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VAWE34
Boot
Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 33
A Quick Puzzle III A Veritable Brain Twister Here I am sitting in our warehouse, barely shipping 2-3 packages a day, and it is supposed to be christmas season.
How I miss those days so long ago when I used to play and laugh as a child without responsibilities. I feel so disconnected, seperated, torn apart, like nothing makes sense anymore.
Ah just listen to me whine you would think life was made of vinegar instead of honey.
PRIZE: first person to solve this puzzle gets the tool used to encode/decode this puzzle.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:51 pm
Rogi Ocnorb
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 4266 Location: Where the cheese is free.
Made it as far as decoding the 2 text files with their respective keys, but am stymied as to the method used for the next level of encryption.
Decrypted "msg1.txt":
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eiponromcniseeteyhhanaalghoreetsudinldlodhreeaclnatohiaen
adahihuesltsyseetytdnatfuaistwaoanodheenensetsmtisoaaosn
Decrypted "msg2.txt":
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piahoaaryfmrenreshsenheawhneaewafllnthhurhnerhsondtonfedoloethimecnayaligadooteiwgea
daeeateisoudrsedtekyupeddtestoanertsoudtinstyhagdaadoethsdeedeadsvdteumfhigfopyahusa
EDIT:
Apparently there was an error in one of the files. The new decrypt is:
ptahnaamyferearethsinhdawenevewsflintehuwhnarhfonatosfefolweteimrcnryaligndokterwgsadr
eedtersoldrhedheksupnddhesooaderhsondtonsayhtgdbadnetesdfeddadavdheuofhngfrpyehuma
(Breaks added by moi)
Regarding the tool...
Have you ever tried this one?
http://www.paulschou.com/tools/xlate/
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:59 pm
Last edited by Rogi Ocnorb on Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:55 pm; edited 1 time in total
VAWE34
Boot
Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 33
No I haven't tried that one yet.
The tool at the beginning of this puzzle is just a file I keep local on my drive so I do not need to connected to the net when converting binary.
There is another encrypter/decrypter file available but you have to solve the puzzle first
It specifically makes what you are currently looking at a breeze.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:39 pm
VAWE34
Boot
Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 33
if you got as far as Rogi before this post let me know.
sent you a msg Rogi.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:21 pm
Rogi Ocnorb
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 4266 Location: Where the cheese is free.
Letter frequencies look like it could be simple substitution.
But I don't do well on the ones without spaces or where they were replaced and it's all longer words.
MrToasty might have a go at it, though. He has a knack for those.
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:10 am
VAWE34
Boot
Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 33
A clue if you need it:
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Silver : Tango/Foxtrot Progressive Link Change of Direction, (1/2 to L) same as Cha Cha/Waltz Switch Spiral Wing (1/8 to L, end facing DC)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:18 pm
Rogi Ocnorb
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 4266 Location: Where the cheese is free.
I found:
But, I have no idea how to use it.
Any ballroom dancers in the house?
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:52 pm
VAWE34
Boot
Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 33
I am fairly sure it is not what you think it is.
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You are missing a character for the cha cha... read the note from Dan Calloway on the link you provide... then think about what your 2 msg files should be doing... if necessary reread the opening clues
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:09 pm
Rogi Ocnorb
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 4266 Location: Where the cheese is free.
I wasn't really committed to anything. The letters came from the entries on the linked page.
If I had to guess, I'd say it's a cipher with a key:
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"ajtiy"
But I'll have to try that at home, later.
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:56 pm
VAWE34
Boot
Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 33
hope this helps a little:
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forget about ciphers, the solution is much simpler
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:51 pm
VAWE34
Boot
Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 33
don not rollover the spoiler if you are still working on this:
To solve:
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ANSWER:
Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries
THESE, in the day when heaven was falling
The hour when earth's foundations fled,
Followed their mercenary calling,
And took their wages, and are dead.
Their shoulders held the sky suspended;
They stood, and earth's foundations stay;
What God abandoned, these defended,
And saved the sum of things for pay.
A.E. Housman
without spaces:
epitaphonanarmyofmercenariestheseinthedaywhenheavenwasfallingtheho
urwhenearthsfoundationsfledfollowedtheirmercenarycallingandtooktheirwa
gesandaredeadtheirshouldersheldtheskysuspendedtheystoodandearthsfou
ndationsstaywhatgodabandonedthesedefendedandsavedthesumofthingsfor
payaehousman
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Location: Part of Initial Start Message
/PIC02.jpg - unlock jpeg = packages
File 1: /bin1.txt:
File 2: /ascii-binary.htm
Encoded: 0111000001101000011011110111010001101111011000100111010101100
0110110101101100101011101000010000000101101001000000101011001
00000101010111010001010011001100110100
Decoded: photobucket - VAWE34
Finds:
http://s372.photobucket.com/albums/oo170/VAWE34/
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Location: http://s372.photobucket.com/albums/oo170/VAWE34/
/PICL.jpg - unlock jpeg = soldat
File 3 /msg1.txt /
Vinegere Code Word - Starfire:
Encoded: wbpfszfqugijjmkiqahrsirpyaoijmkwmwieqlcsvarvjitpfttfmqriftdrmqyywllkxgj
iwmykivrxxnazxbnegtnfipvifxnjjbjqlbsffifwf
Decoded: eiponromcniseeteyhhanaalghoreetsudinldlodhreeaclnatohiaenadahihueslts
yseetytdnatfuaistwaoanodheenensetsmtisoaaosn
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Location: http://s372.photobucket.com/albums/oo170/VAWE34/
/PICR.jpg - unlock jpeg = verite
File 4 /msg2.txt
Vinegere Code Word - Meadow:
Encoded: bmakcwmvyianqrrhgdeinkswilnhoaiefozjflhxfdzirkgkzhtrbbqhoocaflipsyzey
dzesedrcpqmwjswpeehopqmsrizdweghawcusszpxevhkmreuhoaydwwjexyk
ocpeagcaflsgsapiaggrpxexabtmgiclkehxgw
Decoded: piahoaaryfmrenreshsenheawhneaewafllnthhurhnerhsondtonfedoloethimec
nayaligadooteiwgeadaeeateisoudrsedtekyupeddtestoanertsoudtinstyhagda
adoethsdeedeadsvdteumfhigfopyahusa
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To solve:
1. Take msg1 and decode using vinegere codeword starfire
2. Take msg2 and decode using vinegere codeword meadow
3. Create a repeating list 121231212312123
4. Align all letters from msg1.txt to the #1
5. Align all leters from msg2.txt to #s 2&3
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Prize: simple_encrypter.xls
Location: http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=945663&da=y
has been unlocked and made public.
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:43 pm
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