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dsteele_7 · Boot Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 32

Binary problem on Gamem8kers page

moggy · Boot Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 11

It is 8bit ascii but you have to read the images from right to left I think. I can't remember exactly how to decrypt it but the message is:

**Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:09 am

dsteele_7 · Boot Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 32

well then... so much for all of that... (dammit!) Embarassed

oh well...

[start optimism] maybe the message is meant to have double meaning[end optimism] like I said above... oh well so much for that

EDIT: I reversed the entire string (read everything from right to left, not only the pictures but the numbers too) and I got what's in the spoil box

**Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:11 am

Jiroe

**Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:00 pm

ace · Guest

numbers

**Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:11 pm

Jiroe

Good idea.

I just tried that, but it didn't work. It's only accepting one digit mailbox numbers. I tried all digits except 0 and got "The number entered is not valid." I'm hesitant to go to the operator in case they have nothing to do with this. # leads to the directory listing where I can enter a name.

EDIT: Reverse lookup of the phone number yields this:
The phone number "(312) 777-5947" is a Chicago, IL based phone number and the registered carrier is Teleport Communications Group - Chicago. However, due to number portability, some numbers have been transferred to a new service provider other than the registered carrier.

I used the directory and tried to enter "Gamem8ker" as a name but got the mailbox for someone named Goldstein. I don't think this number is related.

**Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:23 pm

dsteele_7 · Boot Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 32

wow that's darned intriguing... maybe you could say the name gamem8ker or owner or colony or ourcolony or something like that... very interesting indeed...

**Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:17 pm

deRost · Kilroy Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Edmonton, AB

Could it be an IP address? 0111 0110 = 118, 1010 0110 = 165 etc.
I guess since there are 16 images, it would be 2 IP addresses. Just a thought.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:37 am

coffeefilms · Veteran Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 80 Location: UK

I translated it as numbers as well;

118
166
230
4
46
30
166
118

However I think the Next Gen message is all we're meant to get out of this.

**Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:46 am

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Exulus · Boot Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 66 Location: England

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Just found this thread...has anyone tried ringing that nubmer mentioned to get the mailbox, and trying number 512? Might be worth it..afterall gamem8ker is saying we havent finished...!

edit - doh, i should read the whole thread before making a new post. Seems you cant enter 3 digits...

**Posted:** Sun Apr 17, 2005 1:07 pm

dsteele_7 · Boot Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 32

I just saw the thread on the latest challenge and considering the fact that it's another chicago number... 312 area-code in particular... makes me think that there's a definite chicago connection... also the fact that it was a phone number makes me think that maybe the binary code is meant to work both ways too... who knows...

EDIT: I just tried to convert the number again however I used a different converter... and well I'm pretty sure now that this is a Red Herring because I kept getting MUCH higher numbers and when I tried converting 7775974 to binary it would work but it would only be the first 10 digits or something like that so the converter I used had a limit that I didn't know about... so sorry to have wasted your time

**Posted:** Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:48 am