GC2AMYV - 8-bit Defense

GC2AMYV - 8-bit Defense

By:  Team Monkeyboy

1.  Here is the puzzle.

Posted Coordinates:  N 40° 04.076 W 082° 26.522

Geocache Description:

The puzzle is NOT located at the above coordinates. Those coordinates will, however, guide you to an EXCELLENT vantage point for the OSU-N fireworks that are held each year!
Solve the puzzle below to find out it's location, and BYOP.

201 156 42 136 0 190 170 62	199 147 9 124 9 145 192 157
128 58 174 128 0 186 46 128	16 125 1 124 69 124 1 1
130 62 128 32 128 190 34 190	85 124 1 67 1 220 17 125
0 190 162 62 128 62 170 186	0 85 124 1 117 92 1 219

Check your solution

Additional Hints:

PUZZLE: Imagine each number as 8 little light bulbs.

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_numeral_system#Decimal" might help, along with some graph paper...



2.  Solve the Puzzle.

The second hint will take you to a Wikipedia page that talks about Binary Numbers.  The Representation Section caught my eye, particularly the Binary Clock.

Binary Number - binary clock

Here is another link to Binary-coded Decimal, which again shows the binary clock.

Binary-coded Decimal - binary clock 

The first hint suggests that you imagine 8 little light bulbs.  The binary clock has "little light bulbs".  Also, the second hint recommends the use of graph paper.  

When all of this is put together, it makes a modified version of the binary clock feel like the right direction.  

To test the theory, put together a graph, entering the numbers for each chart in the same order they are laid out in the puzzle.  Label the columns for the charts in binary, similar to the numbering system on a binary clock.

Next, for each Decimal numbered Row, you will identify the Binary equivalent numbers (columns) whose sum will total the decimal amount.  Here are some examples:

Row 1:  201 = 128 + 64 + 8 + 1   (darken blocks 128, 64, 8, 1)
Row 2:  156 = 128 + 16 + 8 + 4  (darken blocks 128, 16, 8, 4)
Row 3:  42 = 32 + 8 + 2  (darken blocks 32, 8, 2)
Row 4:  136 = 128 + 8  (darken blocks 128, 8)
Row 5:  0  (do not darken any blocks)
Row 6:  190 = 128 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2  (darken blocks 128, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2)
Row 7:  170 = 128 + 32 + 8 + 2  (darken blocks 128, 32, 8, 2)
Row 8:  62 = 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2  (darken blocks 32, 16, 8, 4, 2)

Repeat this process for every grid, and you will get the following.

Remove the Binary-numbered rows and Decimal-numbered columns, so the grid fits together without spaces.

Now, either print out the grid, or copy the grid into software such as MS Paint.  Then rotate and flip the image until one arrow is pointing North, the other arrow is pointing West, and you can read both sets of coordinates.

3.  Put together and verify the Solved Coordinates.

Solved Coordinates:

   N 40 03.432, W 082 27.006   

Use GeoCheck to verify the solved coordinates.

GeoCheck - 8-bit Defense

Happy Caching!