what am I?

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 25 Apr 2009, 08:58

?

Jools

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 25 Apr 2009, 13:35

torbanite:

Porochilus argenteus ?

a) Silversmith - twice mentioned media: Silver Tandan and P.argenteus
b) Poisson number .37 - silver can only be stretched so far before it need to be annealed again because of this.
c) Pickles, stakes etc- silversmithing tools
d) Sinking, chasing etc the name of what you do to silver to make something by forging.
e) Melting point of silver
f) Silversmithing is usually learned by apprenticing.
g) Silver is on the table of elements. Ag 47

Whew. Good one tobanite!
You're next!

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 25 Apr 2009, 14:16

OK..

Here's one that's well concealed

...

ii) FRUBGRUDV FUBSWLFXV

...or is it

?

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 25 Apr 2009, 15:39

Very well concealed, I don't even know where to begin!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 25 Apr 2009, 15:43

?

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 25 Apr 2009, 16:49

L number Banana wrote:
Nemadoras elongatus
?

FRUBGRUDV FUBSWLFXV
NEMADORAS ELONGATUS

That wouldn't work because U in the cipher text would have to map to both M and L in the plain text.
Similarly E in the plain text would need to represent both R and F in the cipher text.

There are various schemes whereby that could result, but not with this one.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 25 Apr 2009, 17:09

Thou doth give waaay too much credit!

All I was thinking was anagram+ some +/- formula and taking a guess at the first double nine-letter fish I could think of.

I just read about the enigma machine in wiki and I don't have a clue what I just read....

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 25 Apr 2009, 17:46

L number Banana wrote: I just read about the enigma machine in wiki and I don't have a clue what I just read....

You definitely won't need an Enigma machine to decode this one!

The cipher is a very old one.
In fact, one eminent Roman would recognise it instantly.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 25 Apr 2009, 18:37

Good one but I'm running out the door to work - just for a laugh, my first set came out as a new species Eoxyedora exyptieus....

Need an alphabetical slide rule to make it faster.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 25 Apr 2009, 19:04

Is it a ?

Jools

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 25 Apr 2009, 21:16

Jools wrote:Is it a
Corydoras
?

Do you have a particular species in mind?

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 25 Apr 2009, 21:21

torbanite wrote:
Jools wrote:Is it a
Corydoras
?
Do you have a particular species in mind?

One with 9 letters in the specific epithet?

Quick, everyone guess while Marc is travelling to my house!

Jools

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 25 Apr 2009, 21:34

Jools wrote: One with 9 letters in the specific epithet? Quick, everyone guess while Marc is travelling to my house!
Jools

Not to mention any letters that might be common to both genus and species..

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 26 Apr 2009, 01:42

Aka Ceasar cipher. And a good choice, given the name!

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
XYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW

FRUBGRUDV FUBSWLFXV

I'm off to bed, so I will give a clue tomorrow.

--
Mats

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 26 Apr 2009, 06:32

MatsP wrote:Aka Ceasar cipher. And a good choice, given the name!

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
XYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW

FRUBGRUDV FUBSWLFXV

Corydoras crypticus

Spot on!

According its entry, this fish is cryptic because it mimics another species.
I can see how it might profit Otocinclus to mimic Corydoras, but Corydoras mimicking other Corydoras ?

Next!

M.

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 26 Apr 2009, 08:22

MatsP:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
XYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW

Argh, three over the other way

You know how hard it was to deal with customers tonight while visualizing alphabets....bad banana!

Previously Listed Catfish

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 26 Apr 2009, 13:18

Right, so I have to come up with a question ...

I'm named after a male person, but if it was a feamle, one might think I was named after a Israeli prime minister.

I have a few more clues lined up, if that's not enough to crack it quickly.

--
Mats

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 26 Apr 2009, 16:08

?
(Golda Meir/Meyerson)

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 26 Apr 2009, 17:43

Good guess, but not the right one. Edit: Not the right PM either.

--
Mats

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 26 Apr 2009, 22:40

Hmm... Benjamin Netanyahu ... ?
However, it has already made an appearance..

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 27 Apr 2009, 00:06

Nope, another good guess, but it is wrong PM this one too, somewhere between Meir and Netanyahu in time.

--
Mats

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 27 Apr 2009, 01:45

?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 27 Apr 2009, 09:03

Dave, you got it!

--
Mats

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 27 Apr 2009, 15:12

Previously Listed Catfish

List is updated.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 27 Apr 2009, 17:13

May I defer? (pass the buck

)

Does someone have one ready?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 28 Apr 2009, 00:27

Not "ready", but here goes:
I'm NOT from South America.
I eat algae amongst other things.
A clothes company making quite rude (not meaning healthy!) T-shirts is also a connection to this fish.

Edit: Don't expect any comments to any guesses until tomorrow morning (in about 8-9 hours or so).

--
Mats

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 28 Apr 2009, 01:27

Quick guess......

torbanite · Post by **torbanite** » 28 Apr 2009, 01:36

?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 28 Apr 2009, 09:00

Nope, and nope.

Both are relatively close, but not quite there.

--
Mats

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 28 Apr 2009, 13:15

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