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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The lost key
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 12:26:07 -0700
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On 4/7/2025 10:35 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 27/03/2025 19:25, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> Here's a challenge for you.
>>
>> I lost my key, so it's not locked.
>>
>> 28489 46260 53815 79183 67000 86384 87725 71624 15594 14403
>> 09147 18110 41059 73715 23675 11716 31344 61936 58405 71789
>> 67996 04102 81613 41793 49867 77121 88375 80775 60638 90347
>> 24676 39058 85504 92003 48722 10115 46990 44086 24854 24159
>> 20664 01522 57274 15899 85065 70377 35752 53492 58559 88988
>> 35370 43081 68166 86373 65926 75374 33291 85632 67446 59349
>> 63704 65749 72091 66837 50171 43248 57595 16454 91499 39226
>> 96517 88044 56393 01838 17430 52594 84964 23196 23914 22203
>> 38920 55335 19311 43922 28110 85530 38860 62709 80794 00892
>> 79201 97026 95796 57573 01408 45600 05825 23271 53168 89392
>> 79895 92055 56120 97719 88677 37834 52558 70854 7
> 
> Now that America has got itself up and out of bed, I promised you all a 
> hint.
> 
> Hints are tricky. Too subtle, and they may serve only to confuse. Too 
> blatant, and they spoil the game. I suppose I'm looking for a way to 
> provide the minimum nugget of information that will be genuinely useful.
> 
> Having thought long and hard about this, I've settled on something you 
> might not actually recognise as a hint, but I assure you that it is 
> possible to throw it into the pot along with the information you already 
> have and deduce something extremely useful.
> 
> $ scos2 e 225 541 < hint.txt
> K )h 8| >&neSx;)x
> pYK )xVMAf%0f
> 

I sent you an email. I have to get back to work, but I hope I am getting 
a little bit closer wrt your "hint"... ;^o

Thanks.