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AnthraX101 · Entrenched Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 797

Here the number is in several bases. Didn't notice anything interesting in there:

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:18 pm

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firefox · Unfettered Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 333

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Perhaps there are multiple levels of conversion? Judging from what the PM said in the newspaper article, perhaps it will be more complicated than one conversion - so who knows what mathematical stuff we'll have to do?*

*I don't, cos I'm rubbish at maths Confused

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:38 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:38 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:39 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:45 pm

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could the number already be in base 9 perhaps - its maybe a little odd that there are no 9's in it

can' help feeling that there's something of interest here too:

http://members.shaw.ca/hdhcubes/index.htm or more specifically:
http://members.shaw.ca/hdhcubes/boyer-16.htm
as it contains 2251 (the firbox product ID) 2210, 2215, 3215

If only I had a clue what it was on about! Smile

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:47 pm

WaCKo1138 · Boot Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 21 Location: Decatur, GA

playing around with the digits and noticed that none of the two pairs are greater than sixty so (though the odd are quite long on this) could they be indicating time? exp. 01:22 02:15 03:45 etc.

also reordered the pairs in low to high and high to low order, which I'll go ahead and post in case someone sees something:
00 15 15 22 32 45 46 48 48 48 50 51
51 50 48 48 48 46 45 32 22 15 15 00

and, since I have nothing better to do, grouped in threes:
221 545 484 848 465 100 503 215

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:57 pm

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Re: Question: Could the number be stegged?

**Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:28 pm

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shazbut · Boot Joined: 27 Oct 2004 Posts: 12 Location: adelaide.au

Has anyone considered 221545484848465100503215 using a solitaire cypher? Description here:
http://www.schneier.com/solitaire.html
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the process, maybe someone else is more familiar with it.
I arrived at it because of the email from dinahSPLATprojectsyzygy.com said it all begins with AADAA, which is apparently from the Cryptonomicon book by Neal Stephenson, which features a description of the solitaire cypher. Probably nothing but it might jog someone else's mind.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:09 am

drizjr · Unfictologist Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700

Just another thought

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:11 am

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**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:38 am

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talking about things being stegged, couldn't his actual message be stegged. He says that he cannot reveal any new information becuase it is not safe, but if the message was encrypted/stegged then it would be a bit more safer.

He he. The number crunchin' stuff you lot are doing is kewl.... think that yes, the number underneath the semacode is important as is everything else on the postcard....the little details wouldn't have been on it just for show.

Ill help out as and when I can, I couldn't do so since I had a bloddy hard assembly code program to write....well hard for me since I started learning assembly at uni about 5-6 weeks ago.

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:23 am

da5id · Veteran Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Posts: 80

i might have missed it in the thread so far, but here is another point:
what about the vertical line of text, stating

"Despite hightened security Academy tours are still running twice daily from gatehouse twelve. Advanced booking essential."

Up until now, we only knew of gatehouse 24 - now there is gatehouse 12. maybe we can try to access some log files of gatehouse 12 by ... ummm ... i dunno .... Rolling Eyes

well, my point is: is that text on that card just for kicks?

**Posted:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:08 am