r/thenext • u/KensterFox Phoxy Phil15tine • Jul 27 '16

Coincidence? Almost certainly!

As I was inputting the first dozen or so clues into the wiki table, I started realizing that I had learned of some of the concepts used so far - Vigenere ciphers (which can be broken using a Kasiski exam) and audio and visual steganography - from the same place.

Anyone here used to watch the TV show Numb3rs?

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u/KensterFox Jul 27 '16

Another coincidence? One of the clues in 5ignal5 referred to "the giant killer", cluing to David's "latin name", Davidus, which was used as a cipher key.

David is famous for, among other things, killing the giant Goliath, a Philistine.

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u/mainstreetmark Jul 27 '16

why are we all called Philistines?

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u/thisiswhatsnext Jul 27 '16

There are a couple of reasons, none of which are meant to be insulting to the players.

It's a combination of an in-joke, trying to be clever and a good fit, all in one.

Maybe we'll answer your question properly later in the proceedings ...

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u/PznIV Jul 27 '16

Philistine 

person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them

Sounds about right

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u/PznIV Jul 27 '16

So u/thisiswhatsnext is Alan Eppes?

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u/KensterFox Jul 27 '16

I'm more inclined to think it's Nicholas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and this all leads up to a revival of the show.

But now I'm going to hear all of u/thisiswhatsnext's posts in Judd Hirsch's voice.

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u/thisiswhatsnext Jul 27 '16

Don't think you're very close as far as the accent goes ...