Countdown to PDC09: This is Your Brain on Puzzles
- Posted: Oct 23, 2009 at 10:02 AM
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In this episode, Mike talks with Kenny Young, an architect on the Expression Blend team, and Josh Benaloh, a senior cryptographer in Microsoft Research about the puzzles they plan to inflict on our
PDC09 attendees. These are the guys who have been providing the puzzles that we’ve been tweeting recently, and they brought their own Hard Hat Challenge. Mike also reminds everyone about the caption
contest at www.nxtgenug.net for a free PDC09 pass, and talks briefly about the Visual Studio Documentary to be shown at the event, including a Q&A panel after the show.
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Here's a link to this week's Hard Hat Challenge document. Good luck!
Ari Shapiro ( I can explain the solution, if needed ;=) )
That was fast!
I'd like to thank the puzzle authors - Giovanni Della-Libera, David Miller, John Doty, and Andrew Becker - for being so kind as to allow us to redistribute this puzzle from one of our previous on-campus events.
It's great that you post theese puzzles
Keep up the good work !
Congratulations, Calciol! It's up to you, but we always love to hear how people solved the Hard Hat Challenges. Send an e-mail to pdc09 (at) microsoft.com, and we'll coordinate your prize.
What a great puzzle! Even though Calciol solved it before me, knowing the answer didn't spoil any of the fun in solving it.
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