The problem by Cole Coupland that I just reshared is awesome

#ComputerScience #Hacking

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Well I think it might be messed up now after someone got it wrong. The site probably makes a unique password for each computer so people wont get the same password each time and can't cheat. I am going to have to think of how to fix this now.

Cole Coupland - 7 years, 4 months ago

Yep I just confirmed that the password changes from user to user. Could you please hide the question until I can think of how to fix this?

Cole Coupland - 7 years, 4 months ago

Not easily. You can just edit it to say not yet a complete problem.

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Silas Hundt – I just found a way to fix it. I instead asked the length of the password which is the same for each user. Is there any way you could update the answer to the question? I have already switched the wording. Could you please give me your brilliant address so I can send you the new answer, if you are able to switch it? Thanks.

Cole Coupland - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Cole Coupland – silas @ brilliant.org

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Silas Hundt – Sent. Someone disputed the problem and did get a correct answer which I saw in the dispute e-mail. Could you please make it say that they got it correct? Sorry for the confusion.

Cole Coupland - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Cole Coupland – Updated. Everything should be good.

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$