Comments on: I don’t go to M.I.T.

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:32:57 +0000

And so the mighty TechCruch is duped by a few Network Marketing reps looking to recruit/enslave some intelligent internet kids.

Blog summary of the entire saga:

http://www.mepreport.com/2009/09/techcrunch-duped-by-amway/

By: brennan

brennan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:53:35 +0000

Could this be true? Or is it fake? A poster by the name of “bob” suggested the solution:

617-274-8660 (which is derived by counting the number of characters before each space. The last zero is left off).

If you call that number, you get:

“Congratulations,
You’ve solved the second more difficult problem
Unfortunately we have to confess to you that we are not with Google Jobs, but we are interested in you.
Leave your name and telephone number. You won’t regret it.”

Is it real or fake?

By: brennan

brennan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:49:57 +0000

Scott Kyle over on the Tech Crunch post seems to have gotten decently close: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/21/google-is-searching-for-beautiful-minds-but-so-far-no-m-i-t-students-have-broken-its-code/comment-page-2/#comment-2996381

By: brennan

brennan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:55:51 +0000

Dionysis, Very true!

8MLDQ6 T UI
6TFML RH AA
NRA6Q 8EFL
DMQ86II2 O3
2S5J 13JXOJ

By: Dionysis Zindros

Dionysis Zindros — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:45:31 +0000

brennan: Your transcription might be incorrect if position plays a role. You’ve missed some line breaks.

By: MJDV

MJDV — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:05:04 +0000

There are 11 columns… one for each digit…
1(NNN)-NNN-NNNN

By: brennan

brennan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:17:08 +0000

Transcribed for the lazy: “8MLDQ6 T UI 6TFML RH AA NRA6Q 8EFL DMQ86II2 O3 2S5J 13JXOJ”

By: brennan

brennan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:14:15 +0000

Let’s solve it together. I’ll post any updates here in the comments. Help me out with ideas.