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lillyplop · Boot Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 52

Today I remembered that my brother in law said the Thirteenth labour of Herucles (something like that) was to defeat Medusa. I thought I would nip onto the internet and have a look for anything to do with Medusa and decoding. There is a decoding software called Medusa which is mentioned on the website site below

http://www.absolutevision.co.uk/pdfs/Productmarch2004.pdf

Also Bazmadoodah has pointed out a cartoon in Punch today entitled Destroying the Money Lender's Web: or the Thirteenth Labour of Hercules.

Are we looking for something in www.perplexcitybankingcorporation website? He also mentions its worth noting though that the PCBC site requires you to log in to view your account and personalised home page!!

Is it all coincidence?

**Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:10 am

Malinky · Boot Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 15

Can't think of any other codes from the DES II challenge, DES III was 92 2C 68 C4 7A EA DF F2 but I don't think it'll be that.

I'm sure I've seen something that looks like a key earlier in the game, I have vague recollections of trying a hex type key for the PCBC website (in vain). I'm wondering if the message given to Reason when he got the card (better solved sooner than later) means that a code was in one of the game puzzles around this time.

By the way does anyone know what the PCBC website login was, I never found it!

**Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:13 am

Malinky · Boot Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 15

Lilypop

Spooky! We both arrived at the PCBC website but from different angles!

**Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:24 am

tipimike · Boot Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 11 Location: UK

Thanks Malinky... not that one either though!!!

The hex key thing from eairly sounds possible.... see if you can find that.... does anyone out there have it?!?!?

Re: login for the PCBC website... there isnt one... if you look at the source of the page the form doesnt do anything

<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
<input type="text" name="textfield"><br />
<p><b>Keyless Access Code:</b></p>
<input type="text" name="textfield">
<p><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Login" onClick='alert("This login box is disabled for users from your location")'></p>
</form>

what ever you put in it will always give you the disabled message... and it has no action of where to send the data to... so therefore cant do anything!!! So anything about a login for this might be of use elsewere.... like here!!!

Lillyplop...
I like the whole 13th labour of herucles idea... i'll see what i can find out there.

**Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:29 am

Malinky · Boot Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 15

Tipimike

Checked through my notes, the code I was trying for the bank account was just the postcard puzzle number (22 15 45 48 48 48 46 51 00 50 32 15) so I was barking up the wrong tree with that one.

But could you try BF EC 20 11 70 71 AA 22 (the last set of hex on the bottom of the card). I don't think its that but I'd hate to think we were looking straight at it and not seeing it.

**Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:01 pm

tipimike · Boot Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 11 Location: UK

**Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:07 pm

tipimike · Boot Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 11 Location: UK

as another line of attack I've added a bit into the decrypter to convert words to hex as a key so if anyone has any 8 letter words they think might be possible let me know on here... or messenger or email and i'll run them all!!!

**Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:05 pm

lillyplop · Boot Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 52

http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/2969.edit

Does this look strangely familiar to anyone? I think Bazmadoodah may have started a new topic on this as he was the one who found it.

By putting the first line of the clue on the card 69 A9 3A FD C5 etc he found this website on Google.

Is this webbie of any use to us?

**Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:14 pm

tipimike · Boot Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 11 Location: UK

**Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:40 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:20 pm

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tipimike · Boot Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 11 Location: UK

**Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:30 pm

MatthewJames · Greenhorn Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 7

This Is Mental!!!!

**Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:35 pm

ramsfan

Tipimike
People have been mentioning Cryptonomicon in relation to the silver cards so I scanned through the book looking for possible 8 letter words for you to try. Some will be in the dictionary.
Schneier is the author of the Solitaire cypher (see Shuffled).
Epiphyte is the name of the corporation.
Pontifex was the working title of the Solitaire sorting system.
Kinakuta is the Brunei like fantasy city.
Arethusa was a code in the book which was keyed by;
Comstock, the name of a general, and mentioned in another card discussion, which I can't trace just now.
Golgotha is a key site located at the end of the book.

**Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:51 pm

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Whilst the nature of the 13th labour, ie medusa seems more promising, does this website offer any leads to those who understand these things:
http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules/

**Posted:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:18 pm

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