CISRA Puzzle Competition 2011 - Hints

4D. Puzzle Competition Reminder

• To: Andrew Shellshear <andrew.shellshear@cisra.canon.com.au>
  From: David Morgan-Mar <david.morgan-mar@cisra.canon.com.au>
  Subject: Re: Puzzle idea!
  
  Andrew Shellshear wrote:
  > Did you just accidentally copy our entire conversation about
  > that puzzle on the end of the competition reminder that you
  > sent to everyone?
  
  Huh?...
  
  Oh, %$*#&@*!!
  
  Dang. It's a shame it included the actual solution - otherwise we
  still could have salvaged it because we didn't give away enough for
  anyone to actually solve the puzzle without the grid and the other
  graphics. The lone star is needed to really flag the solution.
  
  David.
     

• To: Andrew Shellshear <andrew.shellshear@cisra.canon.com.au>
  From: David Morgan-Mar <david.morgan-mar@cisra.canon.com.au>
  Subject: Re: Puzzle idea!
  
  Andrew Shellshear wrote:
  > We could modify it slightly and still use it. By next year
  > nobody will remember that e-mail anyway. And we never revealed
  > the secret hint that really allows you to figure out the answer.
  
  Yeah. And maybe we can change it to states east of the Mississippi
  instead.
  
  David.
      

• To: Andrew Shellshear <andrew.shellshear@cisra.canon.com.au>
  From: David Morgan-Mar <david.morgan-mar@cisra.canon.com.au>
  Subject: Re: Puzzle idea!
  
  Andrew Shellshear wrote:
  > If we use eastern states we'll need a new secret hint.
  
  I've been working on that. For example if we use: Maine, Indiana,
  Maryland, Rhode Island, Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, then they
  spell out MILEAGE, which is what you'd need to cover to visit them
  all. We'd have to remove the contiguity condition though...
  
  David.