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seanlpuzzle
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 		Answer to Encrypted Text
rowan72 wrote:
<!--coll virj ei fexw zrggoqyojp dofzuf vq grulozy ujs vq veg qgopwzqel ivfozovj zwrgroj,-->

Not a ROT - will see if its the same subsitution as the lovecraft line from before nope, it's not. i'm almost positive this comment wasn't here earlier, so maybe the comment about the pic is new and there is something differnet about it.


This is another monoalphabetic cypher. Decoded:

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will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein,

Like the other quote this comes from H.P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu". The full piece is:

Some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age


Unfortunately I don't have time to play around with it, but hope that helps.

-Sean

PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:28 pm
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rowan
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 		I just remembered I had saved a copy of the source code from earlier (unfortunatly, since the original copy is at work, I dont the actual timestamp from when I saved it), but it does show the progression of the new comments.

Early post:
Quote:
<!--
147 (snip) 156
-->
<center>
I teased Jill by calling her an <i>agent</i>, but she
didn't even understand what I was talking about...
</center>

<!--twwsioiqv-->

<center><img src="daemon3.png" alt="hint"></center>

<!-- miss anderson! -postpost -->

<!--lzozqqweinwdvslkzlqknqbwcbmwaqukgbcbvxbaez-->

<!--Trggvat pebjqrq va urer, uhu?-->

<!--
142 (snip) 052
-->

<!--Bqu dwpujwud, uzwq dbezpjpjr pj qpd ihj vpeuwbpij, qzou qpbquebi qzekuv ad lpbblu; xab diku vzy bqu gpuwpjr birubque is vpddiwpzbuv mjihluvru-->

<!--nzktcmrxbeqabrxktcm...-->


And from tonight (bolded new, italics moved):
Quote:
<!--
147 (snip) 156
-->

<!--twwsioiqv-->

<center>
I teased Jill by calling her an <i>agent</i>, but she
didn't even understand what I was talking about...
</center>

<!--twwsioiqv-->

<!-- miss anderson! -postpost -->

<!--eiqbeiabpqaquiomiteigabpqaquiom-->

<center><img src="daemon3.png" alt="hint"></center>

<!--lzozqqweinwdvslkzlqknqbwcbmwaqukgbcbvxbaez-->

<!--Trggvat pebjqrq va urer, uhu?-->

<!--
142 (snip) 052
-->

<!--Bqu dwpujwud, uzwq dbezpjpjr pj qpd ihj vpeuwbpij, qzou qpbquebi qzekuv ad lpbblu; xab diku vzy bqu gpuwpjr birubque is vpddiwpzbuv mjihluvru-->

<!--coll virj ei fexw zrggoqyojp dofzuf vq grulozy ujs vq veg qgopwzqel ivfozovj zwrgroj,-->

<!--nzktcmrxbeqabrxktcm...-->


I don't know if this means anything, but at the very least it does show that things have changed. I thought maybe something new was at the agentsmith page, but nothing there.

But oh...the swf has changed at element0. Will update in a moment or so.... (btw, can anyone check to see if water0.png has changed. For some reason, I don't have an original copy here :/)

Okay, for some reason the new swf has 3 frames of static, yet I can't see anything of interest in them. So why are they there??
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:42 pm
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JoeUser
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 		I haven't seen anyone mention this yet. yturbans.htm has some new tasks:

# URGENT - Review crowd control plans for ceremony
# Pick out best Ginger Gold apple

PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:24 am
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seanlpuzzle
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 		Subsitution Cypher: Revisited
All,

There was something else hidden in the monoalphabetic substitutions. If we line up the plaintext with the ecrypted text, we see a pattern:

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a z


b x


c w


d v


e u


f s


g r


h q


i p


j n


k m


l l


m k


n j


o i


p g


q f


r e


s d


t b


u a


v o   *


w h   *


x c   *


y y   *


z t   *


It is a Caesar shift using a keyword. Here the keyword is "tycho". Entering this now leads to 4.htm.


PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:31 am
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rowan
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 		Alright, I'm at an utter impass with zbao's stupid password.

Considering the fact we have gotten the rest of the passwords based either on the login page or the personal pages, I'm guessing we can get zbao's password that way too.

If that's case, we have a couple of clues to go on.

    * Bao set up his own password (I'm the one who set up the eight-letter usernames and all the passwords for everyone, except Bao 'cause he insisted. - From Dan's page)

    * Bao relates to the story Journey to the West ( Master Bao's beloved Monkey had to steal the apples of immortality from Heaven... - From Flora's page & Run off more "Journey to the West" pamphlets - which appeared after I made the post about the story)

    * He possibly mixes up apples and peaches, or uses them interchangebly. (Flora mixes them up in her post, and with the numerous mentions of Ginger Gold (an apple), apples are obviously important. Idunn herself guarded apples of immortality. )

Unfortunately, I still haven't found the stupid password. Either I'm missing something completely obvious, or I am on the totally wrong track. (It doesn't help that we are intermixing French & Japanese languages, and Chinese & Norse myths - cuz I don't even know what to focus on.) (It also doesn't help I absolutely suck at login puzzles.)

Does anyone else have any ideas?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:56 am
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 		I couldn't find any reference to this by searching, so it might be new ...

Going back over old posts, I decided to check out log1.txt again. It has another chat log.

Chat room name is tikqowtwvwzpk.

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ROT-18 gives "lacigolonorhc", which is "chronological" backwards.


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