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[WEIRD EMAIL THANG]: Eh wot?
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Ozy_y2k
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[WEIRD EMAIL THANG]: Eh wot?

Sometimes I get weird stuff from people in email. Usually it involves generous offers to use various mechanical devices and/or creams or lotions to increase or prolong certain things. Occasionally it implicates a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to refinance my palatial Ozy estate at interest rates heretofore unknown in the entire history of mankind. Periodically it even involves kindly Nigerian gentlemen offering to give me staggering sums of money if I would only be kind enough to open up various accounts in their name.

As excited as I usually am by these opportunities, and as continually amazed as I am by the cutting-edge technological wonderments that our modern society provides us in the form of email, every once in a while I get something TRULY delightful.

Today was one of those lucky lucky days. I got me an email from someone proclaiming him/herself an "Innocent Victim", as if I had somehow WRONGED this poor fellow or lovely lady. I gasp, in shock!!! And when I am shocked, I do this: Shocked And then I use exclamation points, like this!!!!!

Anyway, the email had the following subject header:

Quote:
01001010 01110101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100101


....and contained in its body, the text in the accompanying file. As it was super-freakin'-honkin'-long-ass, I did not attempt to append it to this message because your head would explode trying to parse it. You can thank me later, in American currency, or, if you are an attractive young lady, profferred sexual favors.

Anyone who knows what the hell this is all about is more than welcome to explain it to my clueless, puzzle-retarded self. If you need me, I will be in the corner, wearing the tinfoil hat.

PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:43 pm
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The Watcher
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WEll, I'm too lazy to download the e-mail text, but the binary in the subject converts to:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Justice


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Ozy_y2k
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Thanks! I couldn't even be arsed (as the Brits say) to find me a decent binary converter. Damn, I am LAZY. Razz

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Wishi-san
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The email body looks like "cleverly" disguised binary too.
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Caterpillar
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Wishi-san wrote:
The email body looks like "cleverly" disguised binary too.


Yup.......first "little" (and I stress little) piece:

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Halls of Justice Painted Green


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The full thing comes out as:

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Halls of Justice Painted Green
Money Talking
Power Wolves Beset Your Door
Hear Them Stalking
Soon You'll Please Their Appetite
They Devour
Hammer of Justice Crushes You
Overpower

The Ultimate in Vanity
Exploiting Their Supremacy
I Can't Believe the Things You Say
I Can't Believe
I Can't Believe the Price You Pay
Nothing Can Save You

Justice Is Lost
Justice Is Raped
Justice Is Gone
Pulling Your Strings
Justice Is Done
Seeking No Truth
Winning Is All
Find it So Grim
So True
So Real

Apathy Their Stepping Stone
So Unfeeling
Hidden Deep Animosity
So Deceiving
Through Your Eyes Their Light Burns
Hoping to Find
Inquisition Sinking You
With Prying Minds

The Ultimate in Vanity
Exploiting Their Supremacy
I Can't Believe the Things You Say
I Can't Believe
I Can't Believe the Price You Pay
Nothing Can Save You

Justice Is Lost
Justice Is Raped
Justice Is Gone
Pulling Your Strings
Justice Is Done
Seeking No Truth
Winning Is All
Find it So Grim
So True
So Real

Lady Justice Has Been Raped
Truth Assassin
Rolls of Red Tape Seal Your Lips
Now You're Done in
Their Money Tips Her Scales Again
Make Your Deal
Just What Is Truth? I Cannot Tell
Cannot Feel

The Ultimate in Vanity
Exploiting Their Supremacy
I Can't Believe the Things You Say
I Can't Believe
I Can't Believe the Price We Pay
Nothing Can Save You

Justice Is Lost
Justice Is Raped
Justice Is Gone
Pulling Your Strings
Justice Is Done
Seeking No Truth
Winning Is All
Find it So Grim
So True
So Real

Seeking No Truth
Winning Is All
Find it So Grim
So True
So Rea


Which seems to be just the lyrics for Metallica's And Justice For All *shrug*

Edited to add spoiler tags
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Caterpillar
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Thank god........lol

Lyrics to Metallica's "And Justice For All"

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Ozy_y2k
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Shrug. Okay. NO IDEA what that's all about, then. Thanks for doing the crackin', peeps.

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Nothing else in the body Oz?

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Ozy_y2k
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It doesn't appear so. The email was text, so nothing likely to be hidden in HTML. Also, it looks like, if your translation was correct, it actually cuts the lyric off mid-word.

The email came from InnocentVictimSPLATsi.rr.com, if that's any help.

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Hey, you're a lawyer. Don't lawyers get disgruntled emails about justice all the time??

Wink
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Caterpillar
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Yup it does cut off (it was translated correctly as far as what was posted).

Weird.

vpisteve wrote:
Hey, you're a lawyer. Don't lawyers get disgruntled emails about justice all the time??

Wink


omg Steve, you'll give him nightmares.....lol
Shocked

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Ozy_y2k
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Steve snarkily said:

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Hey, you're a lawyer. Don't lawyers get disgruntled emails about justice all the time??


Most of the emails I get are pretty gruntled, but there is always the occasional Metallica-loving robot who periodically feels the need to lecture me in an unsolicited stream-of-dot-and-dash-consciousness rant, yeah. Now that I think of it, it was just LAST WEEK when some damn AICLU (Artificial Intelligence Civil Liberties Union) freakshow named Dunga or Dilga or Darga or Melinda or Maramba or some such damn thing sent me a package at the office that had a whole bunch of honey and a bunch of letters in it. Luckily it was caught by the mailroom honey-sniffing dogs and harmlessly detonated in the back parking lot.

Bet that sort of thing NEVER happens to YOU.

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oy oy oy......pee-a-pants
Laughing Laughing Laughing

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Ozy_y2k
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Got another one....no topic this time, but text

Quote:
01001100 01101111 01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111
01101110 00101100 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011 00100000
01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00001101 00001010 01000100 01101111
01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011
00100000 00100111 01100101 01101101 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000
01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100101 01111001 01100101 00001101
00001010 01001100 01101111 01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111
01110111 01101110 00101100 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011
00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00101100 00001101 00001010
01011001 01101111 01110101 00100111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01101000
01100101 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110101 01101110 01110100 01101001
01101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101001
01100101 00001101 00001010 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110011
01110101 01101110 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01110011 01110100
01110010 01101111 01101110 01100111 00001101 00001010 01001001 01110100
00100111 01110011 00100000 01101000 01101111 01110100 00100000 01100001
01110011 00100000 01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100010
01100101 01101100 01101111 01110111 00001101 00001010 01001100 01101111
01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00101100
00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111
01110111 01101110 00101100 00001101 00001010 01010100 01101000 01100101
01110010 01100101 00100111 01110011 00100000 01110100 01110111 01100101
01101110 01110100 01111001 00100000 01111001 01100101 01100001 01110010
01110011 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100111 01101111 00001101
00001010 01001001 00100111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100100 01101111
01101110 01100101 00100000 01101110 01101111 00100000 01110111 01110010
01101111 01101110 01100111 00100001 00001101 00001010 01010011 01110111
01100101 01100101 01110100 00100000 01001010 01100101 01110011 01110101
01110011 00101100 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100001 01110010 00100000
01101101 01111001 00100000 01110000 01110010 01100001 01111001 01100101
01110010 00100001 00001101 00001010 01001100 01101111 01101111 01101011
00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00100000 01101100 01101111
01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00101100
00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000
00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000
00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000
00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000 00100000
00001101 00001010 01010011 01110111 01100101 01100101 01110100 00100000
01001010 01100101 01110011 01110101 01110011 00100000 01100100 01101111
01100101 01110011 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100011 01100001
01110010 01100101 00001101 00001010 01001001 00100000 01101011 01101110
01101111 01110111 00100000 01110011 01101000 01100101 00100111 01101100
01101100 00100000 01110111 01100001 01101001 01110100 00101100 00001101
00001010 01001001 00100000 01101011 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000
01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110011 01101000 01100101
00100111 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01110100
01110010 01110101 01100101 00100001 00001101 00001010 01001100 01101111
01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00101100
00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111
01110111 01101110 00101100 00001101 00001010 01010100 01101000 01100101
01111001 00100111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100
00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 01100111 01101111 01110100 01110100
01100101 01101110 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00001101 00001010
01010111 01101000 01100101 01101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100111
01100101 01110100 00100000 01100110 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000
01111001 01100001 00100000 01110111 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100
00100000 01110011 01100101 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 00001101
00001010 01001000 01100101 01110010 01100101 00100000 01100110 01101111
01110010 00100000 01100100 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100001 00001101
00001010 01001100 01101111 01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111
01110111 01101110 00101100 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011
00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00001101 00001010 01000100
01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111
01101011 00100000 00100111 01100101 01101101 00100000 01101001 01101110
00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100101 01111001 01100101
00001101 00001010 01001000 01101111 01110111 00100000 01101100 01101111
01101110 01100111 00101100 00100000 01101111 01101000 00100000 01001100
01101111 01110010 01100100 00001101 00001010 01000010 01100101 01100110
01101111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000
01101100 01100101 01110100 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100000 01100100
01101001 01100101 00111111 00001101 00001010 01001100 01101111 01101111
01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00101100 00100000
01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111
01101110 00101100 00001101 00001010 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100111
01101100 01101100 00100000 01100001 01101100 01110111 01100001 01111001
01110011 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110011
01101100 01100001 01110110 01100101 00001101 00001010 01001100 01101111
01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 00101100
00100000 01101100 01101111 01101111 01101011 00100000 01100100 01101111
01110111 01101110 00101100 00001101 00001010 01011001 01101111 01110101
00100111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110
01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000
01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100111 01110010 01100001
01110110 01100101 00101110


Which converts to:

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Look down, look down Don't look 'em in the eye Look down, look down, You're here until you die The sun is strong It's hot as hell below Look down, look down, There's twenty years to go I've done no wrong! Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer! Look down look down, Sweet Jesus doesn't care I know she'll wait, I know that she'll be true! Look down, look down, They've all forgotten you When I get free ya won't see me Here for dust! Look down, look down Don't look 'em in the eye How long, oh Lord Before you let me die? Look down, look down, You'll always be a slave Look down, look down, You're standing in your grave.


which is apparently a song from the musical LES MISERABLES.

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