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I am the Coin (Puzzle consisting of 20,000 custom minted coins)

7 points by paulgerhardt 17y ago

jcsalterego 17y ago
The answer is in the script.
- pavel_lishin 17y ago
  I just saw a link in the HTML.
  - IsaacSchlueter 17y ago
    You could also read the vertical text if you want to think ever so slightly less outside the box ;)
    - pavel_lishin 17y ago
      My box is warm and cozy, thank you very much.
seasoup 17y ago
yeah, gotta love easy to solve riddles by looking in the js
- slapshot 17y ago
  Ajax please.
- callahad 17y ago
  The question, then, becomes whether or not it is ethical to claim the prize on offer...
  - vnorby 17y ago
    I...couldn't resist. I am sure there is a way they could have made this more difficult, say, doing the lookup server-side.
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- synnik 17y ago
  The clue flat out tells you which letter it is. Actually solving the puzzle is easier than looking at the js.
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callahad 17y ago
If anyone is interested in actually reading the story, I've put the plaintext up at http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/162110/ http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/162110/, preserving the line breaks in the original. Edit: And now, with spacing between words: http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/162140/ http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/162140/
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shawndrost 17y ago
http://iamthecoin.com/prize_redemption.php http://iamthecoin.com/prize_redemption.php :/
peregrine 17y ago
That was easy....too easy. I am starting to think this was a hoax to get my info. So I did not submit my info....
pbhjpbhj 17y ago
Hmm. Congratulations on correctly locating the coin! We've been experiencing some technical difficulties and, unfortunately, cannot issue prizes at this time. If you would like a chance at a prize, please check back later today or tomorrow.
- callahad 17y ago
  I just received this email: Dear [Callahad], Congratulations on locating the coin and thanks so much for visiting the site. I AM THE COIN is a collaboration between artist Micah Lexier, writer Derek McCormack and a dedicated crew of craftspeople who all worked very hard toward producing this year-long installation. In the first few days we have had a flurry of activity on the website, including numerous people who wrote to redeem the FIND THE COIN prize. We hope we have not overstated the prize, which consists of one of the extra tokens from the installation. It is meant as a symbolic thank you to those who took the time to interact with the project. The site also caught the attention of a group who just looked at the computer code rather than read the story. We are happy to honour the contest and send you the prize token, but before we do so we wanted to confirm that you do in fact want the prize sent to you. We only have 100 prizes to award and we want to make sure we are sending them to those who wish to have a token of their interaction with this artwork. Please write us back by JANUARY 11, 2010 to confirm that you would like the prize sent to you. If we do not hear back from you we will assume that you are fine with not receiving the prize. Thanks so much for your time.

7 points by paulgerhardt 17y ago

jcsalterego 17y ago

The answer is in the script.

pavel_lishin 17y ago
I just saw a link in the HTML.
- IsaacSchlueter 17y ago
  You could also read the vertical text if you want to think ever so slightly less outside the box ;)
  - pavel_lishin 17y ago
    My box is warm and cozy, thank you very much.

seasoup 17y ago

yeah, gotta love easy to solve riddles by looking in the js

slapshot 17y ago
Ajax please.
callahad 17y ago
The question, then, becomes whether or not it is ethical to claim the prize on offer...
- vnorby 17y ago
  I...couldn't resist. I am sure there is a way they could have made this more difficult, say, doing the lookup server-side.
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synnik 17y ago
The clue flat out tells you which letter it is. Actually solving the puzzle is easier than looking at the js.

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callahad 17y ago

If anyone is interested in actually reading the story, I've put the plaintext up at http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/162110/ http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/162110/, preserving the line breaks in the original. Edit: And now, with spacing between words: http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/162140/ http://paste.pocoo.org/raw/162140/

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shawndrost 17y ago

http://iamthecoin.com/prize_redemption.php http://iamthecoin.com/prize_redemption.php :/

peregrine 17y ago

That was easy....too easy. I am starting to think this was a hoax to get my info. So I did not submit my info....

pbhjpbhj 17y ago

Hmm. Congratulations on correctly locating the coin! We've been experiencing some technical difficulties and, unfortunately, cannot issue prizes at this time. If you would like a chance at a prize, please check back later today or tomorrow.

callahad 17y ago
I just received this email: Dear [Callahad], Congratulations on locating the coin and thanks so much for visiting the site. I AM THE COIN is a collaboration between artist Micah Lexier, writer Derek McCormack and a dedicated crew of craftspeople who all worked very hard toward producing this year-long installation. In the first few days we have had a flurry of activity on the website, including numerous people who wrote to redeem the FIND THE COIN prize. We hope we have not overstated the prize, which consists of one of the extra tokens from the installation. It is meant as a symbolic thank you to those who took the time to interact with the project. The site also caught the attention of a group who just looked at the computer code rather than read the story. We are happy to honour the contest and send you the prize token, but before we do so we wanted to confirm that you do in fact want the prize sent to you. We only have 100 prizes to award and we want to make sure we are sending them to those who wish to have a token of their interaction with this artwork. Please write us back by JANUARY 11, 2010 to confirm that you would like the prize sent to you. If we do not hear back from you we will assume that you are fine with not receiving the prize. Thanks so much for your time.