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July 02, 2014, 03:26:11 PM |
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Just to make sure we all work with the same files and info.
"Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor."
2147129
Space.mp4
Right?
Correct This will (probably) lead to the password needed to open 2.7z
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Prospero
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July 02, 2014, 03:29:30 PM |
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This will (probably) lead to the password needed to open 2.7z
doh! i completely forget that hadn't been opened yet
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1Ja2AxA8hfFMrPwSTV9nP6kq7bp3f7x734
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July 02, 2014, 03:30:51 PM Last edit: July 02, 2014, 04:02:24 PM by mirth23 |
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mirth's roundup #83:
clues: - "Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor." - 2147129 (from Number.txt) - 8081-VA015 ODYSSEY (characters in the video from Space.mp4, also the album title this video is from) - Jul 2, 1980 00:02:18, unix timestamp: 331369338 (timestamp of again files - thanks Prospero) - Space.mp4 itself
possible next steps: - construct an IP/onion/web address - find a password to open 2.7z - extract something magical out of Space.mp4
as a side note, I am impressed with how many steps this puzzle has included. I feel like I could come back next week and catch up on the next dozen steps everyone has solved, and be on some new thing.
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Prospero
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July 02, 2014, 03:34:50 PM |
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mirth's roundup #83: - July 2, 1980 (timestamp of again files)
More specifically, it's: Jul 2, 1980 00:02:18 unix timestamp: 331369338
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1Ja2AxA8hfFMrPwSTV9nP6kq7bp3f7x734
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July 02, 2014, 03:42:22 PM |
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Can someone please post their 2.7z ?
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July 02, 2014, 03:43:48 PM |
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If you get the mods to delete my posts there's not much motivation in me posting the solution for Again.7z now is there?
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Prospero
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July 02, 2014, 03:46:31 PM |
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Speaking of dates, I find it suspicious that the last bit.ly link was created July 2: https://bitly.com/1rWkJl7+. All the other hints were created before the puzzle started. Edit: but OP has confirmed it's the correct file.
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1Ja2AxA8hfFMrPwSTV9nP6kq7bp3f7x734
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July 02, 2014, 03:49:43 PM Last edit: July 02, 2014, 06:32:16 PM by Kangaderoo |
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Since not all QR Code reader handle inverted images... thought I just post it here.... its still the one leading to http://qr.w69b.com/g/t2lFujr0I nothing new..sorry love these puzzle's, they remind me of movies like National Treasure, or Tv series like McGyver, CSI or NSCI ( rule 36 in particular )
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BTC:1NeoArmnGyWHKfbje9JNWqw3tquMY7jHCw
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July 02, 2014, 03:54:22 PM |
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ARGs are sometimes described as the first narrative art form native to the internet, because their storytelling relies on the two main activities conducted there: searching for information, and sharing information.To people who do not understand the concept.
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mirth23
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July 02, 2014, 04:00:35 PM |
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using ffmpeg I extracted the frames around the 2:18 point in the video, and there aren't any surprises that I can see. on a long shot I did a bit of spectral analysis on the same bit using audacity and it isn't any different than the rest of the song. I suspect the next step will be something more straightforward, using a combination of the data we've already discovered.
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July 02, 2014, 04:01:47 PM |
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just thoughts : space + odyssey = Space Odyssey ? if "2.7.1980 09:02:18 timestamp: 331369338" maybe "2147129 timestamp > January 25, 1970 > M*A*S*H premieres" : )
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July 02, 2014, 04:06:19 PM |
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Numbers to letters?
2147129
badgabi
Mean anything?
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July 02, 2014, 04:08:32 PM |
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just thoughts : space + odyssey = Space Odyssey ? if "2.7.1980 09:02:18 timestamp: 331369338" maybe "2147129 timestamp > January 25, 1970 > M*A*S*H premieres" : )
Space Odyssey was also my thought in the last minute!
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July 02, 2014, 04:10:00 PM |
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space + odyssey = Space Odyssey ?
which is the subtitle to the film 2001. hm! some context from the Cory Doctorow quote we blitzed by: ... Hackers blow through those countermeasures. The Xbox was cracked by a kid from MIT who wrote a best-selling book about it, and then the 360 went down, and then the short-lived Xbox Portable (which we all called the “luggable”—it weighed three pounds!) succumbed. The Universal was supposed to be totally bulletproof. The high school kids who broke it were Brazilian Linux hackers who lived in a favela—a kind of squatter’s slum. Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor. Once the Brazilians published their crack, we all went nuts on it. Soon there were dozens of alternate operating systems for the Xbox Universal. My favorite was ParanoidXbox, a flavor of ParanoidLinux. ParanoidLinux is an operating system that assumes that its operator is under assault from the government (it was intended for use by Chinese and Syrian dissidents), and it does everything it can to keep your communications and documents a secret. It even throws up a bunch of “chaff” communications that are supposed to disguise the fact that you’re doing anything covert. So while you’re receiving a political message one character at a time, ParanoidLinux is pretending to surf the Web and fill in questionnaires and flirt in chat rooms. Meanwhile, one in every five hundred characters you receive is your real message, a needle buried in a huge haystack. ...
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July 02, 2014, 04:13:16 PM |
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This puzzle is getting complicated
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July 02, 2014, 04:19:40 PM |
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yep, i'm getting totally lost
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Crowdfund a students life: 1MxQX4MsF3N3oGpawfgM72K5vzEPeLjTyR
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July 02, 2014, 04:22:29 PM |
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i think most of us are, because it's like 2 or 3 different loose ends. The quote above the bit.ly link, the number in the text file, the odyssey thing (which we've found but nothing to follow it up with), the file creation date of 1980 being weird. Which way to turn? lol
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(1470) <KLYE> But I was far too drunk to fuck a midget (1470) <KLYE> I will fuck a chicken for 250 btc
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July 02, 2014, 04:24:57 PM |
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*Hint for "Onion.7z":
- Match the identified platonic shapes to their designated elements in the correct order. Always apply Bitcoin protocol. Seem we might not be finished over here either...
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July 02, 2014, 04:26:33 PM |
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*Hint for "Onion.7z":
- Match the identified platonic shapes to their designated elements in the correct order. Always apply Bitcoin protocol. Seem we might not be finished over here either... means 2.7z is independent of Again.7z ?!
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Crowdfund a students life: 1MxQX4MsF3N3oGpawfgM72K5vzEPeLjTyR
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July 02, 2014, 04:34:03 PM |
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bahhh.. i had the order of the elements wrong. Its sha[sha[fireearthairetherwater]] a175b1d5f92f57acc6920f3e73869e0b154b8dd97249c84224eefbdd6bde2f77
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