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[IMPLOSION] The Ballad of Michael Adams
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Dionysus
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 		Jesus Christ...

Thats INSANE Whale! I dont knwo hwo you thought of base64ing twice.. or.. well.. anythign liek that...

wow.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:27 pm
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Loudboy
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Whalewashingdolphin wrote:
Just in case anyone wanted an explanation (although I'm sure everyone's figured it out) as to how to deal with the string of numbers and letters starting with BIYXIk1LT...this is how:

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Take the long string of numbers and letters and Vigenere it, with the key being: In 2000 Howard shifted Reith to the Defence portfolio. Take the result and Base64 it, and you'll end up with something with a lot of Ms. Base64 that, and you'll end up with a sequence of numbers. Run those numbers through an octal decrypter, and you'll end up with a shorter string of numbers and letters. Base64 it three times until you end up with another sequence of numbers. Run those numbers through a binary decrypter, and you'll end up with a shorter string of numbers and letters. Base64 it, and you'll end up with the result I got.


thank you for that. i was sort of lost Smile
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Whalewashingdolphin
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 		Exclamation Hmmm...so now we're supposed to be adding numbers together? *waaa* I was never good at math...
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:37 pm
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Myeerah
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 		Ok, so what are we supposed to add?

'Plus Ten, Two hundred fifty, add forty to that'..

300... that's supposed to reveal the truth I guess...Unless I'm missing a number?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:46 am
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 		I get it.

IIIIIII get it.


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Go to the Wikipedia article for Privilegium Minus.

Year: 1156.

Issued in Austria.


800 years later: Austria begins diplomatic relations with Israel. (Hence +800israel.)

Ten and forty...fifty.

Fifty years later...2006.

250th birthday of Mozart (Austrian born)

Below that, it's the "Tesla Year."

Tesla. Electrical genius.


Hence we are one step closer to unravelling the mysteries of what Michael Adams knows.

So much for urgency, Mike. Rolling Eyes

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Myeerah
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 		Omg! How the heck did you figure that out?
Ok, nevermind.. I just looked back, I didnt understand where the Minus guy came from.

And whats up with Austria? LOL
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 		Well, now he says to "forget the borders that brought us here," so my guess is there's nothing up with Austria but a way to connect time periods.
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bartmans
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 		Since the privilegium Minus was issued 17 september 1156 does that mean we have to wait until 17 September 2006?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:49 am
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 		Relations between Austria and Israel didn't open up on 17 September, 1956, so my guess would be no.
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Whalewashingdolphin
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 		Wow! Good work! That makes sense...hmmm...*thinks about what to do next* Question
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:58 pm
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Omnie
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 		There's another post on the LJ.

Quote:
RHJvIHd1eHdrIG56eHBkIGZhIGlmZGVxLg==

06706406706506706206710106606406306006306106606506706706707006607

0066105067062066066066103063063067064067065067062067101066064063

06006306106606506706706707006607006610506706206606606610306306406

70640670650670620671010660650660650630610660650670670670700660700

66105067062066066066103063063067064067065067062067101066065066065

06306106606506706706707006606406610506706206606606610306306306706

40670650670620671010660650660650630610660650670670670700660700661

05067062066066066103063064067064067065067062067101066064063060063

06106606506706706707006606406610506706206606606610306306406706406

70650670620671010660650660650630610660650670670670700660640661050

67062066066066103063064067064067065067062067101066065066065063061

06606506706706707006606406610506706206606606610306306306706406706

506706206710106606406306

00630610660650

670670670700660700661

0506706206606606610306306

406706406706506706206710106606

40630600630610660650670

6706707006606406610

5067062066066066103063064067

0640670650670620671010660640630600

6306106606506706706707006607006610506706

20660660661030630630670640670650670620671010

6606506606506306106606506706706707006606406610506

70620660660661030630640670640670650670620671010660650

66065063061066065067067067070066064066105

06706206606606610306306406706

40670650670620671010660

64063060063061066065067067067

070066064066105067062066066066103

06306406706406706506706206710106606

40630600630610660650670670670700

6607006610506706206606606610

30630640670640670650670

6206710106606406306006306

106606506706706707006606406610506706

2066066066103063064

060060


I dunno about the octal-looking stuff, but the top string:
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base64 gives you "Dro wuxwk nzxpd fa ifdeq." Each of those words is rot-ed differently (16, 23, 15, 14, 3), and it says "The truth comes to light."


The numbers are strange because, de-octaled, it looks like this:
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7475727A643031657778686E72666C33
7475727A643031657778686E72666C34
7475727A656531657778686E72666C33
7475727A656531657778646E72666C33
7475727A656531657778686E72666C34
7475727A643031657778646E72666C34
7475727A656531657778646E72666C34
7475727A656531657778646E72666C33
7475727A643031657778686E72666C34
7475727A643031657778646E72666C34
7475727A643031657778686E72666C33
7475727A656531657778646E72666C34
7475727A656531657778646E72666C34
7475727A643031657778646E72666C34
7475727A643031657778686E72666C34
7475727A643031657778646E72666C3400

I added the line breaks. Weird repetition - I'm not sure what to do with it.


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 		Hex, maybe?
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Omnie
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 		Well, hex does result in real characters, so that may be something.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
turzd01ewxhnrfl3
turzd01ewxhnrfl4
turzee1ewxhnrfl3
turzee1ewxdnrfl3
turzee1ewxhnrfl4
turzd01ewxdnrfl4
turzee1ewxdnrfl4
turzee1ewxdnrfl3
turzd01ewxhnrfl4
turzd01ewxdnrfl4
turzd01ewxhnrfl3
turzee1ewxdnrfl4
turzee1ewxdnrfl4
turzd01ewxdnrfl4
turzd01ewxhnrfl4
turzd01ewxdnrfl4

Incidentally, tis a 16x16 grid.


This may be me being insane, but if "the truth" that we were supposed to find is "Tesla," then perhaps "the truth comes to light" could mean "Tesla goes to work for Thomas Edison?" Which, y'know, he did.

(edit: I need to not post for a while now because that title is so awesome)

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 		Either that...

Or it's a Vigenere key.

Orrr...the truth is just going to be revealed in whatever this code is.
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 		Sincerest apologies for the double post, but the code on Mike's LJ has changed.
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