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Arkaham
Unfettered
Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 353
[DC][Puzzle][Foo] Hack the feed Unless you're one of the 'six' you do not have this link IG.
OOG, come on everyone and help us solve this puzzle:
http://hackthefeed.com
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Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:25 pm
Mindez
Decorated
Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 165
Tried entering the answer to the sum (2147483647 - 37447376 = 2110036271)
Tried it as a Hexadecimal subtraction as well (211003C2D1)
Tried SQL injections, tried remote getting the time.php page it redirects to...
The first number is the highest signed integer that can be reached with 32 bits...
The second number seems to be nothing important...
And that's all I've got so far.
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:30 pm
KGBrAm
Veteran
Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 100 Location: Montreal, Canada
Why did he chose this number?
2147483647
It has a history for being weird.
I wish I had paid attention in Math class.
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:39 pm
CrypticVision
Boot
Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 66 Location: NYCUKOMTOR
http://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php/2147483647.html
I can't think of anything in C++ to help with this one..
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Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:46 pm
Dr3dg
Boot
Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 36 Location: Dark side of the Sun
I tried calling 214-748-3647... It said something in Spanish and hung up.
edit http://www.whitepages.com/maps/DAL
Its a Dallas area code... and nothing is coincidence
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:13 pm
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Mindez
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Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 165
I think that number would be too coincidential to be a proper in-game phone number.
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:16 pm
KGBrAm
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Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 100 Location: Montreal, Canada
CrypticVision wrote:
http://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php/2147483647.html
I can't think of anything in C++ to help with this one..
It's also a Mersenne Prime Number
http://primes.utm.edu/glossary/page.php?sort=Mersennes
The other string of numbers still refuses to yield any answers
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:16 pm
XtRaVa
Unfettered
Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 565 Location: Portsmouth, England
It seems that xsd:long values > 2147483647 are not represented
PHP doesnt understand integers higher than it, but I dont see what that tells us except that its a PHP form, which we already know..
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:38 pm
Mindez
Decorated
Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 165
XtRaVa wrote:
It seems that xsd:long values > 2147483647 are not represented
PHP doesnt understand integers higher than it, but I dont see what that tells us except that its a PHP form, which we already know..
That's because PHP uses 32 bits to store it's integers. It's not just a PHP thing, most programming/coding languages store long integers as 32 bits.
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:43 pm
XtRaVa
Unfettered
Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 565 Location: Portsmouth, England
Yeah. Although I seem to remember in an old version of visual basic, if I used integer it used short (int16) only going from −32,768 to +32,767 before I had to use double, or whole. But yeah I know
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:10 pm
WolfHawk
Entrenched
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1247 Location: St. Louis
So is the puzzle trying to get past the web page with nothing but the box on it? The box that looks like it needs a password?
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:24 pm
WolfHawk
Entrenched
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1247 Location: St. Louis
Or is the password already known?
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:26 pm
KGBrAm
Veteran
Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 100 Location: Montreal, Canada
There's a bit more to the page than the textbox
But yes, we need the password!
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:31 pm
XtRaVa
Unfettered
Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 565 Location: Portsmouth, England
This is a puzzle from the game DC itself yeah?? So is there anything in that game that could relate to the numbers, or ways to work out such codes? I'm just having a look at it for fun, am not actually playing DC.
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:33 pm
WolfHawk
Entrenched
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1247 Location: St. Louis
KGBrAm wrote:
There's a bit more to the page than the textbox
But yes, we need the password!
All I see is the text box and the copyright notice at the bottom. The rest of teh page is blank. Am I missing something?
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:36 pm
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