What is "This Is Not Porn", and why do so many come here to do things with it?

Griff · 12-10-2004, 07:10 PM

So I was about to sign lumberjim up with a This is Not Porn account when I decided to maintain my cyber realness. Anyway, while I was fooling with it, a security code number came up. What would the purpose of that be?

BigV · 12-10-2004, 07:59 PM

I spent/wasted/lost considerable time on this puzzle. I would like to offer a minor correction to CF's nearly perfect description above. The clues are tough, but to qualify as "oblique" they must at least touch, intersect somewhere. I think the correct geometric term here is "skew" intersecting at no point and not in the same plane. The LEAPS required to proceed in the puzzle soon exceeded my reserves of enthusiasm.

A cool puzzle, but way, waaaaay too little reward for the effort.

Most times this is more my speed.

wolf · 12-11-2004, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

So I was about to sign lumberjim up with a This is Not Porn account when I decided to maintain my cyber realness. Anyway, while I was fooling with it, a security code number came up. What would the purpose of that be?

It's a routine built into phpBB that's meant to prevent spambots from signing up and posting crap to your board. All crap must be hand-generated. You have to enter the security code which is a graphic image, rather than the text it appears to be.

Griff · 12-11-2004, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

All crap must be hand-generated.

Looks like a new cellar tag.

Zaffod · 12-28-2004, 05:34 PM

Your argument is quite heavily flawed. The author of the book referenced throughout the puzzle is a male, has absolutely no relation to the creator of the puzzle, is not a small-time unknown author, and isn't even American/English/etc but rather Japanese. So that discounts every single bit of your argument.

In addition, only one book by Murakami is ever referenced. The other books referenced are Frankenstein, Paradise Lost, Wizard of Oz, etc. Let's not forget that barely anyone bought the book because of TINP. Hell, the TINP forums even offer a link to the text of that book.

12-10-2004, 07:10 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So I was about to sign lumberjim up with a This is Not Porn account when I decided to maintain my cyber realness. Anyway, while I was fooling with it, a security code number came up. What would the purpose of that be? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-10-2004, 07:59 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	ahem... I spent/wasted/lost considerable time on this puzzle. I would like to offer a minor correction to CF's nearly perfect description above. The clues are tough, but to qualify as "oblique" they must at least touch, intersect somewhere. I think the correct geometric term here is "skew" intersecting at no point and not in the same plane. The LEAPS required to proceed in the puzzle soon exceeded my reserves of enthusiasm. A cool puzzle, but way, waaaaay too little reward for the effort. Most times this is more my speed. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 12-10-2004 at 07:59 PM. Reason: forgot to credit wolf with link

12-28-2004, 05:34 PM	#5
Zaffod Kinda New Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1	In response to Clodfobble Your argument is quite heavily flawed. The author of the book referenced throughout the puzzle is a male, has absolutely no relation to the creator of the puzzle, is not a small-time unknown author, and isn't even American/English/etc but rather Japanese. So that discounts every single bit of your argument. In addition, only one book by Murakami is ever referenced. The other books referenced are Frankenstein, Paradise Lost, Wizard of Oz, etc. Let's not forget that barely anyone bought the book because of TINP. Hell, the TINP forums even offer a link to the text of that book. Last edited by Zaffod; 12-28-2004 at 05:37 PM.

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