Solution to Blue Steel

by Allen Rabinovich

Identify the fashion designers in the PDF on the floppy.

Speedo
Tommy Hilfiger
Old Navy
Prada
Calvin Klein
Hugo Bass
Issey Miyake
Louis Vuitton
Donna Karan
Levi's
Abercrombie & Fitch
Burberry
Oscar de la Renta
Ralph Lauren

Next, follow the instructions on the text file on the floppy and go to http://headquarters.mit.edu/stopchildlabor/ (now at http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/06/stopchildlabor). The scene is: Owen Wilson, looking through the translucent cover of an iMac, whispers "The files are INSIDE the computer... it's so simple." — we then cut to him smashing the iMac on the floor (there's like 25 minutes of unrelated footage between the two scenes).

The answer is INSIDE the floppy... break it in half and you will find a little label reading "Answer: COYLE."


2006 MIT Mystery Hunt