redrover

Then why did you post the URLs? Anyway, my main point was to thank everyone for the hints and also that someone had pointed out that after working hard solving the puzzle they were dissapointed that the PDF was not customized. I was just explaining how it could be done. As far as proof? ||--||--||----||||---|-||-||---||-|||-|-|-! As usual, it is in the pudding!

One thing I noticed in the clues is as of right now the Jan 26 clue is incorrect. They list: Clue no. 7, January 26, 2004: A, E, O, and S are the only letters represented by a single digit. There is another letter that is coded by a single digit. I went the route of encoding the dots and lines into numeral form and used the numerals with the Carl Sagan sample to solve using the numbers and looking for repeating patterns (as mentioned above). I found looking at the numbers were easier to find a pattern as you had less bits of info to look at. i.e. instead of looking at 9 bits of dots and vertical lines I only had to look at 3 numbers. (my 2 cents) Thanks to everyone on the forum, I was able to use clues on this forum in conjunction with clues from the redrover site to solve the puzzle! One more thing, you can edit the PDF certificate to add your name to it before it prints out so it can be personalized. I edited my PDF and then printed it out on 8.5 x 11 photo glossy paper and it came out real nice. I think I will frame it and hang it in my cubby at work it should get some chuckles. RR