A Fools’ Schedule Plus – Answer: KING – By Steve Bush

 

The supplied numbers are actually VCR+ codes, and the title of this puzzle is a hint towards that. Here is how the VCR+ codes translate into Channel, start, and length for TV shows on 4/1/00. They can use a web site: http://www.winternet.com/~gginc/java/vcr1.html to map times, channels and durations into VCR+ Codes.

 

Channel	Start	Length	VCR Plus
14	2:00 PM	30	1791
14	3:30 PM	30	2913
16	2:00 PM	30	3159
2	11:00 AM	30	3178
15	3:30 PM	30	6739
3	11:00 AM	30	8884
22	4:30 PM	30	32604
2	10:00 AM	30	33802
3	10:00 AM	30	33848
19	4:30 PM	90	38623
6	10:00 AM	30	50178
5	10:00 AM	30	52536
10	12:30 PM	30	53791
22	5:30 PM	30	56284
11	12:30 PM	30	57517
8	12:00 PM	90	58807
16	3:00 PM	60	61536
9	12:30 PM	30	62449
15	2:00 PM	60	69975
6	11:00 AM	30	71975
21	4:30 PM	90	72081
5	11:00 AM	30	73333
23	4:30 PM	90	74449
17	2:00 PM	30	79623
4	10:30 AM	30	84401
4	10:00 AM	30	92130
12	12:00 PM	90	94623
17	3:30 PM	30	97517
20	4:30 PM	30	98246

 

The next step is to map the codes on a grid. They produce the digital letters: KING.

 

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10:00A

10:30A

11:00A

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12:00P

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1:00P

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Hints:

1. Focus on the title. What is A Fool (April Fool’s Day)?  What is like Schedule+ (VCR Plus+).
2. Have you figure out what the numbers are?  They’re VCRPlus codes. 
3. Use the following URL http://www.winternet.com/~gginc/java/vcr1.html as a encoder for VCRPlus codes.
4. Verify VCRPlus codes below.