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Brain Shattering
2005-12-15, 6:50 PM #41
I think they just might be... *has brainstorm*
Stuff
2005-12-15, 7:01 PM #42
I don't get how to do page 7 at all, the one about rasterized wors.
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2005-12-15, 7:34 PM #43
page 6. yay.

page 5 is really stupidly misleading. The quake and model thing is only supposed to help you get the md5 part (since quake models are .mdl + crypt = OMG md5) ), but I already HAD the md5 part so it threw me off
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2005-12-15, 7:36 PM #44
MD5 doesn't work, I tried that FIRST.
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2005-12-15, 7:39 PM #45
Okay, I cheated (yeah, I suck, whatever) and got to the last page ( the one with the big list of hexadecimal numbers ). Is there any way to convert a big list of hexadecimal numbers to a big list of decimal numbers? Doing it by hand is going to take centuries, and I suck at teh programming
Stuff
2005-12-15, 7:39 PM #46
md5 is correct, in a manner of speaking
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2005-12-15, 7:40 PM #47
kyle, the hex has already been converted into Decimal, Text, Binary, RGB, EVERYTHING, noone can figure it out. Someone even turned it into a picture, but still...nothing.
Think while it's still legal.
2005-12-15, 7:43 PM #48
Originally posted by JediKirby:
MD5 doesn't work, I tried that FIRST.


You have to md5 something and use the result string.

It works because I got to page 6 :p

I just happened to have left a quick md5er I wrote lying around so I played around with various strings and one worked. (IT's in the paragraph)

6, however, is pissing me off. The only thing I noticed was the mispelling of "sheer," but I haven't been able to tie that to anything..
一个大西瓜
2005-12-15, 7:45 PM #49
the number series is the wrong way round
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2005-12-15, 7:52 PM #50
[QUOTE=Victor Van Dort]kyle, the hex has already been converted into Decimal, Text, Binary, RGB, EVERYTHING, noone can figure it out. Someone even turned it into a picture, but still...nothing.[/QUOTE]

It just got me thinking... when he said "quake" and "model"... and the number series bears a passing resemblance to a RAW file used in some 3d programs. Maybe? Or am I thinking way too hard about this.
Stuff
2005-12-15, 7:52 PM #51
Well, I recognized what the number series IS, but I dunno what to do with that.
一个大西瓜
2005-12-15, 7:54 PM #52
reverse it?
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2005-12-15, 7:55 PM #53
And then what?
一个大西瓜
2005-12-15, 7:56 PM #54
I didn't mean reverse the numbers
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2005-12-15, 7:56 PM #55
aaaah. I got to the end on my own. Some of those are clever, but the [second to] last one I got by sheer luck. Is there any reason why it's what it is? I basically guessed, because I knew there was only one left.
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2005-12-15, 7:57 PM #56
Wait, how many are there?
一个大西瓜
2005-12-15, 8:00 PM #57
12
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2005-12-15, 8:02 PM #58
so how do you do page 7?
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2005-12-15, 8:03 PM #59
If you help me get past 6 I could help you :p

So far all I've gotten is
2147483647 is upper bound for int data type, or
the sequence is of perfect numbers (2^n - 1)
一个大西瓜
2005-12-15, 8:04 PM #60
just reverse the name of the number series
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2005-12-15, 8:17 PM #61
Originally posted by Detty:
so how do you do page 7?


Let's just say there are some directories that aren't exactly a new level in the game. It has something to do with a particular format mentioned in the clue.
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2005-12-15, 8:46 PM #62
Originally posted by JediKirby:
Let's just say there are some directories that aren't exactly a new level in the game. It has something to do with a particular format mentioned in the clue.

I still don't get it. :(

As for page five, pay attention to the last few words in the clue: "...get a bit more cryptic on page 5."

Or more precisely: get cryptic on "page 5"

Pair that with the "quake and model" (md*) clue, and I hope you can figure it out.
2005-12-15, 8:47 PM #63
Work backwards with all the words in that clue, then reread everything I've said about non-game-directories.
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2005-12-15, 8:47 PM #64
It's page 5, not level 5
一个大西瓜
2005-12-15, 8:49 PM #65
Originally posted by Pommy:
It's page 5, not level 5

Shut up I can't read. :p
2005-12-15, 9:05 PM #66
Originally posted by JediKirby:
Work backwards with all the words in that clue, then reread everything I've said about non-game-directories.


wee got it

[edit: page 8 has to be the easiest one in the universe]
一个大西瓜
2005-12-15, 10:59 PM #67
Page 8 is easy, but page 7 still has me stumped.
2005-12-16, 5:03 AM #68
Oh my God. Reread all of my clues. It's REALLY easy if you do.
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2005-12-16, 6:26 AM #69
Originally posted by JediKirby:
aaaah. I got to the end on my own. Some of those are clever, but the [second to] last one I got by sheer luck. Is there any reason why it's what it is? I basically guessed, because I knew there was only one left.

Yes, there is a reason. :)
2005-12-16, 6:46 AM #70
done the first 11 legitimately, Kirby i'm suprised you couldn't get 11 if you felt the others were so easy.
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2005-12-16, 7:40 AM #71
I have the text part of riddle 12. Nowhere near interpreting it though :(
2005-12-16, 7:49 AM #72
Ditto, the question is whether the text part is the only information hidden in the numbers. Hopefully it is.
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2005-12-16, 7:53 AM #73
well, the other two channels appear to be randomly distributed, but there's nothing saying there's not information hidden in it steganographically
2005-12-16, 7:54 AM #74
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what?
Laughing at my spelling herts my feelings. Well laughing is fine actully, but posting about it is not.
2005-12-16, 2:12 PM #75
Originally posted by Detty:
done the first 11 legitimately, Kirby i'm suprised you couldn't get 11 if you felt the others were so easy.


I think after I guessed it [I tried 'end' and 'complete' etc] I sort of gave up trying to think about that one.

Oh, and I didn't find any of these easy :-P

The MD5 one, however, was the hardest.
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2005-12-16, 2:38 PM #76
I thought the md5 was easy.

But I'm still lost on rasterized words.

Whatever.
2005-12-16, 3:31 PM #77
/words
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2005-12-16, 5:33 PM #78
Well, I played around with the hex on the last page (heh, google).
If inserted into an exe, it brings up a blank dos prompt.
Still here.
2005-12-17, 4:58 AM #79
i am still stuck on page one. :gbk:
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2005-12-17, 6:40 AM #80
Notice any number or anything that doesn't make any sense on the first page?
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