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The Return of Opus X

Postby hal 9000 » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:06 pm

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You know what to do...

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Postby OperaTenor » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:44 am

Welcome back, Hal! :)

I know who the composer is, but I haven't figured out the piece.
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Postby navneeth » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:28 am

Hello Hal,
I'm Navneeth from India. Been here for about a month and a half. I've gone through some of your 'Top Ten' threads, but could you please tell me more about Opus X.

Thanks,
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Postby Selma in Sandy Eggo » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:23 am

The picture represents the name of a composer and a composition. It's tricky, but as various smart people close in on the answer there will be more and more clues posted on the thread. You send your guess, or questions, to Hal by private message, not by posting openly on the thread, because if you get it right and post the answer it spoils the puzzle for anyone who is close to figuring it out.

The guessing can go wildly astray, as the time that I was sure that the Queen Bohemian Rhapsody had to be involved in an answer because of pictures of Death and a cell in the clues, from which I got "cell death", proceeding to apoptosis, AIDS, and thence to Freddie Mercury. Turned out the correct answer was Purcell's Dido and Aeneus; I was SO wrong. :(

Good luck. So far, I've got Digital Coyote singing Sony's Panasonic...
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Postby navneeth » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:15 am

Thanks, Selma. It must be an art to select a picture representing both the composer and the composition. Probably figuring out the answer is also an art, with a picture such as the current one. I'm going to PM Hal just for the heck of it. :D
Selma in Sandy Eggo wrote:The guessing can go wildly astray, as the time that I was sure that the Queen Bohemian Rhapsody had to be involved in an answer because of pictures of Death and a cell in the clues, from which I got "cell death", proceeding to apoptosis, AIDS, and thence to Freddie Mercury. Turned out the correct answer was Purcell's Dido and Aeneus; I was SO wrong. :(

:lol: :lol:
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navneeth's Opus X guess

Postby hal 9000 » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:00 pm

Greetings navneeth!

Pleased to meet you. I received your PM guess but for some reason the phpp system won't let me reply to it (it says I can not reply so soon after I post, but I had posted nothing?!?). Anyway, hopefully it will allow me to post my reply on the normal board.

Your guess was incorrect. You must really examine the picture for clues and you will find there are some that are literal and some that are not so literal. I have given clues regarding both the composer and the composition. Keep at it.
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Hiya OT!

Postby hal 9000 » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:02 pm

Hey Jim! How are you, piq, and Altoid doing these days?

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Re: Hiya OT!

Postby OperaTenor » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:22 pm

We're doing really well, thanks for asking.

Did you get a pm from me?

Everyone's getting that "error" message when they send a pm, so it's hard to tell if they're actually going out.
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Re: navneeth's Opus X guess

Postby navneeth » Mon May 01, 2006 3:04 am

hal 9000 wrote:Your guess was incorrect. You must really examine the picture for clues and you will find there are some that are literal and some that are not so literal. I have given clues regarding both the composer and the composition. Keep at it.

Alright, I'll have another look at it. :roll:

:)
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Postby Trumpetmaster » Mon May 01, 2006 5:35 am

Hal9000,
WELOME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

Came to work this morning BECAUSE I have to go to my
weekly staff meeting and provide status.... then tearing out of
here at 11AM EST to catch my flight....

I'm flying to Miami Beach today for a Telecom conference...
I'll be there all week......

Glad to see the return of OPUS X....

Regards,
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Postby Trumpetmaster » Mon May 01, 2006 6:53 am

BTW - I have no clue right now for this puzzle... I will print it out and see if I can make sense of it...... :(
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Postby BigJon@Work » Mon May 01, 2006 10:52 am

Hal, welcome back with the puzzles.
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Thanks

Postby hal 9000 » Mon May 01, 2006 2:31 pm

Thanks TM and BigJon!

FYI to all... since it appears the private messages are not working at the moment, you can submit your guesses via email. My email addy is...

carlson_cm@hotmail.com

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Postby piqaboo » Mon May 01, 2006 3:21 pm

He's baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! Welcome back, Hal9K! Oui mist ja!

Who da dude on the big screen?

And what's that cute little "no whatevers" gadget?
Anyone with better recognition than I?
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Postby navneeth » Tue May 02, 2006 1:53 am

piqaboo wrote:Who da dude on the big screen?

I believe that's Ludwig vin Diesel. :wink:
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Postby piqaboo » Tue May 02, 2006 2:43 pm

Thanks! I guessed it had to be, because its a Bruce Willis attitude but that aint BW. I've never seen Vin Diesel. I appreciate the confrimation
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Postby BigJon@Work » Tue May 02, 2006 3:08 pm

Is the cheapness of the items a clue?
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Postby OperaTenor » Tue May 02, 2006 3:37 pm

It would appear navneeth got the Id of the hunky boy right.

Here you go, girls:
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Cheapness

Postby hal 9000 » Tue May 02, 2006 6:20 pm

BigJon@Work wrote:Is the cheapness of the items a clue?


Well consider this: Every Opus X so far has been madness, but there is always method to it. So it stands to reason that any patterns that appear in a puzzle have some significance. Of course, that significance may be to throw you off the trail. Or perhaps it keeps you on the straight and narrow. Regardless, it means something even if it means nothing.

Literal Translation: Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

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Postby Serenity » Tue May 02, 2006 8:32 pm

Homina, homina, homina.....
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