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Code Grid
Can you break this code?
Shift three. Caps lock one. Shift six.
Tab six. Tab nine. Tab seven.
Tab four. Tab three. Caps lock one. Caps lock three.
Tab five. Caps lock six. Tab eight. Caps lock two. Shift 10.
Shift three. Caps lock one. Shift six.
Tab six. Tab nine. Tab seven.
Tab four. Tab three. Caps lock one. Caps lock three.
Tab five. Caps lock six. Tab eight. Caps lock two. Shift 10.
Hint
Every sentence is a letter.Answer
It spells out "Can you read this?"Use your keyboard like a grid. Tab, caps lock and shift are the vertical side of the grid and one through nine are the horizontal side of the grid. For example shift five would be B.
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i dont get it
now i get it! its on a type writer key pad thing!
BRILLIANT!! That was great. i did not get it but it was very smart.
Thank you.
That was awesome! Very creative!! Of course, I didn't get it, but I loved it!
OK one more time you take the key on the key board and go in the number it's by each row is a word.
Excuse me it's one more time,
Uhhhhh, too bad there are 2 shifts
Well in that case just go down from the number three.
Or any other number specified.
Awesome. Tough but awesome. Bet you played a lot of Battleship in your days...
The only Braingle teaser for which I did not have a clue. Glad I did not spend much time on it. Had a feeling I would not get it. I will label this one a learning teaser. Hope it helps expand my thinking and approaches to future problems. Excellent.
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang hard
very easy
Thank you gallenbe, You seem to be one of the few who immediatly understand it.
Ouch! It just occurred to me while working another logic teaser that the title of this one included the word "grid." That should have given it away -- at least in retrospect. In fact, I initially questioned why this teaser was in the logic category, when it appeared to be better suited for cryptography.
Yes apparently the editors thought it should go in logic for some reason(but at least it got exepted)
Too cool!!!!! I also wondered why it was in logic and not cryptography ....but I am glad it was ACCEPTED, because I added it to my favorites! (Had to include a correction for your spelling error...comes with being a teacher!)
Toooooooooo cooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got it!!! but....only after reading the hint... oh well. Goin into my favs..to be honest I wouldn't have liked it as much if I hadn't gotten it, but then it would be a challenge. either ways fun! okay I'll stop rambling on and on and on and on, oops almost did it again!
REALLY FUN. I really liked this teaser alot. I did figure it out pretty easily but it was fun!!
I didn't get it, but that was a great teaser!
REALLY CHUCKLED OVER THIS ONE - MORE PLEASE
. You know, I tried the keyboard and it just wouldn't work with me! , must have been a brainf..t . This was a good one "haldir", keep them poppin. .............
had me stumped for about 10 mins. New to this kind of thing, but truly enjoyed realigning my braincells for a bit. keep them coming
glad i, didn't spend much time on it, was thinking it was some kind of haxor lingo. made since once the answer was revealed
easy but quite fun..ty
Okay I must be a moron because it took me forever to figure out what you were talking about in the answer...I finally realized...Clever puzzle
THAT WAS A GOOD ONE IT GOT ME WELL DONE!!!
Gosh!!! I was thinking "This was waaaay too easy, you should have made it harder somehow...", until I read the other comments! To me, cap lock was all I had to see, because where else is there a caplock? Also, I admit, there was a harder(for me) teaser a while back that made riddles out of the symbols on the number keys, so I was familiar with the idea of using the keyboard for a code. But good work, apparently this was hard for most of us. Thanks!
hehehe Good one
Excellent. I didn't find it easy at all but I enjoyed this one a great deal.
Heh, well I got it right away, but I suspect it's because I've done another puzzle involving the keyboard before...
Also, the question mark isn't placed the same place on my keyboard (Norwegian laptop keyboard), but since the rest of the sentence is still correct, it wasn't that much of a problem.
Also, the question mark isn't placed the same place on my keyboard (Norwegian laptop keyboard), but since the rest of the sentence is still correct, it wasn't that much of a problem.
Wow...I could'nt even get my locker combanition at school... anyway that was wicked hard and fun all at the same time Great one haldir!!! Snaps for you (snap snap)
Well when i read the title (after i looked at the answer)then i thought it would have been easier
great one but what about shift 10?
how would 10 work?!?!?!
great one but what about shift 10?
how would 10 work?!?!?!
I didn't get it, just did not understand
Wow, I'm really surprised by most of the comments here. I thought this was very easy.
Nov 21, 2005
I thought that one was stupid. You have too much time on your hands.
haldir, this was a nice teaser. I got it right was because all I do is sit in front of a computer all day and I get bored and make up things and this was something I had done a long time ago. I liked it and hope to see more like them.
huh? sorry, i'm lost....
ummm........I don't get it??!?! But good one!!!..... I guess??!?
um, I'm confused? I knew when it said logic that I would be lost! I will put this in my favorites and continue to remain lost! Good teaser tho...I think?
I got it really quickly!
First I looked at my keyboard and hit shift and caps the number of times, then thought that was dumb and started counting keys!!
Nice one though, I appreciate having a few I actually get once in a while...
First I looked at my keyboard and hit shift and caps the number of times, then thought that was dumb and started counting keys!!
Nice one though, I appreciate having a few I actually get once in a while...
This is the first Braingle that I have felt compelled to comment on: Very nicely done!
You are assuming that the viewers have the same keyboard as you do. On my laptop, I found 4 definate letters. Otherwise, it lined up between two letters, or no letter at all. Also, the Shift 10 clue is not possible as there are no keyboards with the number 10 on them.
Try being a little more versatile next teaser.
Try being a little more versatile next teaser.
I definitely like the idea of it, but none of my letters matched up the same way yours did. I must have a very different keyboard?
You don't push shift then "10". You start at shift then count over 10 keys to get to the ?. This is pretty clever...of course I couldn't get it without looking at the answer....
I thought this was cute. I was stumped. Its amazing how people react, some think others should get it because they did, and others are amazed how others got it...wow. Oh well, for whatever reason people leave the negative comments is beyond me. Most likely because they didnt get it, and probably still dont. Anyway, I thought it was very good, I tried for once and still didnt get it....I had fun with this one. Great job!
Brilliant, which a glitch. This only works when regarding a QWERTY keyboard. All in all i love it, very good concept.
Didn't even come close to getting it; never occurred to me to use the keyboard as a grid. The hint made no sense at all. Even after I saw the answer, I still was lost for a while. Shift 10 made no sense at all; should have been shift 0. Need better clues for us dummies.
Jim
Jim
I don't get it??????
Very easy to me
cool though great job
cool though great job
Hey jimbo, someone already told those who did not understand about the shift 10, you look at the shift button then count over ten when you do that you will get to the key that has the(?) on it which completes the sentence CAN YOU READ THIS?
And for those who say that there are 2 shift keys that is true, but do you read from left to right or right to left? When you read anything you always start from the left then go right. So when doing teaser such as this one keep that in mind and the answer should come to you with out a problem.
didn't get it. don't get it. probably never will get it.
2 thumbs up
Very clever, and also creative 3 thumbs up...
Funny how different people think in such vastly different ways. I thought this puzzle was the easiest I had seen until I started reading the comments and realized it stumped a bunch of people. But then, there have been hundreds of times when I couldn't come close to solving one and all the comments said "too easy." Good one! Thanks!
it wasnt that hard...... suprising though, cus its the fitrst one ive ever gotten!!!! (though ive only been doin them for a few days... ) o well..... keep em' comming!
I'm just glad you stopped responding to every message Haldir. Makes you look a bit
self-conscious. You shouldn't be because you did well.
self-conscious. You shouldn't be because you did well.
Yes I can spell this. T. H. I. S. just kidding. This is difficult for me to do because my keyboard is not a standard keyboard. It is fit to fit your wrist and is almost kinda split. Sorry if I don't make sense. But cool teaser.
Well smart one, there are two shift keys!
I got this one quickly too. I'm surprised so many of us didn't manage to work it out sooner though. It Just goes to show that what one member finds difficult, another finds easy!! Thats the beauty of Teasers i guess.........and keeps us coming back for more. I loved it.
Did not work with my keyboard????? The idea was good
This does NOT use the keyboard as a GRID! That's why some of you are either confused or say it doesn't work right. You simply count over the number of keys from the first key, that's all. I don't know why anyone called it a grid, that just made it too confusing.
and the key was right there to. But it was fun.
it does NOT work if u keyboard is not straight. my keyboard is offset
that was sweet! of course i didn't get it but thats the fun of it!!!!!!!!!
shawneeo....the answer clearly states "Use your keyboard like a grid." I think the confusion is due the the difference in the types of keyboards and not due to the reference of using it as a grid.
I thought this was fun. It's the first one like it since I became a visitor to this site. I had to get the hint first, but then I knew what to do right away.
I didn't get this till i started to read the other comments.
wow, this 1 wuz great! luved it! hard at first, but you had all you needed right in front of you (the keyboard that is)... i got it, but not after thinking about it--- not 2 easy, not 2 hard= PERFECT!
wow, cool one. i got it right away when i read the hint. keep em coming!!!
Kim: I know the answer says that, but what Im trying to say is, that's not necessary to think of it as a grid, and it causes more confusion than its worth. Because the keys arent lined up straight. All you have to do is count from the first key over the given number of spaces. OK?
very clever! I understood the teaser from the first sentece. Awesome job.
i had to look at the hint first then i got i but that's pretty awesome. i think u should have had a better message. now that would have been awesome
Ingenius. I opened up a Notepad document first time... but that didn't make a whole lot of sense.
that was hard but awesome more like that would be fun
Good Heavens, I'd need ten gallons of coffee just to think on your level, and I STILL wouldn't have gotten it!!
Lookit the brain on that one!!
Lookit the brain on that one!!
An excellent teaser. What amazes me is the number of people who say that they don't get it EVEN AFTER READING THE ANSWER AND THE EXPLANATION!!! Unbelievable.....
I actually got this one! Great teaser!
I liked this one, it was a little tricky but i got it
it was hard at first but i got it
Yay this is one of the few teasers that I've figured out really quickly.
That waz cool 1ce i understood it!! I had 2 look at the answer 2 undersatnd it ! 1ce i looked i waz cool! Keep going with those! that goes n my favorites!!!!
I'm w/ dddlite! Didn't get it but absolutely loved it once I read the answer!!
i' sorry but this teaser was boring and just way too hard
I needed the hint but it was awesome!
I figured it had something to do with the keyboard but I couldn't figure out what. Using the word Grid in the title should have clued me in but alas, I'm not that bright today. lol
Hehehe - absolutely excellent. I looked at it a moment, and then it was like the method just... came to me. IT was wierd, but it let me get it
Fabulous teaser, one of my all time favourites!
Fabulous teaser, one of my all time favourites!
Piece of cake!
You got me! But some people don't use the QWERTY keyboard, they go in alphebetical order, unlike me!
That was very creative! At first it stumped me, but then I figured that I'd just try matching each phrase with the corresponding spaces on the keyboard. It worked!
Good one
Good one
I'm sorry but this one has been repeated too many times.
that was good but really hard for me!
Doehead, don't you realize that not everyone was on this site three years ago? For those, it's 'first time', not 'so many times'. When it's repetitious for you, why don't you just move on???!
Sorry, TOO many times.
Great teaser! I love stuff like this.
Totally lost on this one. Sorry, but thanks for posting.
Huh ? I didn't get it at all.
I'M PROBALY WRONG BUT TO ME IT SAYS CAN YOU TEAD THIS?
Nice simple teaser! It's the best one I've seen this morning. Thanks for submitting!
I wonder why everyone thought it was hard . . . Maybe I'm just TOO addicted to encryption techniques of all kinds . . .
I wonder why everyone thought it was hard . . . Maybe I'm just TOO addicted to encryption techniques of all kinds . . .
Nice teaser.
awsome!
This Teaser was absolutely brilliant, beautiful, exceptional. Awesome. I am glad I came across this teaser. I did not get the answer, but for those who took the time to think it through, congrads is in order. And for the Creator of this Teaser, keep them coming, I'd like to view others from you. AWESOmmmme
this is for auntiesis - if you come back and look at the comments.
first one: Shift 3 -
look at the shift line - count over 3 = letter C
next, CapsLock 1 = a,
and so one
It was a terrific teaser, I didn't get it either. But I'd love to see another one because I love a challenge!
first one: Shift 3 -
look at the shift line - count over 3 = letter C
next, CapsLock 1 = a,
and so one
It was a terrific teaser, I didn't get it either. But I'd love to see another one because I love a challenge!
That was fantastic! I didn't get it at all Now that I know how to do it, it was fun. Thanks!
nice!
No clue.
Happy New Years everyone!
Happy New Years everyone!
I thought this one was very easy. Happy New Year to all.
Brilliant! Going to my faves.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
It was really easy, but I loved it.
HAPPY 2012 to all!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY 2012 to all!!!!!!!!!!
I couldn't solve this one because my keyboard curves.
I got it right! Happy new year! Finishing 2011resalution tommorrow
It took thinking though cause I don't see my keyboard I'm on my iPad.
Dang,that's really hard!
Happy New Year everyone!
2012! Yahoo! (.com) L.O.L.
New Year's resolution: Stop being mean
(kidding. never works)
Real New Year's Resolution: Prove people wrong about the world ending in 2012
that my real resolution
Nice teaser!
I didn't get the part about the grid, so I got a bunch or numbers spaced out and random symbols.
Happy New Year everyone!
2012! Yahoo! (.com) L.O.L.
New Year's resolution: Stop being mean
(kidding. never works)
Real New Year's Resolution: Prove people wrong about the world ending in 2012
that my real resolution
Nice teaser!
I didn't get the part about the grid, so I got a bunch or numbers spaced out and random symbols.
didn't get it then, ... DID! Great teaser. Counting makes logical?of
I guess the old mind remembered Gayle's explaination, because I gotr it with no trouble this time. Thanks Gayle. Happy New Year to everybody.
Okay, I finally figured it out, but it takes some time to go through them all. Patience is a virtue though!
Interesting concept for a teaser. However, as others have pointed out, being able to solve it is depends on your keyboard layout. One of my computers has the keyboard laid out as a French keyboard and one Ihave set up with a DVORAK eyboard.
I do have one set up as an English QWERTY too though. Maybe had I been using that computer, I would have solved the teaser.
I do have one set up as an English QWERTY too though. Maybe had I been using that computer, I would have solved the teaser.
Very interesting, very creative, and very challenging (unless, of course, one quickly recognizes the "standard" keyboard layout).
There are a variety of keyboards, of course, and - as some have pointed out - the key layout wouldn't work with the specified code.
The Mandarin keyboard, for example, with the computer my brother picked up last Summer in Australia obviously wouldn't and the Osage Indian (phonetic grunts) keyboard my Dad was first to use wouldn't either.
It would be nice if other Brainglers (with other oddity-keyboards) would report here then we could get an interesting - if not necessarily relevant to the riddle - list.
Oh ... please note that this TOTD got 10 comments when it was last "on board" in 2012 and - thus far - has three.
Do we wonder how many this time ??
The last posted teaser (50486) is still limping along with only ONE !!!
LGM
(lots to laugh about here in the New Year !!)
There are a variety of keyboards, of course, and - as some have pointed out - the key layout wouldn't work with the specified code.
The Mandarin keyboard, for example, with the computer my brother picked up last Summer in Australia obviously wouldn't and the Osage Indian (phonetic grunts) keyboard my Dad was first to use wouldn't either.
It would be nice if other Brainglers (with other oddity-keyboards) would report here then we could get an interesting - if not necessarily relevant to the riddle - list.
Oh ... please note that this TOTD got 10 comments when it was last "on board" in 2012 and - thus far - has three.
Do we wonder how many this time ??
The last posted teaser (50486) is still limping along with only ONE !!!
LGM
(lots to laugh about here in the New Year !!)
Absolutely excellent!! Got my brain off to a good start for the year!! It looked difficult at first, but after my brain unfuzzed due to my hangover, it was rather easy. Thanks for this one
Many people don't leave a comment because they commented the first time they saw a teaser, and have nothing else to say about it. I did not get it the first 2 times I saw it, but I got it this time, so that is an improvement. I don't always leave a comment if I have nothing new to say.
That's five.
Not too bad.
LGM
(hmm ... it's FUNNY that some people have no difficulty "thinking of something to say" - when it's obvious !!)
Not too bad.
LGM
(hmm ... it's FUNNY that some people have no difficulty "thinking of something to say" - when it's obvious !!)
I got this one right away - I needed something easy right about now! - Thanks for the teaser.
To those who say it has been on too many times, you should notice how many people are commenting that have never seen it before. You can't please everyone, so give it a rest!!
Tab six, tab three, Caps Lock five.
Fun and entertaining teaser; I got it fairly quickly. Very clever - enjoyed working it. Happy New Year to all my fellow Brainglers!
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