[UfnalCrowlake]

Second conversion - no idea how to do it. "Details on the picture" <- maybe I should put my glasses on...

[Beezqp]

no, you should be more open for suggestions

[UfnalCrowlake]

Suggestions from source or forum?

[Beezqp]

the picture

[UfnalCrowlake]

...the number at which the hand of the clock points? Or the fact that the shadow looks like another hand?

[Beezqp]

the issue of seeing the time

[Vardark]

I really don't understand this.
While the whole forum is talking about math all I can see at the level is a clock and a confusing source.
9#=%)T0=!+_!)))S

Does that mean that like ) has a certain coresponding letter? No word has three of a letter in a row? Why is everyone talking about math when the only number there is nine?

EDIT: Maybe I am supposed to go back in time by changing out the current foldername with an older folder? Tried that and it gave me a page simply saying "No.", the source contains some interesting things, though.

[Kmon]

[Vardark]

[Beezqp]

there is a KEYWORD in the source

[Vardark]

[Beezqp]

it's not only about the meaning

[Vardark]

[Kmon]

Tynka said what to do in an earlier post:

the right way is: convert --> simplify --> convert --> read

BTW - the pic is more useful in the second conversion

OOPS - Sorry Tynka for using your COLOR

[Strati]

Don't use Ctrl+C Ctrl+V
Type that text down manually, one character a time.

[crucifix]

I found "C&C" hint and I think I've already used it cause I know what @9#=%)T0=!+_!)))S means. Now I've got words with logical meaning but they are not the answer. It was said that I should focus on the picture but I can't see/get anything useful from it. Any hint?

[Kmon]

[deepakverma2k4]

[Xanax]

Think about how to make a CHANGE and then change the weird text.

[deepakverma2k4]

STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING
DO I HAV TO REVERT ANY OPERATION THT HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT TEXT???

[Xanax]

Yes.

[deepakverma2k4]

ok i think tht i hav done the conversion right...it ends up with a wired equation
dont no wht to do with tht.......

[Xanax]

Simplify it, but not to much, and then convert. How? The picture gives a clue.

[deepakverma2k4]

picture is not helping
i m not able to find anything here

[ColdBlackPulse]

I think that I may have fully simplified the source equation, keeping one variable. Can I PM someone for a nudge in the right direction of what to do next? Perhaps I have gone too far. Tynka's flowchart is hard for me to... apply...

[Tynka]

did you notice this?

[Muzozavr]

This was the point where I took a long long long long long break. Today I've finally solved this level.

For others: the second conversion is not a "REconvert." More like a different way of conversion altogether.

[ Added: 2010-01-02, 14:40 ]
Whoops. Double post here.

[GyRIdashai]

From the source hint ---
I've did what Beezqp said - to send the brackets to hell - and I got 2 variables ---

Did i simplify it too much?
it's ok

but such specific questions ask private, please

[VisD]

Got the equation, simplified it, not sure what to do now - is the answer numbers, a word or what? If it is a word, does it jump out at you the minute you see it? Because I have an idea of what the two variables are in the equation, and also the number without a variable in the equation, but adding/subtracting/doing what the eqn states doesn't help. Some tips? Should I keep trying to tinker/work with the equation, add stuff or what?

edit: nvm got it very clever level

[Mongoose]

I fooled around too much with the simplification part, trying to find out the right level of simplification before I found out a final answer that worked. For the benefit of others, may I add that, for the simplification, you should do only one step?