Wow. I never came close to thinking of that.

Wow. I would never have got that. Good choice. :smile:

edit:
Just noticed how close my post is to only_human's.

At the end I was just hoping that you all would get the material.

what language is that in?

[QUOTE=Flatlander;239240]Wow. I would never have got that.[/quote]Agreed.

[QUOTE=Flatlander;239240]Good choice.[/quote]Incredibly specific choice anyway.

[QUOTE=lavalamp;239260]Incredibly specific choice anyway.[/QUOTE]But, not obscure.

[QUOTE=science_man_88;239259]what language is that in?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROT13[/url]

I think the main problem here was that it was never determined that this is a singular item, and that it is not mass produced or sold in stores. By reading the questions here it seems to me that everyone was assuming that it was a modern consumer product.

I think in general that this has shown that the 40 questions is too hard without the guiding hints. And I agree with Brian-E that English is too ambiguous as a language to successfully complete one of these puzzles without some extreme stroke of luck to strike the right line of questioning.

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;239265][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROT13[/url][/QUOTE]

sounds tricky for a substitution cipher but it's better than bringing every letter forward one lol.

[QUOTE=retina;239270]I think the main problem here was that it was never determined that this is a singular item, and that it is not mass produced or sold in stores. By reading the questions here it seems to me that everyone was assuming that it was a modern consumer product.

I think in general that this has shown that the 40 questions is too hard without the guiding hints. And I agree with Brian-E that English is too ambiguous as a language to successfully complete one of these puzzles without some extreme stroke of luck to strike the right line of questioning.[/QUOTE]

Maybe we should have suggested questions that are reviewed and adjusted before final agreement as being worth asking? (That doesn't sound right but I think you know what I mean.)

If someone else want to run the next round, that is fine with me.