Gar

[Mr. Anderson]

Gar! (http://homepage.mac.com/crabola/PirateGlossary/Menu22.html)

[PlaceofDis]

decided to make some changes eh?

[grapes911]

I'm so confused :confused:. April 1st always gets me.

[Daveway]

Yea, he pulled a good one. I was a bit distressed also, kinda forgot it was April 1st.

BTW: What was the joke last year?

[wrc fan]

It would've been funny if he changed his name again too... or maybe not.

[mkrishnan]

Oooh, oooh, *reports for duty*

I wanna be a pirate!!!!! Shiver me timbers! :D

[Mr. Anderson]

Avast ye scurvy dogs, t'find the booty go look for Jolly Roger, the carouser that he is, to find where he initiates a hearty discussion of grog.

http://yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/796f757273.jpg

[mkrishnan]

Is the booty a Tiger release date??? *jumps up and down excitedly*

[Doctor Q]

As ye see, there be pieces missing...

If ye scallywags be finding them, ye may get the booty...

[jared_kipe]

What if we get booty, without the missing pieces??

[sethypoo]

This is too cool for words! :D

You Mods rock...err...ye mods shiver me timbers and blow my sails.

[mkrishnan]

Well, the rest of it is here: [information removed by bilge rat moderator]

:D

But this scallywag needs to go to bed. ;)


[Note from Quartetto: mkrishnan did indeed find a bit o' treasure, but we buccanneers would rather not spoil the fun for others so quickly. A gold doubloon to mkrishnan, and another doubloon to he and others who saw his post yet tell no tales, even if they be forced to walk the plank!]

[sethypoo]

You scurvey toad, you've beat us to ye buried treas-arr!

Quickly mates! To the plank with him!

[mkrishnan]

Aaaargh, but what does it mean???? :D

[Blue Velvet]

Quickly mates! To the plank with him!

Narrr... keel-haul him!
Ar-har-har-harrrr....

[nagromme]

No discussion of piracy is permitted on these boards.

[Sun Baked]

Aaaargh, but what does it mean???? :DDoesn't matter, the scallywag is so overcome by grog he'll never find the treasure again.

Just look at that crooked path he walked when he buried it the first time.

Good chance the only thing left in the treasure chest is a bunch of empty beer cans and red wine bottles.

[mkrishnan]

Avast, I learned all me pirate trickery in these very waters!

But aye, grog will do me good now....Aye.

[Diatribe]

Ye swabbies need t' talk more like sea dogs than horn swogglin' bilge rats. (http://www.syddware.com/cgi-bin/pirate.pl)

[Applespider]

Ahoy me hearties! Being a pirate can be strangely liberating - we spent 2 days as a pirate last year. Tho after a day wearing a patch, it was very odd seeing things with both eyes. And, no, I'm not the one in the middle...

[Doctor Q]

Well, the rest of it is here...A fine trick, ye laddie, but thar be more t' it than that.

[Mord]

we all raid cupertino apple HQ says aye, grab the booty tiger and make off with any G5 powerbook prototypes in sight, yarrr what say ye?

[WinterMute]

we all raid cupertino apple HQ says aye, grab the booty tiger and make off with any G5 powerbook prototypes in sight, yarrr what say ye?

You'll be needin' more than a few grog's to pull a purty trick like that me bucko!

(I'll have 2 if you see them). :D

C'MON MATEY'S... ARRRRRRRRR.. let's be at 'em.





etc.

[mkrishnan]

A gold doubloon to mkrishnan, and another doubloon to he and others who saw his post yet tell no tales, even if they be forced to walk the plank!]

When stern duty calls, I must obey! :)

[yellow]

No discussion of piracy is permitted on these boards.

Hehe.. good one!

[Mr. Anderson]

arrr, cheatin' be the pirate way, me thinks, but not cheatin' me and getting away with it.....

gar!

Anyone even figure out where the second map piece is?

[yellow]

Anyone even figure out where the second map piece is?

I be retarded.

[SilentPanda]

Anyone even figure out where the second map piece is?

I've sailed many a sea but haven't found 'er.

Me thinks panda's aren't suited for pirate work.

[Applespider]

Sailed to and past part 2

...but will have to get me telescope out to hunt for part 3...

[Mr. Anderson]

ye can post the link here, me thinks, and get help from your mateys on finding the rest....

[Applespider]

This map be badly torn but the second part be here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=6144)

My cutlass is at the ready in case any of ye scallywags try to beat me to the treasure entirely...

[SilentPanda]

This map be badly torn but the second part be here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=6144)

My cutlass is at the ready in case any of ye scallywags try to beat me to the treasure entirely...

That's where I was looking fer the Jolly Roger at but couldn't find it easily... yarrr....

[emw]

ye can post the link here, me thinks, and get help from your mateys on finding the rest....
Great, MacRumors gets its own version o' th' ninebows puzzle! Let`s get th' gamedev swabbies o'er here t' help us find th' booty!

[SilentPanda]

MacRumors forumer tazo is still a macrumors Demi-God (7/04)... do I get a prize for finding that? :) Ohhh... King Cobra still is a Demi-God also... wheee!

[Mr. Anderson]

MacRumors forumer tazo is still a macrumors Demi-God (7/04)... do I get a prize for finding that? :) Ohhh... King Cobra still is a Demi-God also... wheee!

avast, that's not be the challenge....

go look for the maps, seeing as how they lead ye to a pirate booty - and a fine one, at that

D

[SilentPanda]

avast, that's not be the challenge....

go look for the maps, seeing as how they lead ye to a pirate booty - and a fine one, at that


I'm trying I'm trying!

But we panda's eat 16 hours a day so the ship has to dock often to resupply!

[yellow]

OK, me cannon shot be way off the mark, but I did find this jem in me travels round the Horn of Google:

http://www.thebilgepumps.com/treasure.pl

Specifically: Pirating a Winter Wonderland (http://www.thebilgepumps.com/mp3/piratingawinterwonderland.mp3)

A hearty guffaw is good for ye!

Har, har, har!!

[Applespider]

Yo ho.... part 3 (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=75341)

[SilentPanda]

Yo ho.... part 3 (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=75341)

Yar! I think ye be getting nearer the treasure! Ready the bamboo cannons and prepare for battle!

[yellow]

Arrrrrr! Part 4!! (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=57965&highlight=parrot)

[SilentPanda]

I give up. I'm gonna go order some crew to swab the decks.

[emw]

Shiver me timbers - I got it (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=1007750&highlight=treasure+booty#post1007750)!

Edit: Barely squeaked in before th' rest o' ye swabbies! Time t' enjoy th' fruits o' me labor before ye look t' cut in on me booty.

Edit 2: Too much pirate fun, I guess. The site's struggling to keep up.

[Applespider]

Edit: argh...a minute before me! I'll cut you down with me cutlass! Prepare to lose your gizzards! :eek:

That was a lot of fun - what do you mean Tiger wasn't released? :rolleyes:

[yellow]

Avast! I be lookin in the wrong spot! I be looking for a boat when all along 'tis staring me in me one good eye!

Well done you scurvy dog, emw!

Hoist a pint of grog to the Moderataaars for provided us with a fun diversion!

I be off to work! :mad:

[edesignuk]

Edit: argh...a minute before me! I'll cut you down with me cutlass! Prepare to lose your gizzards! :eek:

That was a lot of fun - what do you mean Tiger wasn't released? :rolleyes:
Congratulations! Cool prize too :cool:

[emw]

Hoist a pint of grog to the Moderataaars for provided us with a fun diversion!Consider it hoisted!

The funny part was - I was thinking with Doctor Q involved that there had to be some sort of algorithm to locate the final piece. So I'm looking at post numbers and thread numbers and date and trying to find a correlation.

I finally just brute forced it by searching for all posts with "treasure" or "booty" and found it.

Of course, like any self-respecting pirate, I shamelessly stole the other 3 clues from the rest of you... :D

[Mr. Anderson]

Gar! Ye found it - mighty fine work, too.

So to ye go the spoils of braggin' rights and a true pirate ye be....

[edesignuk]

The funny part was - I was thinking with Doctor Q involved that there had to be some sort of algorithm to locate the final piece. So I'm looking at post numbers and thread numbers and date and trying to find a correlation.
Aye, but ye be lookin' in the wrong place me harty, there be other geeky secrets though, oh aye....

[emw]

Aye, but ye be lookin' it the wrong place me harty, there be other geeky secrets though, oh aye....Arrr. Be ye sayin' thar be other bountiful booty t' be found today? If I`m nay careful, me cap'n will be havin' me walk th' plank fer nay workin' harder!

[yellow]

I too be wondrin' if thar be a way for me to continue procrastinatin'..

[Doctor Q]

Shiver me timbers!

We'll blow the hornpipe for those that be unlocking the last secret o' the puzzle of th' map.

It be a fiddlers green for them that sees the pattern, and Davy Jones' locker for the rest of ye lily-livered laddies and wenches.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!!

[szark]

Shiver me timbers!

We'll blow the hornpipe for those that be unlocking the last secret o' the puzzle of th' map.

It be a fiddlers green for them that sees the pattern, and Davy Jones' locker for the rest of ye lily-livered laddies and wenches.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!!

Would ye be speakin' 'bout Mr. DEPP?


(This 'tis nothin' but a red herring, pay it no mind...)

[emw]

Shiver me timbers!

We'll blow the hornpipe for those that be unlocking the last secret o' the puzzle of th' map.

It be a fiddlers green for them that sees the pattern, and Davy Jones' locker for the rest of ye lily-livered laddies and wenches.

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!!
Well, in retrospect, everything has tied together rather nicely. In Mr. Anderson's first post, he references Jolly Roger and a discussion of grog, which led to a post in the drunk thread.

That post referenced "cackle fruit", which the Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cackle+Fruit) says means eggs. Hence the thread on egg recipes.

In that post was a reference to a bird on the shoulder - a parrot, which brought us to the thread on parrot vocabulary and a mention of a million dubloons - the 1,000,000th post thread.

So now, we get "Sink Me!" which is an expression of surprise. Hmmm...

[szark]

yours be pieces of 8 matey!


:)


(This be the final solution, ye scurvy dogs!)

[emw]

Only moderately off-topic, but I just realized that Doctor Q's new avatar contains some fairly subtle "humor." FeS2, or Iron Disulfide, is known as Pyrite. Nice.

Now, back to work figuring out this puzzle...

[SilentPanda]

Now, back to work figuring out this puzzle...

Isn't it already solved?

Oh yeah... (insert swabby pirate speak here) :D

[emw]

Isn't it already solved?

Oh yeah... (insert swabby pirate speak here) :DThat's what I thought, but both Doctor Q and edesignuk have alluded to other parts (at least one other part) of the puzzle...

Am I reading into something?

[Doctor Q]

Only moderately off-topic, but I just realized that Doctor Q's new avatar contains some fairly subtle "humor." FeS2, or Iron Disulfide, is known as Pyrite. Nice.A couple o' dubloons t' emw for being the first bounty hunter t' catch wind o' that joke.


Now, back to work figuring out this puzzle...szark has already found it! Can any other scurvy dog figure out what he figured out, and how 'e did it, without givin' 'im a bribe or using threat o' loss o' limb?

[SilentPanda]

Can any other scurvy dog figure out what he figured out, and how 'e did it, without givin' 'im a bribe or using threat o' loss o' limb?

I thought emw explained it in post #53? :confused: :confused:

I am a horrible pirate.

[PlaceofDis]

I thought emw explained it in post #53? :confused: :confused:

I am a horrible pirate.

its okay Panda, im just as confused as you are, you should have seen me this morning when all the changes were being made, i gave up and went to bed instead

[yellow]

fiddlers green

LOL!! Once again, whilst rounding the Cape of Google, I be finding some amusing music.. for if any of ye be brave enough to dare follow this link (and have RealPlayer installed), ye can rock out to Fiddler's Green (Irish Independant Speedfolk) (http://www.fiddlers.de/videos/tarry_350kbit.ram).

Har, har, har, [cough] Har!

[FlamDrag]

Avast ye scallywags. I just wan' ta see what me rank says.

[emw]

A couple o' dubloons t' emw for being the first bounty hunter t' catch wind o' that joke.


szark has already found it! Can any other scurvy dog figure out what he figured out, and how 'e did it, without givin' 'im a bribe or using threat o' loss o' limb?Dunno. Drunk Egg Parrot Posts?

[AppleAce]

Avast mateys, and shiver me timbers! A happy April Fools' Day t' all me swabbie shipmates. At risk o' bein' keel-hauled I must ask why we be talkin' like scurvy sea dogs today? Ever' good gentleman o' fortune knows that th' offical day o' talkin' like a swashbuckler be September 19th. Although I haven't a better idee fer th' celebratin' o' April Fools', 'ceptin' fer th' announcin' o' th' great booty o' th' Tiger operatin' system. Arrrrrrrrrr... 'Tis a shame we haven't a smiley t' celebrate this grand occasion. Perhaps one o' th' grandest scalywags o' them all could change :cool: t' have only one eye covered. P-( Arrrrrrrrrrr......

[emw]

Avast mateys, and shiver me timbers! A happy April Fools' Day t' all me swabbie shipmates. At risk o' bein' keel-hauled I must ask why we be talkin' like scurvy sea dogs today? Ever' good gentleman o' fortune knows that th' offical day o' talkin' like a swashbuckler be September 19th. Although I haven't a better idee fer th' celebratin' o' April Fools', 'ceptin' fer th' announcin' o' th' great booty o' th' Tiger operatin' system. Arrrrrrrrrr... 'Tis a shame we haven't a smiley t' celebrate this grand occasion. Perhaps one o' th' grandest scalywags o' them all could change :cool: t' have only one eye covered. P-( Arrrrrrrrrrr...... Aye, matey, that be a fine idea http://www.mremw.com/MR_Images/patch.jpg

[szark]

Dunno. Drunk Egg Parrot Posts?

Not that post, the other one. :)


(Although I still think the "Depp" connection is more than a coincidence...)


err, I mean...



Not that post, ye scallywag! 'Tis the other one!

('Though I still be thinkin' there be somethin' to this "Depp" scheme...)

[emw]

Not that post, the other one. :)


(Although I still think the "Depp" connection is more than a coincidence...)


err, I mean...



Not that post, ye scallywag! 'Tis the other one!

('Though I still be thinkin' there be somethin' to this "Depp" scheme...)Ah, it's so clear now. Edit: Hmmm. maybe not - I need to do a little more math...

[Doctor Q]

I thought emw explained it in post #53? :confused: :confused:Aye, yes, 'tis shrouded in mystery. Uncovering it depends on what be yer definition of "it".

From the crow's nest, I repeat my call, for sailors who have lost an ear or two in honorable battle.
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!

[mad jew]

Aye, yes, 'tis shrouded in mystery. Uncovering it depends on what be yer definition of "it".

From the crow's nest, I repeat my call, for sailors who have lost an ear or two in honorable battle.
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!

Arrrrr, 'tis but a landlubers ranch with a decidedly cowboy theme, 'tis not? Colorado, that be on the eight sea, nay?

:::That be depp.com at least:::

[Fiveos22]

Only moderately off-topic, but I just realized that Doctor Q's new avatar contains some fairly subtle "humor." FeS2, or Iron Disulfide, is known as Pyrite. Nice.

Now, back to work figuring out this puzzle...

That reminds me of the classic Strindberg and Helium (http://www.strindbergandhelium.com/iron.html)

[wdlove]

Man the rigging and prepare to overhaul!

Doctor Q, may I ask what FeS2? I keep seeing FeSo4, Iron. :confused:

[Mr. Anderson]

ye need to read the thread, you scurvy dog! the bilge rats already discerned it....

[Doctor Q]

Doctor Q, may I ask what FeS2?Ahoy! The scurvy "2" rightly be subscripted. Then the result be the symbol fer Iron Pyrite, which we with adventure in our blood know as "Fool's Gold". On the seven seas, not many pieces of this gold be found in the shape of a Q, but I claim rights to this one as long as I be Quartetto.

And, for those Buccaneers still craving a clue t' the second treasure hunt, heed the cry again,
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!

[Doctor Q]

Retrace ye steps! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!

One hour more be yours from the time of this post. If none of ye rumrunners find the treasure 'fore then, 'twill be time that szark be showing us the true path.

[emw]

Retrace ye steps! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!

One hour more be yours from the time of this post. If none of ye rumrunners find the treasure 'fore then, 'twill be time that szark be showing us the true path.Yeah, I got the URL part a while ago. I'm just too slow to figure it out right now. The ale isn't helping.

[wrc fan]

Yeah, I got the URL part a while ago. I'm just too slow to figure it out right now. The ale isn't helping.

Yeah, I don't get it... all I see is:

Thread Number Thread Title
118071 Gar
6144 The Drunk Thread
75341 egg recipes
57965 Parrot has 950 word vocabulary
85694 1,000,000 Post Avatar Contest Now Over

so um... is there some secret meaning to that that us non pirates are missing? How does that equal "yours be pieces of 8 matey!"?

[Doctor Q]

Yeah, I don't get it... is there some secret meaning to that that us non pirates are missing?Yes. 'tis a path ye seek, but not a path to the thread.

Pirate szark, do you still be with us? It be time t' reveal the answer fer all t' behold.

[Phat_Pat]

Gar!!!!!!! where's my car.... :confused:

[emw]

The time is now 7:47. Doctor Q has apparently stumped everyone by Szark at this point, so I for one am anxiously awaiting the answer.

I'm hoistin' the white flag.

[Phat_Pat]

The time is now 7:47. Doctor Q has apparently stumped everyone by Szark at this point, so I for one am anxiously awaiting the answer.

I'm hoistin' the white flag.
Yeah i'm completly lost.....

[mad jew]

Pleeeeaaaaase don't make us wait any longer. I've got an assignment I really should be doing and I can't possibly think about it 'til I work out what the answer is. Pleeeaaaase pretty pretty please tell us someone. This is making my head hurt.


Aarrrrrrrrrr

[Doctor Q]

I for one am anxiously awaiting the answer.

I'm hoistin' the white flag.As long as it not be the Yellow Jack! :eek:

szark be studying URLs o' the maps, he be. And perhaps takin' a draught from the caskii on 'is belt!

[emw]

As long as it not be the Yellow Jack! :eek:

szark be studying URLs o' the maps, he be. And perhaps takin' a draught from the caskii on 'is belt!Image-in' that. I should have figured.

[panphage]

As long as it not be the Yellow Jack! :eek:
Yarr, matey's! DO NOT eat the Yellow Jack!

[Sun Baked]

As long as it not be the Yellow Jack! :eek:

szark be studying URLs o' the maps, he be. And perhaps takin' a draught from the caskii on 'is belt!Looking at the URLs of the maps, it looks like Doctor Q has been spending way too much time on the ninebows puzzle.

[emw]

Looking at the URLs of the maps, it looks like Doctor Q has been spending way too much time on the ninebows puzzle.59757021 :D

[Doctor Q]

...486F21

NOW, would one o' you scaliwags be wantin' t'xplain fer the landlubbers how the mystery message be found? Meself, I've had my tongue removed o'er a small error. Seems I miscalculated the lugsail position with me sliderule and forgit to pull the killick, and Captain Barbossa was not pleased when 'is squadron be bilged on her anchor and he be marooned. So I may not speak the answer meself.

[szark]

Sorry to leave everyone hanging...

URLs of the map images:

http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/796f757273.jpg
http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/6265.jpg
http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/706965636573.jpg
http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/6f6638.jpg
http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/6d6174657921.jpg

ASCII codes:

79 6f 75 72 73 = "yours"
62 65 = "be"
70 69 65 63 65 73 = "pieces"
6f 66 38 = "of8"
6d 61 74 65 79 21 = "matey!"


* bows * :D

[Dr. Dastardly]

486F21

NOW, would one o' you scaliwags be wantin' t'xplain fer the landlubbers how the mystery message be found? Meself, I've had my tongue removed o'er a small error. Seems I miscalculated the lugsail position with me sliderule and forgit to pull the killick, and Captain Barbossa was not pleased when 'is squadron be bilged on her anchor and he be marooned. So I may not speak the answer meself.
So how ye be saying all that salty speak matey?! :p

[edesignuk]

URLs of the map images:

http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/796f757273.jpg
http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/6265.jpg
http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/706965636573.jpg
http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/6f6638.jpg
http: //yo-momma.net/forumstuff/macrumors/yo-ho-ho-momma/6d6174657921.jpg
yo-momma.net finally put to some practical use other than hosting macros and Keira pics :D :p

[Doctor Q]

So how ye be saying all that salty speak matey?! :pIt's over! It's over! Hooray! I can type freely again, without having to translate everything into a foreign language. It ain't easy t' do all o' the day, I be tellin' ye. Oops, I mean it's rather difficult to do over a sustained period of time.

[Blue Velvet]

ASCII codes

Once in a while, I am reminded how geeky this forum can get.
Am deeply impressed... :D

A big round of applause to all those who put a lot of work into yesterday.
A lot of fun -- I'm just disappointed that I had to be working during most of it...

[szark]

A lot of fun -- I'm just disappointed that I had to be working during most of it...

I'm glad that my boss was on a business trip, so I got to spend most of the day surfing this site! :cool:


Thanks to all of the hard-working individuals who made Friday such a grand adventure!

[yellow]

Aye, szark, you be king o' the high seas.

I not wantin' to stop speakin' like this, and ye canna make me!

[emw]

yo-momma.net finally put to some practical use other than hosting macros and Keira pics :D :pAlthough I must admit, I like this avatar better than yesterday's.