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vidstudent
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 		Have you logged into the site recently, or do you just jump to door_to.php every time? It does need a login remider every so often. (More importantly, as the login page now explains, there was an error in the original account creation page - you can make changes to your account from there, including re-establishing your e-mail address.)

The word "fare" in door_to.php leads to good ol' 4.htm - no changes to that page, by the way. I'm guessing we have to come up with some permutation of Styx the Ferryman of the Dead, because that's the first river fare that comes to mind.
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 		Yeah, I do log in every time, and updated my contact info ages ago....

And I agree.....Styx/Charon/Obols are the things that come to my mind as well, although I haven't found anything that works. The fact that "fare" takes you to 4.htm (I added it to the updated list) suggests to me that it's definitely not a spelling error.....otherwise it would just take us to the error page.

Any ideas on the morse?

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vidstudent wrote:
I'm guessing we have to come up with some permutation of Styx the Ferryman of the Dead.


Styx was the river itself, Charon was the ferryman (or, if the creator of this puzzle-thing happens to be into anime, maybe Botan).
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 		Entering "fare" now takes you to yet another door_to.php page
("river" also works)

Title:
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vmmbzqpbaqzmjucvaqp

ROTs To: neetrihtsirebmunsih
Read Backwards: His Number Is Thirteen


From SC:
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vmmbpoqmzmjucvmpbmaczmdmvq

ROTs To: neethgierebmunehtesureveni
Read Backwards: I Never Use The Number Eighteen


And:
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jbe: bpm axikma lqlv'b kwum bpzwcop: ky yzh yzs?

ROTs To: btw: the spaces didn't come through: cq qrz qrk?

This is referring to the morse on "wunder".....which I had partially translated as CQCQQRZQRK....... . But is the "?" mark implying I've got it wrong or does it stand for the end part that I couldn't make out?

BTW....I can tell there are spaces, but forgot to include them.


Text On Page:
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tu l'aitaku wa nai (???????)

shinjite (Believe)

retrouve un autre chemin (Find Another Way)


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Quote:
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ROTs To: btw: the spaces didn't come through: cq qrz qrk?

This is referring to the morse on "wunder".....which I had partially translated as CQCQQRZQRK....... . But is the "?" mark implying I've got it wrong or does it stand for the end part that I couldn't make out?


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Actually, yes. I used a cgi morse code translator, which translated that as an actual question mark. So, the message comes as "cq cq qrz qrk?" with the added space.


I need an all-purpose ROT app, either online or compilable for Red Hat Fedora Core 1. (I have Windows in another partition, but I don't really use it.)
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vidstudent wrote:
Actually, yes. I used a cgi morse code translator, which translated that as an actual question mark.


Aha....so I did translate it correctly (as far as letters go) but was hung up on the morse version of a question mark...lol

Now what do we do with it?

vidstudent wrote:
I need an all-purpose ROT app, either online or compilable for Red Hat Fedora Core 1. (I have Windows in another partition, but I don't really use it.)


I use the one in the online tools section HERE

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 		After entering "fare" I noticed the background had changed to 160.jpg.

So I went back to pollux.htm and there was a couple of updated comments in the SC:
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bpmzmizm1m100eigabwnqvlepibgwcvmml
there are 1e 100 ways to find what you need (ROT 18 )

And:
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pweizmbpmamtqvmalqnnmzmvb
how are these lines different (ROT 18 )

erozhafvurfhyyvjvrzvglyabrugfvfvug
rebmunsihesulliwiemitylnoehtsisiht (ROT 13)
this is the only time I will use his number (Read Backwards)


E.T.A. I just noticed the title of pollux has changed from "lune" to "lune uwzmpqvba"

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uwzmpqvba ROT 18 to "more hints"


Using this info I went back to http://daemon.chaoseed.com/gi0.htm
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garzny
ROT13 and read backwards is "lament"

ravy sb qar
ROT13 and read backwards is "end of line"


First one:
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"lament" takes us back to the old MWT page with the "jan termin" skull, and the text box but is now titled "lament.htm"


Second one:
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"end of line" takes you to 4.htm


Believe it or not, I actually input something and can't remember what it was. Embarassed

It was "wunder"....and "cq" takes you there as well.

But took me to a new version of the "door_to" page that was Titled:
k bk

And had this on the black page:
qrv qru?

On the "door_to" page that you get when entering "fare" or "river":
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Either I missed it or the page has been updated with
gwcuqaamlawumbpqvo
youmissedsomething

And:
jbe: ow jiks ivl twws ioiqv-
btw: go back and look again-

I'm not positive, but I don't think those were there earlier when I noticed the background change. So I've missed something at pollux? (where the background image hails from).

ETA: Yes I did.
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I assumed that the two text strings above the number were the same as before (what does this number mean, what does it look like).

But the bottom line has changed to:
what does the picture look like


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 		Q Codes
QRZ * By whom am I being called? You are being called by ..
QRK What is the legibility of my signals (1 to 5)? The legibility of your signals is ... (1 to 5).
CQ is calling all the stations in a radio network.
Hope this helps

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 		That is so cool......and yes it does help.

So the morse reads something like:

"Calling all stations, Calling all stations"
"Who is hailing me?"
"What is the readability of my signals?"

160.jpg has changed, I still can't tell what they're asking for....and have tried numerous constellations and astronomical terminology.

Entering "cq" also leads you to the page that is titled "k bk" with the text "qrv qru?".

Using the new info:
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QRV - Are you ready?
QRU - Have you anything for me?
Not sure about the "k bk"


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 		Bk and K
BK is morse for break transmission (as in I need to send something).
K is over.

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 		Great Job Hati!

Title update at gi0.htm:
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eriverugsbxano
ROT13 backwards:
bank of the river


Thought this was interesting, albeit a no-go:

Eridanus is known as the Celestial River.
It is said to represent the river Po into which Phaethon drowned.

Still no luck identifying 160.jpg

I think this:(on pollux)
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there are 1e100 ways to find what you need
Is telling us to "google" as 1e100 is a googol (1 followed by a hundred zeroes)


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 		Well Caterpillar, my brain is mush
I thought I would follow in your footsteps. But now I am stuck. However some points for your consideration.
1) the tu l'aitake phrase might be Hawaiian. Or A Native American language.
2) Has a protagonist emerged? or is this just a puzzle game?

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 		Re: Well Caterpillar, my brain is mush
Hati wrote:
I thought I would follow in your footsteps. But now I am stuck. However some points for your consideration.
1) the tu l'aitake phrase might be Hawaiian. Or A Native American language.
2) Has a protagonist emerged? or is this just a puzzle game?


1) I tried to translate that bit with little luck.

2) I'm not sure, there is some talk of "him" and "her". Seems there are two of them judging by the "she is not happy you haven't broken her code" and the "his number is thirteen" (among a couple of other small things).

I think it's more puzzle than plot, but if life is busy I sometimes prefer something I don't have to keep a close eye on, and can pop in at leisure.

3) Welcome aboard!

4) Apparently they're fed up with us not getting 160.jpg, cuz it's gone.....just a big black hole now....

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 		I think I figured it out.

160.jpg isn't some fancy keyword we're supposed to figure out.

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Remember this string?
214 174 160 173 160 207 121 160 225 246 229 250 173 246 239 245 243 160 244 242 239 245 246 105 160 227 229 244 244 229 160 240 232 239 244 239 191 160 173 160 208 174

160's space.


Which gives us:

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214 174 _ 173 _ 207 121 _ 225 246 229 250 173 246 239 245 243 _ 244 242 239 245 246 105 _ 227 229 244 244 229 _ 240 232 239 244 239 191 _ 173 _ 208 174


The problem is:
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The gap between 160 and 32 is 128. Some numbers are clearly less than 128. So, we have more decoding to do. Still, it's probably a step in the right direction, and any other hints that pop up in such a manner should prove useful.

...I hope. ^_^;;;;

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 		Way to go vid!

Now I'm feeling the major idiot! I was trying to enter all kinds of things (like"space") into the text box, Gawd! How much time did I spend on constellation sites .....argh!!! Stupid Stupid Stupid!

Very Happy

If you want to work on it like a cryptogram:

zq w xi jkfbwkvyu cmvyka ofccf hdvcvl w gq

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