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 		[PG2][TEASER]Cool Desktops
Got this little package last night from historyneverdies at gmail.com. It's a zip file containing seven desktop wallpapers, or at least that's what they look like. Cryptic clues abound.

I'm taking off for a few days, so don't have time to do anything but post them, so here ya go.

** edited label and moved -- jamesi
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 		yay a new ARG where i dont have to catch up, this should be fun.


Im new be gentle...

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Im new be gentle...


Aw, honey, we don't bite. At least, not hard. Twisted Evil
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 		If anyone's interested I've made a little wordpad synopsis. I'm pretty new to ARG's but this looks interesting Smile
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 		Okay, for quick reference:

red wrote:
Display read option: 7533.0.1.(8503)

Make a Statement of Intent -- Winter 2005

#,[${}|[>


orange wrote:
Display read option: 7485934111.1.069301.069301

Shake Society -- Winter 2005

$`[}!])`?$


yellow wrote:
Display read option: 12.3242.(8503)7533.01010101.001.1120381

Shock your System -- Winter 2005

}!)<=${{!|+?


green wrote:
Display read option: 01010101.3242.1320.069301.1.7533.1120381

Hack the Past -- Winter 2005

+^~$[{}[,?$


blue wrote:
Display read option: 7533.001

Twist the Future -- Winter 2005

+![|<|}*, {}


indigo wrote:
Display read option: 7533.0.3242

Drown in Your Sorrows -- Winter 2005

!^=[|~/`{}


violet wrote:
Display read option: 3242.04920654.7533.01010101.3242.1.1033.3242

Feel the Emotion -- Winter 2005

+[|{{$={,@<`/

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 		Okay, so a lot of the number patterns, separated by periods, are repeated. Perhaps it's a cipher?

On the other hand, (8503) seems to be a discrete unit, but in one instance (yellow) it's not separated by a period from the unit that precedes it.

Also, considering that there are a limited number of symbols used in the text that appears in the lower right-hand corners, they might also be a cipher.

Perhaps there's some sort of relationship between the text in the LRH corner and what's in the ULH corners? Perhaps they translate one another, or supplement each other?

EDIT: Also, it doesn't appear that there are images or text hidden in the .jpegs.
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 		What does Display Read Option actually mean? I'm sure I've heard it before?
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JoeOE18 wrote:
What does Display Read Option actually mean? I'm sure I've heard it before?


No clue.

Googled it and got *nothing.*
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Phaedra wrote:
JoeOE18 wrote:
What does Display Read Option actually mean? I'm sure I've heard it before?


No clue.

Googled it and got *nothing.*

Ok maybe its was ust my imagination....we should probably work on the codes. I don't have much experience at breaking them but i'll do my best Smile
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 		Here's a list of all the numbers:

Quote:
7533.0.1.(8503)

7485934111.1.069301.069301

12.3242.(8503)7533.01010101.001.1120381

01010101.3242.1320.069301.1.7533.1120381

7533.001

7533.0.3242

3242.04920654.7533.01010101.3242.1.1033.3242


And, broken down into their components:

Quote:
7533 (x6) (or possibly x5)

0 (x2)

1 (X4)

(8503) (x2 -- or possibly only once if (8503)7533 is a separate character)

7485934111 (x1)

069301 (X3) (2 consecutive)

12 (x1)

3242 (x5)

01010101 (x3)

001 (x2)

1120381 (x2)

1320 (x1)

04920654 (x1)

1033 (x1)


So, substituting letters for the number-units (and assuming that (8503)7533 is not a separate character -- just that they forgot a period...):

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7533=A
0=B
1=C
(8503)=D
7485934111=E
069301=F
12=G
3242=H
01010101=I
001=J
1120381=K
1320=L
04920654=M
1033=N


So:

Quote:
A.B.C
E.C.F.F
G.H.DA.I.J.K
I.H.L.F.C.A.K
A.J
A.B.H
H.M.A.I.H.C.N.H

ABC ECFF GHDAIJK IHLFCAK AJ ABH HMAIHCNH


I could be wrong, here, since it's a limited set of characters -- i.e. if it *is* a cipher, it doesn't use every letter in the alphabet (in fact, it doesn't use a *lot* of them.

But, while I go do a frequency analysis, would someone like to find a list of 2-letter words? That might help us crack it.
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 		Do you mean somthing like this ?

Thats just for words acceptable in scrabble, but its the first thing that comes up on google...

I'll keep looking for somehting more comprehehnsive...

EDIT - fixed URL - SG
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 		Okay, results of frequency analysis (which probably isn't that helpful because the ciphertext (if that's even what it is) is so short):

A=18%
B=6%
C=12%
D=3%
E=3%
F=9%
G=3%
H=18%
I=9%
J=6%
K=6%
L=3%
M=3%
N=3%

And the distribution in English:

Quote:
# of Occurrences
e 11.42%
a 8.56%
i 7.94%
r 7.51%
t 7.46%
o 7.12%
n 6.41%
s 5.55%
l 5.52%
c 4.74%
u 3.66%
p 3.27%
m 3.22%
d 3.13%
h 2.76%
g 2.30%
b 2.12%
y 2.00%
f 1.47%
v 1.07%
w 0.94%
k 0.84%
x 0.35%
z 0.24%
q 0.23%
j 0.15%


Two-letter words, ranked in order of frequency:

Quote:
of to in it is be as at so we he by or on do if me my up an go no us am


Three-letter words ranked in order of frequency:

Quote:
the and for are but not you all any can had her was one our out day get has him his how man new now old see two way who boy did its let put say she too use


Once again, JoeOE18, for future reference, this is more useful with longer texts.
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JoeOE18 wrote:
Do you mean somthing like this ?

Thats just for words acceptable in scrabble, but its the first thing that comes up on google...

I'll keep looking for somehting more comprehehnsive...

EDIT - fixed URL - SG


Good thought, but actually we want less comprehensive. Wink Most of those words aren't common at all, which means they're very unlikely to be used in a short message.

What we're actually looking for is a list of two-letter words frequently used in English. (See above Smile )
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 		Ohhh ok that makes a bit of sense Razz

So have u actually discovered anything yet....I'm not really sure what ur going to do with all the information you've gathered Smile
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 		So we're here:

Quote:
t.h._
_._._._
_.e._.t._._._
_.e._._._.t._
t._
t.h.e
e._.t._._._._.e


And "t_" is probably "to," making J=o.

Quote:
t.h._
_._._._
_.e._.t._.o._
_.e._._._.t._
t.o
t.h.e
e._.t._._._._.e


Or not. But I have to go to lunch. Smile

EDIT:Oh, and the most commonly repeated letters:

Quote:
ss, ee, tt, ff, ll, mm, oo


Which means that F is probably one of those.

If I'm right about the above:

Quote:
ss, ee , tt , ff, ll, mm, oo


(We've already used those letters.)

So F is most likely s, f, l, or m.
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