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toddkrein
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Joined: 01 Mar 2010
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 		the poem
I marvel how Nature could ever find space
For so many strange contrasts in one human face:
There's thought and no thought, and there's paleness and bloom
And bustle and sluggishness, pleasure and gloom.

There's weakness, and strength both redundant and vain;
Such strength as, if ever affliction and pain
Could pierce through a temper that's soft to disease,
Would be rational peace--a philosopher's ease.

There's indifference, alike when he fails or succeeds,
And attention full ten times as much as there needs;
Pride where there's no envy, there's so much of joy;
And mildness, and spirit both forward and coy.

There's freedom, and sometimes a diffident stare
Of shame scarcely seeming to know that she's there,
There's virtue, the title it surely may claim,
Yet wants heaven knows what to be worthy the name.

This picture from nature may seem to depart,
Yet the Man would at once run away with your heart;
And I for five centuries right gladly would be
Such an odd such a kind happy creature as he.

William Wordsworth

PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:24 pm
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loach
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 		the poem is titled "A Character" as in a person's characteristics

PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:30 pm
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toddkrein
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 		A character
Well, if the crossword is any indication, then I'd say fuzzy, illegible, and confusing. Sad

I can't find any words in the doc, and much of it doesn't even look like roman characters

Am I missing something?

PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:57 pm
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loach
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 		since the poem seems to refer to the characteristics of a face, and almost a vacant characteristic quality to it, ...keeps making me think about that creepy mask image from earlier.
http://www.unitedmask.com/Masks/images/full_face_white_mask.JPG

also checking any common words from the poem against the crossword puzzle image. only words i can make out so far, all from reading left to right:

learn to
found it
saw
kudos
got
pan
son
pic
joy
jar
any

and why is the first letter missing?

all the words i found so far, i don't see any relation to the poem

PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:24 pm
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toddkrein
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 		letters
Here are the letters in a text file.
cross words.txt
Description  the letters of the crossword
 txt

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Filename  cross words.txt 
Filesize  783Bytes 
Downloaded  79 Time(s) 

PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:52 pm
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jasper
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Location: Texas

 		Re: Stack-up
toddkrein wrote:

There is that isolatd room on the second basement level. Perhaps that's where we should be sending him. He can only get there from B3.

I guess I've sent him there. He had to go through a hatch, down a ladder and it's got pipes, a loud buzz and high voltage signs. he's getting shocked from time to time.

And I think he's a bit stuck- he'll have to retrace his steps past a group of people to get anywhere else. Confused

PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:00 pm
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toddkrein
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 		The hatch
Yeah, I think I got him to the elevtrical room, but we haven't been able to figure out how to open the panels w/o getting shocked.

Not sure what else to do, other than wander until we find something interesting. I'm sure that's not the answer, but smarter minds than mine are needed here.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:14 pm
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jalava
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Posts: 76

 		I noticed that the ship grid is completely uniform, there are 28 letters for each of them. This made me think that it could be vigenere or not encrypted.

Here is the ship grid:
Code:

 TAFKSDWRXCQEOGZMIVLBUNYJPH
XLEMUAPFQDZBOIXJSGTHNKWVYRC
MICNKSFRDQLXGUAYJWBPEVHZOTM
EFOUNDITBKPJVGSAWLZEXMCYRHQ
JLEARNTOFPGZHQMXSDVCYBWUIKJ
RMYFISDLAUHQJWZOKREVBXGTCPN
ZHPVFMUISXOETCRGZJQALYNBWKD
CLQHRGSIVANYFUEPZJDKTBXCWMO
IOGNDPFLBSCVJYIWATKERXHZQMU
SCOHPGITKQESWFULZBMYJARXVND
WHDKRITAYGQBMZJVEWNUCXLSPFO
BFMUHTKBOWDARGYEZJXIQCVLSNP
KGOTFPANBRYJWKVDSCZEXHUIQML
UXRBZCSFNIHDUAGYPMOWQKJTLEV
GSVZQERLABXUGTOJHPDFIKMCNYW
VJBGRYZMEHCFVQLNAWTXPIKUDOS
FSMOQNEWUHVXYDKFTAPCRLBIJZG
PQTEYXFGVMZWKPDJNIBORCSUALH
YFEXTUARBIWOQLYKHZNSVJDGPCM
HMSKGBOUJVZHFRAQNWYDTPICXLE
QPGRDVNMTZCLBYSIUWEQXJHKAFO
AIEOJCTFYHZXKRNSBLPVMQGWADU
OFNGRJTZCQWEAMOISBPYUDXKHVL
LMPHLAKTBUCDWRSONIVXGZYJFQE
TTJSIRGNXMVHQKUZEYDOWPCALFB
DJQWDALIRKESNXHVMYGZBTFPUOC
MNLBNHTUPCIGFESWRZAKQJOYDXV


PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:21 pm
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JohnJimJoeBob
Boot

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 		I don't know why I didn't see this before, but you're right. It's obviously a modified Vigenere square. Can someone arrange it in alphabetical order across and down easily? Seems like a huge pain and I'd hate to get started on it by hand if I don't have to.

So what, then, do we use as the plaintext and keyword?

EDIT: Failure to sleep led to this, ordered version of the above:

Code:
 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
AEMZTKONULAJVBGRDXYCIQPFHWS
BMQDKRUYPJSHIZVGNAOTFCXBWLE
CQTNSFHEOJWRKZXUMYVGLBDIACP
DQBELNWHCYUDZMFXOSRAJTGIKPV
EOXPIVUSQLRNEWCGHJBDFMZTKYA
FMRVEYOKGAJQCTBDZXUNSLPWHIF
GVIXRGZOWPNQFHMTYUAESKDLBCJ
HSTZOFKAEWXGDNIRLHJBMPYUVCQ
IGRCFJNIUTQDEAHYMVBPOXKLSZW
JEYGTHAMJDIRCSWQKZFNLBVOPUX
KOXYAWTVLCQFESUKMJBPGHZNRID
LPGCKWHSEIFLXNYRQDBAMZVTUJO
MCELFGNAMWOKPJHUTXDSIVBRQZY
NLQITFBSVZDNKROEXGPHNJAUCYW
ONUWTAGOLBHRYSXMVECJFDPZQKI
PTRZFKEDHIAYONSPLWVXQCBGMUJ
QGXCNBRSOWADQUHYFLTVPJEMZKI
RYBHDJFZNRCIVKGWPQASMXELUTO
SOJEIWHUDBVPYZRFNSKGCAMTQXL
TJWVGQSUBYLIOECKFHXRTPDNMAZ
URQHSUBGVMLZWPJAEDNCXKOFITY
VBPCZVGLSWDRXAKQOFEYJITMHUN
WDCQTMKJOWPRUELZFBYIHXNAGSV
XENZPOMXCGYUHSWIRBQALKTFDVJ
YEVWAQXYMZPTSHDLCOBUFJNRIGK
ZPLOUTVRDJWFAZNCKESMHYQIXBG


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toddkrein
Boot

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 		Substitution cypher
JJJB,
What was the substitution code key for the poem?

If I look at the original square, and presume that the key is "*A* charcter, then the key of EEEEEE gives us "FOUNDIT", and "JJJJJJJ" gives us "LEARNTO". But that means the code is TAFKSDW, and I was wondering what happens if we run that through the same substitution cypher.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:33 pm
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toddkrein
Boot

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 		Chess
THere's a new puzzle at mashimisho.us.to/ship.

Anyone good at chess?
[/img]
chess.png
 Description   The chess puzzle
 Filesize   49.61KB
 Viewed   83 Time(s)

chess.png

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:55 pm
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JohnJimJoeBob
Boot

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Posts: 56

 		Got it.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The numbers tell you the order of the pieces in their starting position (pawns arranged left to right 1-8, etc.) Arranging the pieces in this way along the home rows at the bottom gives the password "amalgamate" spelled with the last two pawns and the bottom row pieces.


The SHIP interface is similar to the MAP interface: blank except for a text box at the top. Maybe the input will come from Kevin written somewhere in the building. Maybe the displays over the trucks that were leaving?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:54 pm
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jalava
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 		Ship interface after entering the password seems to want FacilityId. It seems like you can get into some time tables via this as it accesses the schedule.php

Any idea on what format those facility id's would be?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:19 pm
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jasper
Unfettered


Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Posts: 560
Location: Texas

 		What does 5753 mean? It got Kevin out of a cell with a key pad?

jalava wrote:
Ship interface after entering the password seems to want FacilityId. It seems like you can get into some time tables via this as it accesses the schedule.php

Any idea on what format those facility id's would be?


I asked about a facility id and Kev says "038718463282685 @jasper_su Did you try that code that gave you the maps? Maybe it's in there."

72EONTZ6 ?

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JohnJimJoeBob
Boot

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 		That's it. 72EONTZ6. Looks like shipments are heading out to various cities throughout the world. One leaving for Melbourne in roughly four minutes. Maybe we should wait for one headed to the US and have him get on it? Or maybe just have him get on any of them?

In order of oldest shipments first, the cities: Shanghai, NYC, Cairo, Moscow, Frankfurt, Moscow, Tokyo, Melbourne.

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