On 2025-11-03, Steve Carroll <"Steve Carroll"@noone.none> wrote:
Try this... your pag_v2 should match it (to some
extent, due to how up to date your is):
<https://limewire.com/d/z5WwI#f9vGUkcYhN>
That is not truncated but it is 'frel free'. FTS5 implementation is as
seen in my pag_v2.db and has all the same fields. You can tweak it to
remove the unwanted ones, which I call, 'the SQLite Dance' (you'll see
why if you bother ;) The usual 'free Limewire' restrictions apply.
On 2025-11-02, Apd <[email protected]d> wrote:
Steve Carroll wrote:
On 2025-11-02, David B. wrote:
Nice riddle! The imagery of it being a ghost that checks everything and >>>> then "steps aside" is particularly apt for how the BIOS works.
If you had put it up before Apd did, I'd have fallen out of my chair! ;)
I suspect AI at work.
Aside from the riddle, which may help some more than others, trying to
use the numbers alone would prove frustrating to anyone. That's why I
opted for a good riddle... but maybe it was too easy (he got it right
away!). I probably should've altered the word "circuits". Anyone may get >>> this next one... but it may not be for the faint of heart. Muah ha ha!
poster_name matching_posts
------------------------------------------- --------------
Shadow <[email protected]> 3862
Char Jackson <[email protected]d> 661
Gremlin <[email protected]> 293
I get 296 for Gremlin, whereas I'd expect fewer with this smaller DB.
Some of the rest are also a little more than yours.
Maybe due to minute differences in the queries used? I don't even know
which I used to post it with so I can't help compare (I've been playing around with them). Try this... your pag_v2 should match it (to some
extent, due to how up to date your is):
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Name / Address | Count | +-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Snit <[email protected]> | 141 |
| Gremlin <[email protected]> | 72 |
| Apd <[email protected]d> | 66 |
| Mike Easter <[email protected]d> | 30 |
| "Steve Carroll <""Steve Carroll""@noSPAM.none>" | 30 |
| T i m <[email protected]> | 27 |
| Snit <[email protected]> | 23 |
| Diesel <[email protected]> | 18 |
| Shadow <[email protected]> | 14 |
| Kelly Phillips <[email protected]> | 13 |
| pothead <[email protected]> | 12 |
| David <[email protected]d> | 12 |
| David Brooks <[email protected]> | 10 | +-----------------------------------------------+-------+
Under current’s hush they linger,
Like tiny signposts, pale and spare.
Guides for ghosts in glassbound chambers,
Wandering home through patterned air.
On Nov 3, 2025 at 10:39:32�AM MST, ""David B."" wrote <[email protected]>:
On 03/11/2025 16:39, Steve Carroll wrote:
On 2025-11-02, Apd <[email protected]d> wrote:
Steve Carroll wrote:
On 2025-11-02, David B. wrote:I suspect AI at work.
Nice riddle! The imagery of it being a ghost that checks everything and >>>>> then "steps aside" is particularly apt for how the BIOS works.
If you had put it up before Apd did, I'd have fallen out of my chair! ;) >>>
Aside from the riddle, which may help some more than others, trying to >>>> use the numbers alone would prove frustrating to anyone. That's why I >>>> opted for a good riddle... but maybe it was too easy (he got it right >>>> away!). I probably should've altered the word "circuits". Anyone may get >>>> this next one... but it may not be for the faint of heart. Muah ha ha! >>>>
poster_name matching_posts
------------------------------------------- --------------
Shadow <[email protected]> 3862
Char Jackson <[email protected]d> 661
Gremlin <[email protected]> 293
I get 296 for Gremlin, whereas I'd expect fewer with this smaller DB.
Some of the rest are also a little more than yours.
Maybe due to minute differences in the queries used? I don't even know
which I used to post it with so I can't help compare (I've been playing
around with them). Try this... your pag_v2 should match it (to some
extent, due to how up to date your is):
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Name / Address | Count |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Snit <[email protected]> | 141 |
| Gremlin <[email protected]> | 72 |
| Apd <[email protected]d> | 66 |
| Mike Easter <[email protected]d> | 30 |
| "Steve Carroll <""Steve Carroll""@noSPAM.none>" | 30 |
| T i m <[email protected]> | 27 |
| Snit <[email protected]> | 23 |
| Diesel <[email protected]> | 18 |
| Shadow <[email protected]> | 14 |
| Kelly Phillips <[email protected]> | 13 |
| pothead <[email protected]> | 12 |
| David <[email protected]d> | 12 |
| David Brooks <[email protected]> | 10 |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
Under current?s hush they linger,
Like tiny signposts, pale and spare.
Guides for ghosts in glassbound chambers,
Wandering home through patterned air.
*TRACES*
I would guess CRT or tube or something along those lines.
In article <6908f00e$5$19$[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
On Nov 3, 2025 at 10:39:32 AM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<[email protected]>:
On 03/11/2025 16:39, Steve Carroll wrote:
On 2025-11-02, Apd <[email protected]d> wrote:
Steve Carroll wrote:
On 2025-11-02, David B. wrote:I suspect AI at work.
Nice riddle! The imagery of it being a ghost that checks everything and >>>>>>> then "steps aside" is particularly apt for how the BIOS works.
If you had put it up before Apd did, I'd have fallen out of my chair! ;) >>>>>
Aside from the riddle, which may help some more than others, trying to >>>>>> use the numbers alone would prove frustrating to anyone. That's why I >>>>>> opted for a good riddle... but maybe it was too easy (he got it right >>>>>> away!). I probably should've altered the word "circuits". Anyone may get >>>>>> this next one... but it may not be for the faint of heart. Muah ha ha! >>>>>>
poster_name matching_posts
------------------------------------------- --------------
Shadow <[email protected]> 3862
Char Jackson <[email protected]d> 661
Gremlin <[email protected]> 293
I get 296 for Gremlin, whereas I'd expect fewer with this smaller DB. >>>>> Some of the rest are also a little more than yours.
Maybe due to minute differences in the queries used? I don't even know >>>> which I used to post it with so I can't help compare (I've been playing >>>> around with them). Try this... your pag_v2 should match it (to some
extent, due to how up to date your is):
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Name / Address | Count |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Snit <[email protected]> | 141 |
| Gremlin <[email protected]> | 72 |
| Apd <[email protected]d> | 66 |
| Mike Easter <[email protected]d> | 30 |
| "Steve Carroll <""Steve Carroll""@noSPAM.none>" | 30 |
| T i m <[email protected]> | 27 |
| Snit <[email protected]> | 23 |
| Diesel <[email protected]> | 18 |
| Shadow <[email protected]> | 14 |
| Kelly Phillips <[email protected]> | 13 |
| pothead <[email protected]> | 12 |
| David <[email protected]d> | 12 |
| David Brooks <[email protected]> | 10 |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
Under current?s hush they linger,
Like tiny signposts, pale and spare.
Guides for ghosts in glassbound chambers,
Wandering home through patterned air.
*TRACES*
I would guess CRT or tube or something along those lines.
Hey stupid fucktard. A CRT IS A TUBE.
CRT = Cathode Ray TUBE.--
How the fuck did you manage to earn an Information
Technology master's degree when it's obvious that you
don't know shit about technology?
In article <6908f00e$5$19$[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
On Nov 3, 2025 at 10:39:32 AM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<[email protected]>:
On 03/11/2025 16:39, Steve Carroll wrote:
On 2025-11-02, Apd <[email protected]d> wrote:
Steve Carroll wrote:
On 2025-11-02, David B. wrote:
Nice riddle! The imagery of it being a ghost that checks
everything and then "steps aside" is particularly apt for how the
BIOS works.
If you had put it up before Apd did, I'd have fallen out of my
chair! ;)
I suspect AI at work.
Aside from the riddle, which may help some more than others,
trying to use the numbers alone would prove frustrating to anyone.
That's why I opted for a good riddle... but maybe it was too easy
(he got it right away!). I probably should've altered the word
"circuits". Anyone may get this next one... but it may not be for
the faint of heart. Muah ha ha!
poster_name matching_posts
------------------------------------------- --------------
Shadow <[email protected]> 3862
Char Jackson <[email protected]d> 661
Gremlin <[email protected]> 293
I get 296 for Gremlin, whereas I'd expect fewer with this smaller
DB. Some of the rest are also a little more than yours.
Maybe due to minute differences in the queries used? I don't even
know which I used to post it with so I can't help compare (I've been
playing around with them). Try this... your pag_v2 should match it
(to some extent, due to how up to date your is):
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Name / Address | Count |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Snit <[email protected]> | 141 |
| Gremlin <[email protected]> | 72 |
| Apd <[email protected]d> | 66 |
| Mike Easter <[email protected]d> | 30 |
| "Steve Carroll <""Steve Carroll""@noSPAM.none>" | 30 |
| T i m <[email protected]> | 27 |
| Snit <[email protected]> | 23 |
| Diesel <[email protected]> | 18 |
| Shadow <[email protected]> | 14 |
| Kelly Phillips <[email protected]> | 13 |
| pothead <[email protected]> | 12 |
| David <[email protected]d> | 12 |
| David Brooks <[email protected]> | 10 |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
Under current?s hush they linger,
Like tiny signposts, pale and spare.
Guides for ghosts in glassbound chambers,
Wandering home through patterned air.
*TRACES*
I would guess CRT or tube or something along those lines.
Hey stupid fucktard. A CRT IS A TUBE.
CRT = Cathode Ray TUBE.
How the fuck did you manage to earn an Information
Technology master's degree when it's obvious that you
don't know shit about technology?
Wilson <[email protected]> news:[email protected] Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:58:35 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote:
In article <6908f00e$5$19$[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
On Nov 3, 2025 at 10:39:32 AM MST, ""David B."" wrote
<[email protected]>:
On 03/11/2025 16:39, Steve Carroll wrote:
On 2025-11-02, Apd <[email protected]d> wrote:
Steve Carroll wrote:
On 2025-11-02, David B. wrote:
Nice riddle! The imagery of it being a ghost that checks
everything and then "steps aside" is particularly apt for how the >>>>>>>> BIOS works.
If you had put it up before Apd did, I'd have fallen out of my
chair! ;)
I suspect AI at work.
Aside from the riddle, which may help some more than others,
trying to use the numbers alone would prove frustrating to anyone. >>>>>>> That's why I opted for a good riddle... but maybe it was too easy >>>>>>> (he got it right away!). I probably should've altered the word
"circuits". Anyone may get this next one... but it may not be for >>>>>>> the faint of heart. Muah ha ha!
poster_name matching_posts
------------------------------------------- --------------
Shadow <[email protected]> 3862
Char Jackson <[email protected]d> 661
Gremlin <[email protected]> 293
I get 296 for Gremlin, whereas I'd expect fewer with this smaller
DB. Some of the rest are also a little more than yours.
Maybe due to minute differences in the queries used? I don't even
know which I used to post it with so I can't help compare (I've been >>>>> playing around with them). Try this... your pag_v2 should match it
(to some extent, due to how up to date your is):
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Name / Address | Count |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
| Snit <[email protected]> | 141 |
| Gremlin <[email protected]> | 72 |
| Apd <[email protected]d> | 66 |
| Mike Easter <[email protected]d> | 30 |
| "Steve Carroll <""Steve Carroll""@noSPAM.none>" | 30 |
| T i m <[email protected]> | 27 |
| Snit <[email protected]> | 23 |
| Diesel <[email protected]> | 18 |
| Shadow <[email protected]> | 14 |
| Kelly Phillips <[email protected]> | 13 |
| pothead <[email protected]> | 12 |
| David <[email protected]d> | 12 |
| David Brooks <[email protected]> | 10 |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------+
Under current?s hush they linger,
Like tiny signposts, pale and spare.
Guides for ghosts in glassbound chambers,
Wandering home through patterned air.
*TRACES*
I would guess CRT or tube or something along those lines.
Hey stupid fucktard. A CRT IS A TUBE.
CRT = Cathode Ray TUBE.
How the fuck did you manage to earn an Information
Technology master's degree when it's obvious that you
don't know shit about technology?
A papermill college OR his wife did the course work online for him.
On 2025-11-04, Apd <[email protected]d> wrote:
"Apd" wrote:
"Steve Carroll" wrote:
Under current's hush they linger,
Like tiny signposts, pale and spare.
Guides for ghosts in glassbound chambers,
Wandering home through patterned air.
I've tried various electrical/electronic terms but no luck.
So, since everyone else is at it,
The lame game that rose to fame
Coupling fields and brain cells alike
With thinking required, lost synapses fired
Who's next to step up to the mic?
let's see what the robots have to
say. Google's AI thinks "fingerprints" and Bing's, "LEDs" or "pixels".
Good attempts but they're both wrong.
No one seems to be connecting the db to the game, which I get due to my restriction in the table.
Hint #1 (the poem) as you (Apd) know, is all well and good but the table
can make a huge difference. Why aren't people who have it using it <shrug>?
- - -
Google:
The riddle's answer is fingerprints (or fingerprints on glass)
"Under current's hush they linger": Refers to how fingerprints remain
silently on surfaces (like glass) after being left there.
"Like tiny signposts, pale and spare": Describes the appearance of
latent fingerprints, which are often faint and used as markers or signs.
I altered this from the original AI version, which, prior to my
alteration I deemed potentially too obvious.
Hint #2: What I altered was a reference to a number.
"Guides for ghosts in glassbound chambers": Relates to forensic
investigations where detectives use "ghosts" (fingerprints) on a glass
"chamber" (a crime scene or an object) to identify an individual who
was present.
"Wandering home through patterned air": Describes the unique and
intricate ridge patterns of a fingerprint, which are used to trace a
person back to their identity ("home").
- - -
Bing (Copilot):
Answer: LEDs (pixels) - the tiny lights on a screen.
Why: they glow when electric current flows, look like pale signposts,
sit behind glass, and guide light (the "ghosts"/photons) to form
images across a patterned grid of pixels.
Interpreting the riddle:
The riddle involves clues suggesting something that operates with
electric current and leaves signs, which points to LEDs or indicator
lights. "Guides for ghosts in glassbound chambers" refers to the
ghostlike movement of electrons in a vacuum tube or early digital
technology. The mention of "patterned air" hints at circuits on a PCB.
So, the most likely answer seems to be LED lights or similar electric
indicators - subtle guides in the world of electronics.
The mention of "glassbound chambers" makes me think of light bulbs or
screens,
I had to ask the AI to explain that line and it ended up being what I
thought it might be... but it wasn't what I deem all that obvious or particularly pertinent (but I did ask for 'obscure'). My thought was
close because I provided the initial term/phrase.
Hint #3: Screen
especially with references to electrons and light patterns.
"Guides for ghosts" could refer to energy or light (electrons or
photons) moving through glass tubes, so neon signs or fiber optics
come to mind. "Under current's hush" points to electrical current, and
"tiny signposts" could be LEDs or pixels. I'm thinking the answer is
LEDs or pixels on a screen: the current powers them, they glow,
forming images.
Hint #4...
If the above doesn't help, lowering the restriction all the way to the
bottom would. I'd undertake doing so in steps, not in one full swoop, so
here are entries containing quantities of seven through nine:
+-----------------------------------------------+-----+
| Name | Qty | +-----------------------------------------------+-----+
| David_B <[email protected]> | 9 |
| David Brooks <[email protected]> | 8 |
| Brock McNuggets <[email protected]> | 7 |
| David Brooks <[email protected]> | 7 |
| David_B <[email protected]> | 7 |
| Wolffan <[email protected]> | 7 | +-----------------------------------------------+-----+
I'm reasonably sure this will 'give it away', at least, to you, Apd.
If you tell me you've 'got it', I'll take your word (no need for ROT13)
but I'd like to see if anyone bothers to use the db to check their
answers.
For "others", checking is as simple as creating a query like this:
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM Articles
WHERE from_head = 'Wolffan <[email protected]>' /* <-- name from table */ AND orig_text LIKE '%CRT%' /* <-- your guess in between wild card chars */
I get 0 for that on my current single table db. If your db is not current
and the numbers differ from mine, they will probably match *some* of the people in the table. If you want a more current ('frel free') database:
<https://limewire.com/d/z5WwI#f9vGUkcYhN>
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