The Missing T
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Returning to your desk at the Georgia Tech Police Department, you find a brief note a top a pile of assorted items. The letter reads:
Officer,
Tech Tower’s T is missing. Detective Burdell was hot on the case, but he has not showed up to work in weeks. Burdell got pretty fair along. He left behind a computer full of data, a bookmarked T-Book, and a decade old Technique. Your job is to get into his computer and figure out what he has done to solve the case. There were a few witnesses. To access their files you will have to solve Burdell’s puzzles.
Good Luck,
Robert C. Connolly
Chief of Police at Georgia Tech Police Department
[[Open the laptop ->Room 1]]
{(set: $solved to 0)
(set: $solved1 to false)
(set: $solved2 to false)
(set: $solved3 to false)
(set: $solved4 to false)
(set: $solved5 to false)
(set: $bool1 to false)}
(if: $solved is 0 and !$bool1)[(display: "Brief 1")](else-if: $solved is 2 and !$threatened1)[(display: "threat 1")](else-if: $solved is 4 and !$threatened2)[(display: "threat 2")](else-if: $solved is 5 and !$bool2)[(display: "Last Opens")](else:)[(display: "Brief 2")]
(if: !$solved1)[[[Bio 1 Overview ->Bio 1 Puzzle]]
](else:)[[[Review Clue 1 ->Bio 1]]
[[Review Password 1 Puzzle ->Bio 1 Puzzle]]]
(if: !$solved2)[[[Bio 2 Overview ->Bio 2 Puzzle]]
](else:)[[[Review Clue 2 ->Bio 2]]
[[Review Password 2 Puzzle ->Bio 2 Puzzle]]]
(if: !$solved3)[[[Bio 3 Overview ->Bio 3 Puzzle]]
](else:)[[[Review Clue 3 ->Bio 3]]
[[Review Password 3 Puzzle ->Bio 3 Puzzle]]]
(if: !$solved4)[[[Bio 4 Overview ->Bio 4 Puzzle]]
](else:)[[[Review Clue 4 ->Bio 4]]
[[Review Password 4 Puzzle ->Bio 4 Puzzle]]]
(if: !$solved5)[[[Bio 5 Overview ->Bio 5 Puzzle]]
](else:)[[[Review Clue 5 ->Bio 5]]
[[Review Password 5 Puzzle ->Bio 5 Puzzle]]]
{
(set: $bool1 to true)
}
(if: $solved is 5)[
[[To Final Puzzle ->Final Puzzle]]
]
START
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<input type="text" name="Password">
<button type="submit" onclick="passServer.submitPass('Password')">Submit</button>
(live:100ms)[(if:$answer is "VOYAGE1969PLUS3")[[[Access Granted ->Suspect 1 guess]](stop:)]]
[[Return to case files ->Room 1]]
Last Attempt:[]<Password|
(live:100ms)[(set: $answer to ?Password)]
Suspect 2 Biography:
Name: Johns Heisman
Profession: Coach for Georgia Tech Football Team
Years active at Tech: 1904-1919
Known for: 222-0 Victory against Cumberland, put together 16 consecutive non-losing seasons
Recorded dialogue between Burdell and Heisman:
Burdell: “Alright Heisman, we know you were at the scene of the crime.”
Heisman: “It’s campus, of course I was around there.”
Burdell: “You must have seen who took the T, especially if it was yourself.”
Heisman: “I don’t have time for childish pranks, go question our opposing teams! I have a game to prepare for.”
Burdell: “You saw where they put the T didn’t you? Help us out, without the T our team’s morale will go down. And you can’t win a game without morale.”
Heisman: “Dangit, you’re right. Maybe I saw something. Alright, all I can say is it didn’t go very far.”
(Display: "Pictures 2")
{
(if: !$solved2)[(set: $solved to $solved + 1)]
(set: $solved2 to true)}
[[return ->Room 1]]
Suspect 3 Biography:
Name: Gerald Wayne Clough
Major: Civil Engineering
Profession: President of Georgia Tech
Years as a Tech Student: 1959-1964
Years as Tech President: 1994-2008
Recorded dialogue between Burdell and Clough:
Burdell: “Clough, you of all people should know how important it is to return the T. Why don’t you tell us what you saw?”
Clough: “Personally, I think it’s funny. Why shouldn’t the students practice a Tech tradition?”
Burdell: “Come on Clough, the thief has had his or her fun, and now the T needs to be returned.”
Clough: “Don’t worry about it too much. With finals coming up, a student is bound to find it soon.”
(display: "Pictures 3")
{
(if: !$solved3)[(set: $solved to $solved + 1)]
(set: $solved3 to true)}
[[return ->Room 1]]
Suspect 4 Biography:
Name: James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr.
Major: Engineering
Known for: President of the United States
Years active at Tech: 1942-1943 ; transferred from Georgia Southwestern College, transferred to United States Naval Academy
Recorded dialogue between Burdell and Carter:
Burdell: So President Carter, did you see who took the T?
Carter: I sure didn’t.
Burdell: But you have information about where it is now don’t you?
Carter: Of course I have information. It’s my job to know everything in this country.
Burdell: So where is it then?
Carter: Where’s the T? I’m not sure. What I can tell you is that whoever was carrying the T couldn’t even walk straight!
(display: "Pictures 4")
{
(if: !$solved4)[(set: $solved to $solved + 1)]
(set: $solved4 to true)}
[[return ->Room 1]]
Suspect 5 Biography:
Name: Buzz
First Appearance: 1972
Possible Accomplice: Ramblin’ Wreck
Known for: being a symbol of Georgia Tech and uplifting students with school spirit
Recorded dialogue between Burdell and Buzz:
Burdell: “Buzz, come on, I know you were by the T when it was taken. Students can place you at the scene! You cause quite the commotion.”
Buzz: “Please, my image is all over the school. It’s a case of mistaken identity.”
Burdell: “The students said they saw you riding around on the Wreck, waving the flag in the air. You seen any moving signs lately?”
Buzz: “ Alright. Maybe I, uh, was over there, but I didn’t take any letter! I have a reputation to uphold after all.”
Burdell: “Just tell us what you saw.”
Buzz: “Well -err- I, uh, I mean, ugh. Fine, if you wanna go to the T, you better bring some pennies with you.”
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(if: !$solved5)[(set: $solved to $solved + 1)]
(set: $solved5 to true)}
[[return ->Room 1]]
(set: $room to 2)[[How to multiply matricies ->Matrix tutorial]]
<img style="width:600px; height:250px;" src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B9Fs3xvZZv0qZXhYUHoxbkJJdWs">
The answer is at (1,1),(2,2),(3,3).
<input type="text" name="Password">
<button type="submit" onclick=passServer.submitPass('Password')>Submit</button>
(live:100ms)[(if:$answer is "1,4,9")[[[Access Granted ->Suspect 2 guess]](stop:)]]
[[Return to case files ->Room 1]]
Last Attempt:[]<Password|
(live:100ms)[(set:$answer to ?Password)]
<span style="color:Black">Black</span> <span style="color:Red">Red</span> <span style="color:White">White</span> <span style="color:Green">Green</span> <span style="color:Yellow">Yellow</span> <span style="color:Orange">Orange</span> <span style="color:Blue">Blue</span> <span style="color:Purple">Purple</span>
Give me the first letter of each word.
<input type="text" name="Password">
<button type="submit" onclick="passServer.submitPass('Password')">Submit</button>
(live:100ms)[(if:$answer is "BRWGYOBP")[[[Access Granted ->Suspect 3 guess]](stop:)]]
[[Return to case files ->Room 1]]
Last Attempt:[hook]<Password|
(live:100ms)[(set: $answer to ?Password)]
(set: $room to 4)[[How to multiply matricies ->Matrix tutorial]]
<img style="width:600px height:250px;" src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B9Fs3xvZZv0qVkxCYXJ6TjBKREk">
The answer is "(1,1),(2,2),(3,3)".
<input type="text" name="Password">
<button type="submit" onclick="passServer.submitPass('Password')">Submit</button>
(live:100ms)[(if:$answer is "(1,1),(2,2),(3,3)")[[[Access Granted ->Suspect 4 guess]](stop:)]]
[[Return to case files ->Room 1]]
Last Attempt:[]<Password|
(live:100ms)[(set: $answer to ?Password)]
Burdell has a habit of being too literal.
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<span style="color:White">White Letters Easter Egg!</span>
9 Pren vn cqn pxum unccnab
<input type="text" name="Password">
<button type="submit" onclick="passServer.submitPass('Password')">Submit</button>
(live:100ms)[(if:$answer is "iseetheanswernow")[[[Access Granted ->Suspect 5 guess]](stop:)]]
[[Return to case files ->Room 1]]
Last Attempt:[]<Password|
(live:100ms)[(set: $answer to ?Password)]
Suspect 1 Biography:
Name: Captain John Watts Young
Year Graduated: 1952
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Know For: Walked on the Moon as Commander of Apollo 16
Recorded dialouge between Burdell and Young:
Burdell: It is my understanding, Captain Young, that you have some information about the whereabouts of the missing T
Young: Yes
Burdell: Do you know who took the T? Was it you?
Young: I have had plenty of fun in my day, but I did not take the T, this time.
Burdell: Do you know where it is?
Young: I have a good idea. I can’t tell you where they put it, but I know you shouldn’t be sniffing around there.
(display: "Pictures 1")
{
(if: !$solved1)[(set: $solved to $solved + 1)]
(set: $solved1 to true)}
[[return ->Room 1]]
George P. Burdell's <span style="color:red">R</span>ules <span style="color:red">T</span>o <span style="color:red">R</span>ememeber:
1. Words tend to be really self-conscious about their size. They always like to write it down beforehand.
2. ‘Course, they like ta lie too. Like ta take it down a notch or ten. Never da same number though.
3. Letters gotta help ‘em remember, always go down the alphabet just as many as their number goes down.
3Jqwug 1pg 1a 2gjqtaji 3fdqlqh
<input type="text" name="Password">
<button type="submit" onclick="passServer.submitPass('Password')">Submit</button>
(live:100ms)[(if:$answer is "House of a beloved canine")[[[Access Granted ->Final Guess]](stop:)]]
[[Return to case files ->Room 1]]
Last Attempt:[]<Password|
(live:100ms)[(set: $answer to ?Password)]
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Rushing to Sideways's grave, you find a figure hunched over a recently dug hole. Moveing closer, you find black and yellow stripes lining his body.
"Buzz?"
Hearing your voice, he quickly turns on you.
"Give it up, Buzz. I know you took the T."
"Ha, you think I'd give up that easily."
As he states this, he draws a pistol from within his costume, aiming it directely at you. "In this hole, now!"
In no hurry to get yourself shot, you slowly move to the edge of the crater and crawl in. Inside you find the missing T and an unconscious, but breathing Burdell.
"You'll never get away with this Buzz!"
"You can't stop me now. No one can. It's over for you, the T, and Burdell."
Suddenly, sirens wail behind Buzz accompanied by the thundering of numerous footsteps. Peering over the edge of the hole, you find Buzz facing down several armed officers.
"Give it up, Buzz! You're surrounded!" You hear the chief of police's voice ring out.
Reluctantly, Buzz lays down his weapon and goes quietly as a pair of officers move forward to escort him into a police car.
"Good work, agent." The chief pats you on the shoulder. "Thanks to you, both Burdell and the T are safe."
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The End.
<a href="http://themissingt.neocities.org/">Return to home page.</a>
Before you pull up the other case files, a mysterious message flickers on the screen:
"If you know what's good for you, you'll drop this case."(set: $threatened1 to true)
When you return to the case files, another message like the previous one flashes on the screen:
"Seriously, kid. Unless you wanna end up like Burdell did you'd better walk away."(set: $threatened2 to true)
The directory opens, revealing a series of images and documents:
(set: $correct to "Clough")
(display: "Pictures 3")
(display: "Radio Buttons")
(live:100ms)[(if: $answer is "Clough")[
(go-to:"Bio 3")
](else-if: $answer is "")[](else:)[That doesn't seem quite right.]]
The directory opens, revealing a series of images.(set: $correct to "Young")
(display: "Pictures 1")
(display: "Radio Buttons")
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(live:100ms)[(if: $answer is "Young")[
(go-to:"Bio 1")
](else-if: $answer is "")[
](else:)[That doesn't seem quite right.]]}
The directory opens, revealing a series of images.(set: $correct to "Heisman")
(display: "Pictures 2")
(display: "Radio Buttons")
(live:100ms)[(if: $answer is "Heisman")[
(go-to:"Bio 2")
](else-if: $answer is "")[](else:)[That doesn't seem quite right.]]
The directory opens, revealing a series of images.(set: $correct to "Carter")
(display: "Pictures 4")
(display: "Radio Buttons")
(live:100ms)[(if: $answer is "Carter")[
(go-to:"Bio 4")
](else-if: $answer is "")[](else:)[That doesn't seem quite right.]]
You open up Burdell's laptop. The screen displays case files for 5 unnamed suspects. Another memo lies on the keyboard: "Here's Burdell's laptop. Each of the case files has a password on it. Unfortunately, or fortunately in this case, Burdell is pretty forgetful so he leaves himself clues to remember each one. Remember, you're using passwords, so you gotta type them <b>exactely</b> as he has them, <b>case sensitive.</b> Good luck agent."
You return to the case files. (print: 5-$solved) left to go.
As you return from the last suspect file, a new directory appears on the screen.
When two matricies are multiplied together, the rows and columns of each must be considered. The number of columns in the first matrix must match the number of rows in the second matrix. The resulting matrix will have the same number of rows as the first matrix and the same number of columns as the second. For example, when multiplying these two matricies:
<img style="width:600px; height:250px;" src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B9Fs3xvZZv0qeVJmT25PNHBJTlE">
the resulting matrix will have 3 rows and 3 columns.
The entries in the result matrix are calculated by multiplying entries in the corresponding row of the first matrix and column of the second. The first entry of the row is multiplied by the first entry of the column, the second of the row by the second of the column, and so. Afterward these entries are added together. In the example given, the first entry is found by multiplying 3 and 9 and then 5 and 11; the two products are then added together: (3)x(9) + (5)x(11) = (27)+(55) = (82). The rest of the entries are calculated similarly:
<img style="width:640px; height:500px;" src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9Fs3xvZZv0qNHU0Z1ZLMXpycUk">
When describing the entries of a matrix, one uses a coordinate system to identify them with the row as the first number and the column as the second entry. For example, the first entry (top-most, left-most entry) is denoted by (1,1). Using the example above, the entries (2,1),(3,2),(1,3) would be written as 94,28,26.
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(if: $room is 2)[
[[return ->Bio 2 Puzzle]]
] (else-if: $rooom is 4)[
[[return ->Bio 4 Puzzle]]
] (else:)[
[[Return to the case files ->Room 1]]
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The directory opens, revealing a series of images.(set: $correct to "Buzz")
(display: "Pictures 5")
(display: "Radio Buttons")
(live:100ms)[(if: $answer is "Buzz")[
(go-to:"Bio 5")
](else-if: $answer is "")[](else:)[That doesn't seem quite right.]]
(set: $answer to "")From these clues, you know the suspect must be...
<input type="radio" id="b0" name="guess" value="Brock"> John Brock - Chairman and CEO of Coca Cola
<input type="radio" id="b1" name="guess" value="Buzz"> Buzz - Mascot
<input type="radio" id="b2" name="guess" value="Carter"> Jimmy Carter - 39th President of the United States
<input type="radio" id="b3" name="guess" value="Clough"> G. Wayne Clough - Former Georgia Tech President
<input type="radio" id="b4" name="guess" value="Heisman"> John Heisman - Georgia Tech Football Coach
<input type="radio" id="b5" name="guess" value="Klaus"> Chris Klaus - Computer Scientist
<input type="radio" id="b6" name="guess" value="Mullis"> Kary Mullis - Chemistry Nobel Prize Recipient
<input type="radio" id="b7" name="guess" value="Perdue"> David Perdue - Incumbent Senator of Georgia
<input type="radio" id="b8" name="guess" value="Peterson"> G. P. "Bud" Peterson - Current Georgia Tech President
<input type="radio" id="b9" name="guess" value="Young"> John Young - Astronaut
<button type="submit" onclick="guessServer.submitGuess('guess')">Submit</button>
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(set: $answer to "")
<input type="radio" id="b0" name="guess" value="Freshman Hill"> Freshman Hill
<input type="radio" id="b1" name="guess" value="Sideways Grave"> Sideways Grave
<input type="radio" id="b2" name="guess" value="Mickey Mouse Clock"> Mickey Mouse Clock
<input type="radio" id="b3" name="guess" value="Pi-Mile"> Pi-Mile
<input type="radio" id="b4" name="guess" value="Dean Griffin Statue"> Dean Griffin Statue
<input type="radio" id="b5" name="guess" value="Price Gilbert Memorial Library"> Price Gilbert Memorial Library
<input type="radio" id="b6" name="guess" value="Campanile"> Campanile
<input type="radio" id="b7" name="guess" value="The Varsity"> The Varsity
<button type="submit" onclick="finalServer.submitGuess('guess')">Submit</button>
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(live: 100ms)[(if: $answer != $correct and $answer != "")[?]]}
House of man's best friend? That must mean the T is at...
(set: $correct to "Sideways Grave")(Display: "Radio Buttons 2")
(live: 100ms)[(if: $answer is "Sideways Grave")[(go-to: "new Room")](else-if: $answer is "")[](else:)[It can't be there.]]
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