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gmz1023
Boot

Joined: 03 Oct 2008
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 		Not really an ARG but figured you guys might like it
Hey Guys, Gizmo here...

Recently i've been bored, and when I get bored... I like to make puzzles... on top of this I've got a job, which is bleh in pay, but I really don't spend that much money... So, I've decided to make a little bit of a competition.

So I've made a puzzle, and I've set a prize--50.00 USD; it's not much, I know. but hey, its freeish money... but anyway...

here is the puzzle:
http://gmz1023.com/test.txt

EDIT: upped the prize

PostPosted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:08 am
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AnamCara
Boot


Joined: 29 Oct 2012
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Location: US, Oklahoma

 		Been working at this for a day now. My assumption is Base64 so I've decoded it multiple times. Unfortunately for me I've hit a hitch in the road. But I shall keep pushing forward!

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catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 25 Sep 2002
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 		I've been working on it in the background. My first step was to eliminate all of the repetitive padding. I've reduced it all down to 4,345 "bytes" of data consisting of only 4 different characters. Now I just need to discover a way to use that as an encoding method.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
those four units became {dot, dash, slash, space} and the stream became Morse code. The decoding gave me a string of text which spelled out numbers. That in turn became 292 chars of data which are all simple digits 0-9. Now, what will those decipher into?


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arthurdent11389
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 		I have just sent in a solution !

First to post it here, at least !

PostPosted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:06 pm
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gmz1023
Boot

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 		I have been defeated! I can feel my life slipping away.

Congrats Arthurdent11389. We'll discuss your prize in private

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arthurdent11389
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 		thanks, gizmo !

and thanks for the diversionary time-waster !

I'll leave the solution for others to solve, as it must not be that hard to do so.

So, if you solve it, please acknowledge so here.

Here is a file with puzzle:

PS - moderators should move this to "Timewasters"
gmz1023.comslashtest dated dec 10 2013.txt
Description  gmz1023.com/test.txt puzzle on dec 12 2013
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Filename  gmz1023.comslashtest dated dec 10 2013.txt 
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catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

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arthurdent11389 wrote:
PS - moderators should move this to "Timewasters"

yeah, I meant to mention that sooner.

Can I ask: did anything I posted above give you a head start? I didn't reach the end yet, and now I regret leaving a trail of hints. Congratulations and well done!

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arthurdent11389
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catherwood wrote:

Can I ask: did anything I posted above give you a head start? I didn't reach the end yet, and now I regret leaving a trail of hints. Congratulations and well done!


catherwood, yes, your spoiler info above is on the right track, and did help me confirm that I was on the right track, as well.

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