[quote] For those of you working through the puzzle, a small tidbit of advice: Posting an answer without any explanation as to how you arrived at said answer isn't a good way of winning our little contest. If you want to win, you need the final answer... along with some modicum of proof that you actually aren't just guessing. As you were. [/quote] in hindsight, i suppose this was directed at burrito up top for getting the answer by magic...