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fragment · Boot Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 32

I compared the file in hex view to the specification: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt. The file starts with 6 bytes id tag, then 7 bytes header (indicating a color space of 128 colors).

After that, the palette follows, with 3 bytes for each color for a total of 384 bytes. The offset of the characters you noted lies within that range.

It still might be a message, though - it could even be created just using the image editor by carefully selecting the colors.

**Posted:** Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:59 am

molecularr · Unfettered Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 313 Location: xanadu

OK, I see what you're saying. And in fact, all of the three-letter decimal sequences I've pointed to, when converted to hex and treated as RGB values yield the kinds of blue-ish gray colors we see in bg.gif. I was hoping that since the color table is apparently optional, superflous color values might demonstrate intentionality.

Then again, all of the RGB hex values that would convert to readable decimal values are going to be in that grayish range, and there would be plenty of ways to encode the color table to produce similar results that wouldn't rotate to "ado" or "rue." So in other words, I'm sticking with it for now.

EDIT: Also, the color table isn't ordered in a logical way having to do with it's presentation. At least, it's not in order by luminance or popularity, so there's no reason I can see for all the "rue" rotations to be together and all the "ado" rotations to be together unless someone arranged them that way.

**Posted:** Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:18 am

DrBunker

Trout me if I'm covering old ground with this but going back over the /curiosity page I noticed that itbeings_22.jpg now seems to be stegged. I'm sure I don't remember this being the case before Confused

**Posted:** Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:14 pm

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molecularr · Unfettered Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 313 Location: xanadu

I don't know if it calls for a trout if we never actually found anything, but yeah, we've seen that before. nukedog was of the opinion that it was a false positive, but at any rate, no one's yet found a passphrase that opens it in jphide.

**Posted:** Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:43 pm

nukedog · Boot Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 28

i don't think anyone posted this yet.

the Yshk La page just changed to:

DrBunker

**Posted:** Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:30 am

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Aeon · Boot Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 31

So, given what we know so far...

**Posted:** Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:30 pm

nukedog · Boot Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 28

**Posted:** Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:44 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:56 pm

GoodChild

The Yshkla.html page has finally updated (in the non-flash version). Either this is a mistake or it's purposeful.

I vote for the on purpose one.

**Posted:** Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:46 am

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**Posted:** Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:33 am

Aeon · Boot Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 31

It appears on Yshk Lanti as well. Pretty well confirmed now to mean "blood of the king"

**Posted:** Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:08 pm

Sylvia · I Have No Life Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 2062

I see it now, thank god flash can be zoomed and it would help if i had better eyes and more sleep.

Sorry about that.

**Posted:** Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:42 pm