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+ | <code> | ||
+ | from scipy.optimize import fsolve | ||
+ | from math import sin,cos | ||
+ | |||
+ | def f(x): | ||
+ | a = float(x[0]) | ||
+ | b = float(x[1]) | ||
+ | c = float(x[2]) | ||
+ | d = float(x[3]) | ||
+ | e = float(x[4]) | ||
+ | return [ | ||
+ | a*b-24, | ||
+ | 2*d-b, | ||
+ | d+e-a-c, | ||
+ | a+b+c+d+e-26, | ||
+ | b+c-e, | ||
+ | ] | ||
+ | |||
+ | result = fsolve(f, [1,1,1,1,1]) | ||
+ | |||
+ | print result | ||
+ | print f(result) | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Go to https://www.dropbox.com/about | ||
+ | |||
+ | ChenLi Wang -> Ramsey H. - > Allison Louie -> Naveen Agrawal -> Emily Zhao | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2012/crane | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Just some icons. SMUDGES | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Follow Google Map. SOMA | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. MADLIB | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Invert the colors, use the not match ones. 2005-3-21 | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. The letters are in the comments. Change the order by using the legend. DEALING | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8. TRIUMPHANT, First letter of each college mascot: | ||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | MIT - Tim the Beaver | ||
+ | URI - Rhody the Ram | ||
+ | LMU - Iggy the Lion | ||
+ | UGA - Uga the Bulldog | ||
+ | LSU - Mike the Tiger | ||
+ | GSU - Pounce the Blue Panther | ||
+ | UNLV - Hey Reb! | ||
+ | UF - Albert and Alberta Gator | ||
+ | UNCC - Norm the Niner | ||
+ | MIT - Tim the Beaver | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | |||
+ | 9. Order the files by file extension: Your next destination is the last page of the tour. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Then Go to https://www.dropbox.com/tour/6 and send a dropbox invite to the email listed there (boxer@dropbox.com) via https://www.dropbox.com/referrals. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 10. ARGENTINA | ||
+ | |||
+ | 11. SOUTHPOLE | ||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | SCFTB | ||
+ | OYBPX | ||
+ | UEHVD | ||
+ | TDGUC | ||
+ | HRUIQ | ||
+ | PZCQY | ||
+ | OYBPX | ||
+ | LVYMU | ||
+ | EORFN | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | |||
+ | 12. Restore `Chapter12.txt` to its previous version via [[https://www.dropbox.com/revisions/Dropquest 2012/Captain's Logs/Chapter 12.txt]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | 13. Go to https://www.dropbox.com/help and click on the shield icon of "Security and Privacy". | ||
+ | |||
+ | 14. Re-arrange the slider puzzle according to the highlighted part of the sudoku puzzle. Use this to help you: http://analogbit.com/software/puzzletools | ||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | 638 | ||
+ | 924 | ||
+ | 517 | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | |||
+ | 15. Share a folder with boxer@dropbox.com. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 16. Click the large rainbow icon next to `Sharing` on https://www.dropbox.com/share | ||
+ | |||
+ | 17. SHANGHAI | ||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | 1. Days of the Week - Missing Sunday | ||
+ | 2. Seven Dwarfs - Missing Happy | ||
+ | 3. Zodiac Signs - Missing Aries | ||
+ | 4. Planets - Missing Neptune | ||
+ | 5. Seven Deadly Sins - Missing Greed | ||
+ | 6. Chinese Zodiac - Missing Horse | ||
+ | 7. Noble Gases - Missing Argon | ||
+ | 8. Colours - Missing Indigo | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | |||
+ | 18. Go to https://www.dropbox.com/home/Dropquest%202012/Spring%20Cleaning | ||
+ | |||
+ | Put 1, 3, 6, 8, 9 (.jpg) into Category 1 and 2, 4, 5, 7, 10 into Category 2. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 19. The answer (URL) is in this format: 1.2/3 | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1 = Korean for db | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2 = Audi TT | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3 = For each column, subtract the smaller card value from the larger one | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://db.tt/Q2J9J4 | ||
+ | |||
+ | 20. https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2012/apollo13 | ||
+ | |||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | Ocean's Eleven - 11th word in 1.txt is Houston | ||
+ | X-Men: First Class - 1st word in 2.txt is we | ||
+ | 21 - 21st word in 3.txt is have | ||
+ | Super 8 - 8th word in 4.txt is a | ||
+ | 28 days later - 28th word in 5.txt is problem | ||
+ | Sixth Sense - 6th word in 6.txt is movie | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | |||
+ | 21. The functions applied are: 1, 2, 21, 19, 9, 22, 5, 12, 25. Match them to the corresponding letter in the alphabet to get: ABUSIVELY | ||
+ | |||
+ | 22. BADGE | ||
+ | |||
+ | Identify each flag, convert it to the ISO 2 digit country code. With the ISO Country Code, look up the corresponding chemical element in the periodic table and find the atomic number. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Substitute the atomic number for the country flags and solve the equation! N. B. mod refers to modulo operation which is the remainder after division. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Use the equation solutions to find the appropriate midi files for your puzzle (in correct order). | ||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | flags0.png - 11.mid | ||
+ | flags1.png - 18.mid | ||
+ | flags2.png - 01.mid | ||
+ | flags3.png - 14.mid | ||
+ | flags4.png - 19.mid | ||
+ | flags5.png - 05.mid | ||
+ | flags6.png - 04.mid | ||
+ | flags7.png - 13.mid | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | |||
+ | List the musical notes in the midi file, the snare hit (_) denotes a missing letter: | ||
+ | 01: C E D _ | ||
+ | 02: C A G _ | ||
+ | 03: C A B _ A G E | ||
+ | 04: E G _ | ||
+ | 05: _ E G | ||
+ | 06: D E _ F | ||
+ | 07: C A_ E | ||
+ | 08: _ A B B A G E | ||
+ | 09: _ E E F | ||
+ | 10: F A C _ | ||
+ | 11: A C E | ||
+ | 12: B E _ F | ||
+ | 13: _ E A F | ||
+ | 14: _ A B B A G E | ||
+ | 15: _ E G | ||
+ | 16: A G _ | ||
+ | 17: C E D _ | ||
+ | 18: D E _ F | ||
+ | 19: D E C _ D E | ||
+ | 20: D E C H D _ | ||
+ | |||
+ | 23. Go to the different dropquest twitter accounts and find the coordinates. | ||
+ | |||
+ | eg: https://twitter.com/dropquestalpha 18.836043, -72.545993 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Connect the dots (looks like dropbox) and find the missing point - http://g.co/maps/hmqd2 | ||
+ | |||
+ | MACHU PICCHU | ||
+ | |||
+ | 24. Solve the crossword to get the clues: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 20 Across - ORDERLOGSBYSIZE | ||
+ | |||
+ | 61 Across - NINELETTERWORDS | ||
+ | |||
+ | Order the Captain's Logs by size (ascending), find the 9 letter words and take the first letter of each word to get nthwordoflogbychapter. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Order the log files by chapter and look for the nth word (Log 1 = 1st word, Log 2 = 2nd word, etc). This gives you a clue which leads you to the answer: COLOSSEUM | ||