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Sad Panda
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 Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:00 pm Post subject: [PUZZLE][SOLVED] 12-13 "A Tiny Project" (Step 5) |
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Approx. 7PM (PST) on 12-13-06, Tachyon updated her profile:
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To my "Brother" :
Step 5: A tiny project.
MzczMTMzMzYzNjYxMzczMzMzMzgzNz M5 |
Decoding it with Base64, you get:
| Code: | | 373133363661373333383739 |
Put that through your hex decoder, and you get:
then hex it again and it ends up as:
Reverse it and it's a tinyurl:
http://tinyurl.com/y8sj6q
Which takes you to:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/languagelessons/x.jpg
Which is this:
About an hour later, Tachyon updated:
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[ a tiny hint: jx62t ]
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URL:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/languagelessons/xx.jpg
Which is:
The first picture has been found on this website:
http://www.rubberdream.com/Catalog/Brads/25_silver_round_brads_1941621.htm
The second picture has been found on this website:
http://www.hermann-uwe.de/photoblog/scissors?size=_original
Noteworthy theories:
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| SurrealisticPill wrote: |
so i think this means we have to cut out a wheel, write the code around the edges, and cut out another smaller wheel, write the other code around the edges of that one, and attach them in the center with a brad.
should give up a decoder wheel/ring. |
| deagol wrote: |
Here's my take on this tiny project:
x=o
xx=oo (confirmation of x=o)
So, take your decoder ring and match x in one ring with o in the other ring by shifting them. Now, there's two ways of doing this:
| Code: | Movies C64FB2835D7A91E
Ring xtvouzwpmrnyqsl
---------|--------------
Loveline onzsymtvpqlwurx
Ring D61A5EF4793B8C2
^
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match
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or
| Code: | Movies C64FB2835D7A91E
Ring xtvouzwpmrnyqsl
------------|-----------
Loveline wurxonzsymtvpql
Ring B8C2D61A5EF4793
^
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match
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So, now we can decode any letter in one ring to the corresponding letter in the other.
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| Tiltingwindward wrote: | We know that this step is called "A Tiny Project." The tiny is a reference to tinyurl, of course, which is how we found this pictures in the first place. But the project part would make a lot more sense if this was the step where we physically put together the two halves of our decoder ring.
In the chat, we've been talking about the very small ruler that is concealed near the top of the scissors picture. It's certainly not there in the original, and I think we have to assume that it's meant for us to use. But if we're building a decoder ring, then the ruler might come in handy so that we know which set of letters/numbers goes on the outside of the ring, and which set goes on the inner. That is, if x.jpeg stands for one set of letters/numbers, and the ruler shows that the diameter of the brad is smaller than the diameter of the scissors in xx.jpeg (which would stand for the other set of letters/numbers), then we would know that the x.jpeg set of letters/numbers goes on the inside of the decoder ring.
See where I'm going with this? |
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mourningbelle
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Decoding it with Base64, you get:
373133363661373333383739
Put that through your hex decoder, and you get:
71366a733879
then hex it again and it ends up as:
q6js8y
It was assumed that it was either a tinyurl.com or tinypic.com url, but neither work...
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| damn, one minute too late! I guess I'll just confirm mourning belle's answer. it's the same that I got |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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Is that a hat?
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girlAnachronism
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent work sparky!
Though the picture is about as clear as mud.
A fingerprint, perchance?
Here's the pic:
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Not a finger print, but looks like a picture of a hat taken from above. Though, it does oddly look like an eye.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| That is by far the weirdest hat I've seen. It almost resembles a petri dish...but I'm supposed to be doing my science homework so my brain might just be screwing with me... |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I think it looks sort of like a button. I feel like I faintly see writing, but maybe I'm crazy. Also do you notice the slight red/green separation? bad camera or a clue? |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Sadly I have no art programs other than paint so my attempts to zoom in and revert the colors resulted in no revelations. Anyone else want to try? |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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See to me it looks like a really shiny button. The background looks like a fuzzy sweater. Not sure of course but it's strange non the less.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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Look at the photobucket url:
i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/languagelessons/x.jpg
Could the album name be a page number?
[EDIT -- No that's automated. I ate a brain tumor for breakfast. My bad.]
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| been screwing with the picture in photoshop. No luck yet. |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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What does "language lessons" mean?
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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I typed in languagelessons in the search engine on Photobucket, its someone's photobucket account name...
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