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I'm new to this....can someone enlighten me what this is, and how it works and what you get If you solve it? o_O

PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize: A trip to ??the ultimate vista??, awarded as excursion on the Rocketplane XP Vehicle (The Rocketplane XP Vehicle is a four-seat fighter-sized vehicle fitted with a delta wing and a V-tail which provide good flight characteristics both subsonically and supersonically. The vehicle is powered by both turbojet engines and a rocket engine, enabling it to accelerate to speeds just over 3,500 feet per second (2,386 miles per hour) and reach altitudes in excess of 330,000 feet (100 kilometers) providing the sensation of weightlessness for three to four minutes!), a Windows Vista based AMD powered Dell desktop PC with TV Tuner and 24" widescreen monitor, a Microsoft Zune digital media player, a Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console, three (3) Games for Windows game titles, a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 web cam, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 software and $50,000 cash, to be used to defray the cost of taxes, awarded as a check from the Sweepstakes Administrator. Total Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of Grand Prize: $253,500.

Fifteen (15) First Prizes, five (5) of each will be awarded: Sponsor??s choice of one (1) of the following packages:

a. ??Dell Windows Vista Laptop?? Prize, consisting of a Dell Inspirion 1501 AMD powered Laptop, equipped with Windows Vista, a Microsoft Zune digital media player, a Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console, three (3) Games for Windows game titles, a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 web cam and Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 software. ARV: $3,650

b. ??Dell Windows Vista Media Center?? Prize, consisting of a Dell desktop AMD based PC with TV Tuner and 24" widescreen monitor, equipped with Windows Vista, an iRiver Clix digital media player, a Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console, three (3) Games for Windows game titles, a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 web cam and Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007. ARV: $3,800

c. ??Alienware Gaming PC?? Prize, consisting of an Alienware Gaming Computer AMD based desktop PC, equipped with Windows Vista, a 30?? widescreen monitor, a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 web cam, Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007, a Microsoft Zune digital media player, and three (3) Microsoft Games for Windows game titles. ARV: $8,500.

Seventy Five (75) Second Prizes: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (ARV: $399) and Sponsor??s Choice of one (1) of the following three devices: A Microsoft Zune digital media player (ARV: $250, twenty five (25) awarded), a Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console (ARV: $399, twenty five (25) awarded) or an iRiver Clix digital media player (ARV: $199, twenty five (25) awarded).

One Hundred and Fifty (150) Third Prizes: Sponsor??s Choice of one of the following software packages: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (ARV: $399, seventy five (75) awarded) or a copy of Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 (ARV: $679, seventy five (75) awarded).

Two Hundred Fifty (250) Fourth Prizes: Sponsor??s Choice of three (3) Microsoft Games for Windows game titles. ARV: $120.

Inverting the colors helps to bring out the watermark...not sure what the symbol is however...

Its the same image.. just turned around in some of them.. Looks to me like the one in the knife photo is someone playing a saxaphone...

Doesnt' look relevant...

Its the same image.. just turned around in some of them.. Looks to me like the one in the knife photo is someone playing a saxaphone...

I'm still trying to figure out why people are delving into vague "clues" like these "watermarks" that may or may not be relevant when there is a clear puzzle element (the numbers) that doesn't have an explanation. Focus on what you're given, people. :)

As to the cipher...

Chapter, Paragraph, Word and Letter wouldn't matter in a different printing of a novel would it?

Only Page and Line would be off.

Except that this type of code is almost always done by page ... not to mention that not every picture has all four elements.

Lost luggage Answer; DB Cooper

Captians Log Answer; SEVEN

Cliff Climb Answer; Percy Fawcett

Chess Answer; Rosenwald Memorial

Search And Rescue Answer; GJ1

Safe Answer; 15000

Music Charts Answer; Buenos Aires

Memorial Plaque Answer; Ray Brown

drive in Answer; theremin

backstage Answer; begin the beguine

Room with a view Answer; gemini2

Bulletin Board Answer; Murder at the Vicarage

As to the cipher...

Chapter, Paragraph, Word and Letter wouldn't matter in a different printing of a novel would it?

Only Page and Line would be off.

Actually it would.. Alot of books are re-edited years after they are released. So some versions of books have entire sections added or even removed...

Lost luggage Answer; DB Cooper

Captians Log Answer; SEVEN

Cliff Climb Answer; Percy Fawcett

Chess Answer; Rosenwald Memorial

Search And Rescue Answer; GJ1

Safe Answer; 15000

Music Charts Answer; Buenos Aires

Memorial Plaque Answer; Ray Brown

drive in Answer; theremin

backstage Answer; begin the beguine

Room with a view Answer; gemini2

Bulletin Board Answer; Murder at the Vicarage

Holy Crap! It's right!

How did you get that answer?

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