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(Message started by: Grimbal on Nov 17th, 2007, 7:25am)

Title: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Grimbal on Nov 17th, 2007, 7:25am
NAV CNT VEH GDE HIB DMG ATM NUC ... ... ... ...

Find the missing items.

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Grimbal on Dec 5th, 2007, 6:07am
Well, this is less logico-mathematical than cultural.

hint:
[hide]In the meantime, I have seen some of these codes on a flight simulator.[/hide]

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by towr on Dec 5th, 2007, 6:12am
[hide]If they're airport codes, obviously the missing items would be suitcases[/hide] Of course that's based on nothing more than that they're 3 letter codes.

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Grimbal on Dec 5th, 2007, 8:39am
It is not airport codes.  Even though it could be they all are some obscure airport somewhere.

I saw a couple of these printed on a fake airplane control panel that served as a front-end to a flight simulator.

That is not a coincidence.  However, it has nothing to do with an airplane.  Not directly anyway.  But the airplane is a hint anyway.

Do I sound like Iceman?

Anyway, the reference I think of is cinematographic.

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by JiNbOtAk on Dec 5th, 2007, 9:06pm

on 12/05/07 at 08:39:37, Grimbal wrote:
That is not a coincidence.  However, it has nothing to do with an airplane.  Not directly anyway.  But the airplane is a hint anyway.

Do I sound like Iceman?

Worse, I thought you were Icey, had to double check to see it's your name who posted this.


on 12/05/07 at 08:39:37, Grimbal wrote:
Anyway, the reference I think of is cinematographic.

Meaning ? The answer is referenced to a certain movie ? Or did I interpret it wrongly ?

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Grimbal on Dec 6th, 2007, 1:09am
Yes, it is something in a movie.

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by ima1trkpny on Dec 6th, 2007, 8:43am
Abbreviations for instruments on the instrument panel?

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Grimbal on Dec 6th, 2007, 10:05am
Correct.

But which instrument pannel is it?

And what are the other codes?  (I think there are 16 or so altogether).

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Aryabhatta on Dec 6th, 2007, 12:02pm
The first thing that comes to mind is [hide]HAL[/hide] but I am pretty sure that won't be it.

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Grimbal on Dec 6th, 2007, 1:18pm
Correct!  :o

[hide]If you have seen the movie, there are all these screens showing 3-letter codes followed by computer animations, you can guess Navigation, Control, Vehicle, ? Hibernation, etc.[/hide]

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Sameer on Dec 6th, 2007, 10:38pm
The only thing I remember is the nice red camera :) .. Do you have a picture of it with all these controls?

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by JiNbOtAk on Dec 7th, 2007, 12:27am
I'm still stumped, any clues as to the movie ?

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Grimbal on Dec 7th, 2007, 12:33am
[hide]There is a picture at 2/3 of the following page
http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.106378[/hide]

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by ima1trkpny on Dec 7th, 2007, 8:05am

on 12/07/07 at 00:27:36, JiNbOtAk wrote:
I'm still stumped, any clues as to the movie ?

ROFL... "I'm can't do that Dave..." [hide]2001: A Space Odyssey[/hide]

Hmmm... as to what's missing... I can't seem to find a picture of the console anywhere >.< but probably the space equivalent of an airspeed indicator.

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Joe Fendel on Dec 7th, 2007, 10:30am
The full list, I believe, is [hide]ATM DMG HIB NAV CNT FLX LIF NUC COM GDE MEM VEH[/hide]

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by Grimbal on Dec 7th, 2007, 5:38pm
I have 4 more: [hide]OTS PRS TEL DMS[/hide]

For a picture:
http://www.idg.se/polopoly_fs/1.106414!imageManager/b575a55a.jpg

Title: Re: NAV CNT VEH GDE
Post by tiber13 on Dec 12th, 2007, 5:17am
since in theory, you cant solve a pattern, it is  NAV CNT VEH GDE HIB DMG ATM NUC



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