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[thisisnotanarg] we don't need no stinkin' rabbit holes!
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Ozy_y2k
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[thisisnotanarg] we don't need no stinkin' rabbit holes!

Pssst, people. One of your erstwhile Mu PMs out there is feeling sort of irritable that people aren't paying more attention to the goings-on at their blog.

(And no, it ain't me.)

If you're lookin' for something to pass the time and all....I'm just sayin'.

O

PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 2:05 pm
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Orikaeshigitae
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<.<


>.>


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
http://www.glitterbook.com/


PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 2:34 pm
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jamesi
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Always, always check your source codes.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 3:17 pm
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Orikaeshigitae
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I figured it was sarcasm. Embarassed

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jamesi
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Orikaeshigitae wrote:
I figured it was sarcasm. Embarassed


That's how it came across to me. I was just making a general note for all those who want to find the rabbithole.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 3:33 pm
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aliendial
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Well, rabbit hole implies it takes you somewhere. Where does this take us?
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jamesi
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well...

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since the source code at the front page of glitterbook has this in it:

<!-- Oh, like this was so hard to find. thisisnotanarg, y'all. -->

I took that to mean www.glitterbook.com/thisisnotanarg


Which is where some of us are currently stuck.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:03 pm
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bermuda653
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jamesi wrote:
Which is where some of us are currently stuck.


So, it's not just me that's stuck. I'm so out of practice I just figured I was stupid.

I need to get one of those whistler/clapper/locator thingies, I can never find a key when I need one.
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BrianEnigma
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Analyzing the letters used in the cipher, those of us in IRC guessed it was Vigenere. Sapagoo checked the index of coincidence on the code and found that the key was likely 12 letters. After consulting a dictionary and trying likely candidates by hand, one word that seemed to closely match the text and picture came up with an interesting result.

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ILLUMINATION


Lou! Fill in the next step! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:32 pm
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sapagoo
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BriEnigma wrote:
Analyzing the letters used in the cipher, those of us in IRC guessed it was Vigenere. Sapagoo checked the index of coincidence on the code and found that the key was likely 12 letters. After consulting a dictionary and trying likely candidates by hand, one word that seemed to closely match the text and picture came up with an interesting result.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
ILLUMINATION


Lou! Fill in the next step! Very Happy


After BriEnigma gave us the key,
Lou (and obviously BriEnigma) decrypted the message to
SPOILER!!!!
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begin at the ancient home of a king who paid dearly for his refusal to kill an animal

After a few guesses, most of which were wrong, we came up with a consensus
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King Minos - did not kill a bull, and in punishment, the goddess Aphrodite made his wife fall in love with the beast


Attempt 1 produced nothing
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crete (the island)

but attempt 2 by Lou did
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knossos (the city) http://www.glitterbook.com/thisisnotanarg/knossos/ <-link


gives another cipher.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:42 pm
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BrianEnigma
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In further news, Fireball notes that there is a tiny word hidden in the background image.
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In the lower-right corner is "purgation"

This just happens to be the key for this cipher.
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HEAD NORTHWEST TO THE HOME OF THE PREAURELIAN CARNUTES

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:46 pm
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Caterpillar
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Tried Gaul and Amorica.....am I on the right track at least?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:10 pm
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drizjr
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next..

A quick google of aurelian carnutes gives this
site ripe with potential >>>
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www.glitterbook.com/thisisnotanarg/knossos/chartres/


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krystyn
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The kids in #uf solved it late yesterday afternoon, but the bastards have not gotten off their asses and posted it yet!

Exclamation

PostPosted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:32 pm
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Orikaeshigitae
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Well, puzzles don't last long around here, do they? Smile

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