare notes. I really have no idea how far into it but I have solved several pieces of the puzzle. I'm mostly looking for someone else to bounce ideas off of as I am finding it easy to go off in directions that don't "seem" to lead anywhere.

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Well, I did some digging this afternoon and after decoding the binary, it gave me a website. I won't give that out, cause the owner probably wouldn't like that... Anyway, after finding his website, I did come across a picture with all the prime numbers on it. However, that is where I am stuck. I can't get past that, nor can I decode the stuff on the cache-page. Can someone provide a link, or a term to search on google, so I can decode that other code (not the binary) on the cache-page?

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The money paid by Premium Members goes directly to support the website that makes this game possible. The group who spent over a year creating this cache made it a Members Only to reward those who support the site through their membership. There is the added benefit that it also allows them to view the audit log for the cache.

 

btw, Congratulations to NYPaddleCacher for solving the puzzle portion of the cache, let me know if you get in the area to hunt the final.

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The money paid by Premium Members goes directly to support the website that makes this game possible. The group who spent over a year creating this cache made it a Members Only to reward those who support the site through their membership. There is the added benefit that it also allows them to view the audit log for the cache.

 

btw, Congratulations to NYPaddleCacher for solving the puzzle portion of the cache, let me know if you get in the area to hunt the final.

 

ohh monkeybrad help me firgure this out and the other puzzle ones around here lol or make a meeting to help on sloveing ur puzzle and lost boy puzzle caches hopefully a meeting closer to giles

 

that sounds scarry for solving the puzzle portion of the cache sounds like that means its a hard find also once ur at the location

 

ya im wondering what that audit log thing iis

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The audit log allows the cache owner to see who has viewed the cache page online and how many times they have viewed it, but is only available on MOC's. I make most of my tougher puzzles MOC's just to be able to view this log, although it is by no means foolproof, it helps you to track who has actually solved the cache and who has had the final coordinates given to them. It does not track people who view the cache page offline obviously, so I usually include some vital piece of information hidden on the page that will not be part of the gpx file, so it is necessary to visit the cache page in order to solve the puzzle. Plus it is neat to be able to look and see who is visiting your cache page often, it helps you keep track of who is actively working on your puzzle.

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The audit log allows the cache owner to see who has viewed the cache page online and how many times they have viewed it, but is only available on MOC's. I make most of my tougher puzzles MOC's just to be able to view this log, although it is by no means foolproof, it helps you to track who has actually solved the cache and who has had the final coordinates given to them. It does not track people who view the cache page offline obviously, so I usually include some vital piece of information hidden on the page that will not be part of the gpx file, so it is necessary to visit the cache page in order to solve the puzzle. Plus it is neat to be able to look and see who is visiting your cache page often, it helps you keep track of who is actively working on your puzzle.

That sounds really helpful, but how do you view it? I cannot find that option anywhere in the prperties of the page or in the source info. Can you tell me the process of finding this?

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Piece of cake. Go to a Members only cache that you own, and just below the cache title, one line below where it says "This is a subscriber only cache", there is a link to "Read the audit log (See who viewed your cache)". It only appears for the owner of the listing.

 

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Piece of cake. Go to a Members only cache that you own, and just below the cache title, one line below where it says "This is a subscriber only cache", there is a link to "Read the audit log (See who viewed your cache)". It only appears for the owner of the listing.

 

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Ha! Very cool! I know that there is no link on others caches, but is there still a way to view others?

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Even though I am about 700 miles from the "Key to the Cryptonomicon" cache I have been working on trying to solve the puzzle.

 

I was wondering if anyone else here was working on it and would like to compare notes. I really have no idea how far into it but I have solved several pieces of the puzzle. I'm mostly looking for someone else to bounce ideas off of as I am finding it easy to go off in directions that don't "seem" to lead anywhere.

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Even though I am about 700 miles from the "Key to the Cryptonomicon" cache I have been working on trying to solve the puzzle.

 

I was wondering if anyone else here was working on it and would like to compare notes. I really have no idea how far into it but I have solved several pieces of the puzzle. I'm mostly looking for someone else to bounce ideas off of as I am finding it easy to go off in directions that don't "seem" to lead anywhere.

 

I'm working on it and could use some help. I've found a few things. Tom

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Even though I am about 700 miles from the "Key to the Cryptonomicon" cache I have been working on trying to solve the puzzle.

 

I was wondering if anyone else here was working on it and would like to compare notes. I really have no idea how far into it but I have solved several pieces of the puzzle. I'm mostly looking for someone else to bounce ideas off of as I am finding it easy to go off in directions that don't "seem" to lead anywhere.

 

I'm working on it and could use some help. I've found a few things. Tom

 

will email ya

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