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jchillerup
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[unknown] Stumbled over a strange page

www.fenris.dk

I think the binary has to be kindda "digested" to make sense.

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:49 pm

BrianEnigma
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Re: Stumbled over a strange page

ZtinKyFinGaZ wrote:

I think the binary has to be kindda "digested" to make sense.

It does not seem to be clean 8-bit or 7-bit numbers. Being 38 bits long, it is a product of 2 and 19 (a prime), so you are either working with nineteen 2-bit numbers or two 19-bit numbers. That is, of course, assuming the binary is to be translated somehow. It could be used in a different way.

Right now, I am sort of leaning toward "this is somebody's vanity site and it means nothing," but it would be fun if I were wrong in this regard.

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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:58 pm

dmon_man
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Fenris

Jesus, I can't take anymore ilovebees.com or should it be called ilovechaos.com.
Anyway Fenris was a monster wolf in Norse mythology. I knew all that D&D would pay off someday.

Fenrir (or Fenris) is a gigantic and terrible monster in the shape of a wolf. He is the eldest child of Loki and the giantess Angrboda. The gods learned of a prophecy which stated that the wolf and his family would one day be responsible for the destruction of the world. They caught the wolf and locked him in a cage. Only the god of war, Tyr, dared to feed and take care of the wolf.

When he was still a pup they had nothing to fear, but when the gods saw one day how he had grown, they decided to render him harmless. However, none of the gods had enough courage to face the gigantic wolf. Instead, they tried to trick him. They said the wolf was weak and could never break free when he was chained. Fenrir accepted the challenge and let the gods chain him. Unfortunately, he was so immensely strong that he managed to break the strongest fetters as if they were cobwebs.

After that, the gods saw only one alternative left: a magic chain. They ordered the dwarves to make something so strong that it could hold the wolf. The result was a soft, thin ribbon: Gleipnir. It was incredibly strong, despite what its size and appearance might suggest. The ribbon was fashioned of six strange elements: the footstep of a cat; the roots of a mountain; a woman's beard; the breath of fishes; the sinews of a bear; and a bird's spittle.

The gods tried to trick the wolf again, only this time Fenrir was less eager to show his strength. He saw how thin the chain was, and said that was no pride in breaking such a weak chain. Eventually, though, he agreed, thinking that otherwise his strength and courage would be doubted. Suspecting treachery however, he in turn asked the gods for a token of good will: one of them had to put a hand between his jaws. The gods were not overly eager to do this, knowing what they could expect. Finally, only Tyr agreed, and the gods chained the wolf with Gleipnir. No matter how hard Fenrir struggled, he could not break free from this thin ribbon. In revenge, he bit off Tyr's hand.

Being very pleased with themselves, the gods carried Fenrir off and chained him to a rock (called Gioll) a mile down into the earth. They put a sword between his jaws to prevent him from biting. On the day of Ragnarok, Fenrir will break his chains and join the giants in their battle against the gods. He will seek out Odin and devour him. Vidar, Odin's son, will avenge his father by killing the wolf.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/f/fenrir.html

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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:49 pm

jchillerup
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I just wrote him an email with a link to this topic and unfiction.com, and asking if it was "part of an ARG".

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 4:53 am

jchillerup
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These are my notes for the binary:

Code:

//The original binary
00000001000001000010100001100000000001

//If there are 19 2-bit numbers
0001001002201200000

//If there are 2 19-bit numbers
0000000100000100001|0100001100000000001
2081 137217

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:21 am

wolfspawn
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www.fenris.dk

ZtinKyFinGaZ wrote:

These are my notes for the binary:

Code:

//The original binary
00000001000001000010100001100000000001

//If there are 19 2-bit numbers
0001001002201200000

//If there are 2 19-bit numbers
0000000100000100001|0100001100000000001
2081 137217

I am SO sorry to have to disappoint you:

The whole NULL-B thing is taken from the RPG 'Mage the Ascension' published by White Wolf, NULL-B is/was a construct (a place where techno mages work, eg. a chantry) belonging to the group (convention) called Void Engineers, however it was smashed to bits by a rival group called Maruders. The symbol is also taken from the Mage game and is the symbol all the techno mages use.

Now for the binary, what should have caught your eye is that it changes all the time, instead of just telling you what it is I thought maybe it could be more amusing if I just have you the code itself:

Code:

<?
$epochstr = decbin(time());

for ($i = strlen($epochstr); $i <= 37; $i++)
$epochstr = "0" . $epochstr;

for ($i = 0; $i < (strlen($epochstr) - 1); $i++)
print $epochstr[$i] . " ";

print $epochstr[$i] . "\n";
?>

Finally I should say that it has nothing in particular to do with www.fenris.dk, it's the 'main web page' of the server itself (null-b.iteration-x.dk) and is always displayed for domains pointed to it that does not have an entry in it's httpd.conf file.

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:11 am

ZtinKyFinGaZ|
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and

Why-oh-why didnt I SEE that the binary was changing.

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:29 am

ZtinKyFinGaZ|
Guest

... and its the time in Epoch Embarassed

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:31 am

sapagoo
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Posts: 1213
Location: Atlanta, GA

Epoch, Denmark?

ZtinKyFinGaZ| wrote:

... and its the time in Epoch Embarassed

Where is Epoch? is that in Denmark?

-sapagoo

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:46 am

jchillerup
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The time format, UNIX Epoch, is the number of seconds since January 1st 1970, 00:00

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:56 am

wolfspawn
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ZtinKyFinGaZ wrote:

The time format, UNIX Epoch, is the number of seconds since January 1st 1970, 00:00

Can you say 'System dawn'.

www.attentat.dk

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 4:04 pm

jchillerup
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wolfspawn wrote:

ZtinKyFinGaZ wrote:

The time format, UNIX Epoch, is the number of seconds since January 1st 1970, 00:00

Can you say 'System dawn'.

Yes.

I was not quite sure, he would understand it, though.

And does the hex mean anything? Yes, I know there is one 0xATTENTAT on each page. But do the others mean anything?

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:09 am

wolfspawn
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ZtinKyFinGaZ wrote:

wolfspawn wrote:

ZtinKyFinGaZ wrote:

The time format, UNIX Epoch, is the number of seconds since January 1st 1970, 00:00

Can you say 'System dawn'.

Yes.

I was not quite sure, he would understand it, though.

And does the hex mean anything? Yes, I know there is one 0xATTENTAT on each page. But do the others mean anything?

It means nothing, just randomly generated.

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:25 pm

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