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High Complexity: A John Cusack Puzzle

2006-12-13T17:23:01Z

201.242.31.253: /* poly[amorous] sub[missive]? [u wish!] */

== Profile Update ==
Around 5:45am PST, [[Tachyon]] had a profile update, which read:

'''"Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."'''

'''///'''

'''Lately, I am not having the easiest time with the situation i am in. But i can handle it, right? What other choice do I have?'''

'''///'''

'''Oh, and if you think you can beat Stalin (because he's a punk)... http://the-K12.redirectme.net/''' 

And at the very bottom, under the 'About Me' section, was this: 
'''d3c0d3 4 k3y / c0d3d 1n70 l337 5p34k 17 3qu4l5 'T'''' 

===First Quote===
"Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn." 
Is from “Better Off Dead” (1985) –the same year that the movied from Tach’s last profile quote was produced. This movie, like “The Sure Thing,” also stars John Cusack.

== The Leet Speak ==
The [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=leet+speak leet speak]: 
'''d3c0d3 4 k3y / c0d3d 1n70 l337 5p34k 17 3qu4l5 'T'''' 
Translates to: 
'''decode a key / coded into leet speak it equals 'T'''' 

It is believed that perhaps the number '7' will be key for a code later on because 7 coded into leet speak is 'T.'

== The Craigslist Post ==
The redirectme link brought us to yet another craiglist site: 
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/x/mis/242500710.html 
Bagged like my favorite character in Mallrats. - w4m

After Mallrats, I finally watched that crap mid-90s movie on cable. The one you love with the dude from Dogstar.
I can't believe you actually spent your hard-earned money on something that awful! I am still going to keep quoting
that one line from the trailer though. Ask me how I do it, that's totally my answer!

If you check the page's source you get the following color codes and a hidden link:

"000000" "000000" "636173" "73616e" "647261" "206875" "676865" "732020" "000000" "000000" "706f6c" "795b61" "6d6f72"
"6f7573" "5d2073" "75625b" "6d6973" "736976" "655d3f" "205b75" "207769" "736821" "5d2020" "000000" "000000" "75206d"
"617920" "62205b" "726f75" "67686c" "795d20" "333231" "383620" "6b696c" "6f6d65" "746572" "732061" "776179" "206275"
"747420" "657965" "206361" "6e2063" "207961" "000000" "000000" "747572" "6e2069" "74206f" "757420" "676f20" "5f2033"
"362033" "342020" "000000" "000000" "537570" "657242" "6f7920" "666974" "747920" "666f27" "000000" "000000"
"http://www.snapdrive.net/files/229709/4U.jpg"
The color code's hex turned out to be: 
cassandra hughes
poly[amorous] sub[missive]? [u wish!]
u may b [roughly] 32186 kilometers away butt eye can c ya
turn it out go _ 36 34
SuperBoy fitty fo'

===Mallrats Character===
Tachyon was referring to TJ Quint (Played by Jeremy London in the movie)
Quint means five -- Tachyon was trying to tell us that this puzzle with be bagged five times. You can see that there are five different parts to the hex message from the craigslist posting. Each line is a clue that will tell you how to decode the message.

===Cassandra Hughes===
A character in a British show called "Hex". 
Decode from Hex and proceed

===poly[amorous] sub[missive]? [u wish!]===
Poly-alphabetic substitution 
Vigenere Cipher 
Clue: d3c0d3 4 k3y / c0d3d 1n70 l337 5p34k 17 3qu4l5 'T' 
Decode a key / coded into leet speak it equals 7 
Any imporant numbers to Tachyon? 
10033 = 7 
Into leet iooee 
Use iooee as the key and proceed.

===u may b [roughly] 32186 kilometers away butt eye can c ya===
32186km = 20000 miles 
Similar to lyrics in an NSync song called “Digital Get Down.” 
Digital language = Binary 
Decode and proceed

===turn it out go _ 36 34===
Similar to a Rob Base song called “Turn it out (go 'base')” 
Base 64 
Decode and proceed

===SuperBoy fitty fo===
In the comic "SuperBoy," issue #54, a character called "Hex" is turned from a man to a woman. 
Hexidecimal again 
Decode and interpret

== The Fake Picture ==
Within the craigslist page's source code, a hidden link was found: 
http://www.snapdrive.net/files/229709/4U.jpg 
If followed, this link led to a blank .jpg file named '4U'. This actually happened to be a RAR file, and within it was a file named "havefun." 
It was encoded several times (hex then base64 then binary then hex where the letters were encoded with a Vingere cipher and finally ASCII), but the hex was finally discovered. It can be viewed here: 
http://www.acidfingers.com/hosted/unknown_code-12-01.txt 
Then, once that was decoded from Hex, a message was discovered: 
[[Image:12-01Reveresed.jpg]] 
'''That reversed is:''' 
[[Image:12-01UnReversed.jpg]] 

'''Once cleaned up (Thanks to sphinx), it comes out to be:''' 

Did I ever tell you that as a child I always wanted to go to Disneyland? I would pester my parents, but they kept saying we couldn't travel that far "because of my sister's obligations." I hated her for that. I hated her so much. 

I bet you know what that's like--in fact, I know you do. It keeps you awake at night, that anger that you can't let go of...all because someone drilled into your head a sense of inferiority. 

It isn't that the other person is better than you. It's that the situation helps you convince yourself that they might be, and you’re deathly afraid that they are. 

Knowing what you dealt with awhile back really helped me put things in perspective. It helped me make peace with that part of my past, because I realized that my sister was never the enemy. There are other people to blame for creating that situation, but I also blame myself for not even trying to do anything about it except act like a spoiled brat. 

But your situation is different in many ways…it’s almost the opposite actually. Although from what you’ve told me, maturity was neither of your strong suits (so at least we have that in common). Still, I know that how it all played out left a really bad taste in your mouth that you’ll probably carry around for the rest of your adulthood (the same way I held onto mine to the point where it almost ruined what little childhood I could cling to). 

And yes, you can at least feel better about blaming yourself for the mess you got yourself into because a lot of it was actually your fault. (I may suck at sympathy, but writing it out really does wonders for my own issues LOL). 

However, there might be an opportunity for you to resolve some of these feelings that you are still carrying around, or at the very least maybe settle the score. I’ll tell you more about it in a few days, once I do a little more research, because I want to be absolutely sure--plus there's another pressing task at hand that needs to be dealt with, once and for all. 

I don’t want to ruin the surprise, and you shouldn’t get your hopes up yet, but I will tell you this much: We’re not going on vacation and no one is going to Disneyland, but if what I suspect turns out to be true, well...it damn well proves that it’s a small world after all. 

==External Links==
[http://lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3558 Update discussion thread.]

[[Category:OpAphid]]

Adventures in New Phone Lines: The Musical

2006-11-21T02:05:49Z

201.242.31.253: /* 10033 */

This one takes a few turns so bear with me. 
SUPER THANKS to Romanceismusic for the summary thread! 

==Mash Up==
[[Tachyon]] updated her profile with the message: "OMFG. I need to find a better phone line." 

When Tachyons phone ([[(213) 814-2839]]) was called, A message of jumbled up song clips is heard: 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGDpl6rhw4 Listen here] 

There are 13 song clips: 

1. Weezer - Pink Triangle 
2. Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground 
3. Rob Base - It Takes Two 
4. Dashboard Confessional - Age Six Racer 
5. Third Eye Blind - Losing A Whole Year 
6. Blind Melon - Three is a Magic Number 
7. Nine Inch Nails - Down In It 
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Zero 
9. Metallica - One 
10. Coheed and Cambria - Three Evils 
11. Tsunami bomb - Negative One to Ten 
12. Hole - Use Once and Destroy 
13. Violent Femmes - Add It Up 

When the numbers from the titles and songs are reversed you get [[(310) 933-6263]]. 

It's a voicemail message from “brother”. 
[http://www.acidfingers.com/music/voicemail-11-15.mp3 Listen here] 

"so you've figured out my little mash-up, well done. Bad news is I can't get online still, I've spent forever on the phone with AOL tech support. she kept telling me to right click and I was like 'listen lady, I've written out the word click over 100 times now and it's still doing nothing how many more times do you want me to write it. she said maybe I don't have the right software and I was like look, I got the software brand new with double bags and everything. so she tried to redirect me to another line, what's up with that? worst of all though I think I’m going out of my mind, I’ve been to like 100 computer stores this week and none of them sell a keyboard or computer with an any key on it. I hope you're doing well, mom and dad said if you aren't back in a couple weeks I can keep your stuff."

==Craigslists and Algebra==
When the message is looked over… a certain line stands out from the rest… 

So she tried to redirect me to another line. What's up with that? Worst of all though, I think I'm going out of my mind. I've been to like eight different computer stores this week. None of them even sell a computer or keyboard that has an "any" key on it. 

When that sentence is put together, you get the URL: 
[http://anotherline.redirectme.net http://anotherline.redirectme.net] 

Which takes you to Craig list post: 
[http://losangeles.craigslist.org/x/wst/mis/235437163.html http://losangeles.craigslist.org/x/wst/mis/235437163.html] 

The Craigslist post was titled: How could a righteous babe like you be lonely? - m4w 

Love spreads her arms, waits there for the nails 
I forgive you boy, I will prevail 
Too much time to take, some cross to bear 
I'm hiding in the trees with a picnic, she's over there 
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah 
She didn't scream, she didn't make a sound 
I forgive you boy, but don't leave town 
Cold black skin, naked in the rain 
Hammer flash in the lightning 
They're hurting her again 
Let me put you in the picture 
Let me show you what I mean 
The messiah is my sister 
Ain't no king man she's my queen 
I have a dream, I've seen the light 
Don’t put it out, say she's alright 
Yeah she's my sister... 

To solve: 
Pulled scource code 
Hex to ASCII 
Base64 

A. Song #6: Count every instance where the number # in the title is mentioned. 
B. Song #4: Count every *female* vocal mention of summer. 
C. Song #10: Count the number of times there is a mention of "pull the trigger." 
D. Song #2: Before the first time one hopes to fall from grace, add up the number of separate instances a male appears to issue a count-off. 
E. Song #9: Total the number of things specified as being taken (taking quantity into account). 
F. Song #8: Total the # of times her numerical worth is mentioned. 
G. Song #9: Total # of instances that the # in this song's title is mentioned. 
H. Song #3: Total every 2 that is mentioned, before it's time to get loose. 
I. Song #3: Add up the 1's mentioned. Any 1 counts, but "ones" don't. 
J. Song #7: # of times the song title is mentioned. 
K. Song #5: Total the days of each year, as if the mention of each counts as a seperate loss. Take into account that there'd be two leap years. Days in bed never count as a loss. Each mention gains you an additional week. All combined, how many days are lost? 
L. Song #6: Add up every number mentioned that is NOT the # in the title of the song. 
M. Song #13: How many times is the title repeated in the song. And then? See title. 
N. Song #12: "Might as well," how many times? 
O. Song #11: Total the # of things music saves you from. 
P. Song #1: The song's title is repeated how many times in the song? 
Q. Song #3: Add 1 to the # mentioned in the song title. How many times is *that* # mentioned in the song? 
All done with that part? Redirect to what we do if it's wack... 

If it's wack...put it back 

This led to the Craig list post: 
[http://putitback.redirectme.net http://putitback.redirectme.net] 

This led to: 
[http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/x/mis/235420629.html http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/x/mis/235420629.html] 

Craigslist post: 
Her? Mm-hmm. And him? Mmmm-hm. That makes sense. - m4w 

faded in the blackout you left me in 
it's safer on the outside 
I'm swimming in 
this kerosene it's hard to breathe 
statics got me down 
I can't sleep 
I'm disconnected 
everything went wrong 
and certain stars 
are sad and bruised like 
someone's cheating heart 

U. Divide A by B, and then subtract C. 
V. Multiply D squared by E, and then add F. 
X. X equals G. 
Y. Subtract I from H, then divide the remainder by J. 
Z. Add M to N, then separately add O, P, and Q. Multiply the two totals. Subtract *that* total from the sum of adding K to L. 

Work it. 

Lay it down "UVZXY" 
Then flip it (or reverse it). 

Scalare created a Spreadsheet in order to help sort the math: 
[[Image:Chart.jpg]] 

The puzzle was solved (refer to spreadsheet above). From this, the number [[(310) 933-5901]] was found. 

The VM on this number was: 
[http://www.acidfingers.com/music/voicemail-11-16.mp3 http://www.acidfingers.com/music/voicemail-11-16.mp3] 

'''TRANSCRIPT:'''
*Numbers dialed* (10033) 

They've had me shadowed since I got your signal two weeks ago. 
I've had to stay put. 
I'm pretty sure they're monitoring my lines so I cant use my phone or the computer. 
I'm at a pay phone right now. 
I just cant seem to shake these guys for very long. 

I was able to hit up an internet cafe and go online. 

Looks like you made a few friends. 
I tried passing along the message to that kid. 
It turns out he hasn’t shown up for his JC classes in over a week. 
His mom says he’s on a camping trip. 

Black Lincoln just came up the street, it might be a while 

*Numbers dialed* (411) 

Hi, information? 
I was wondering if you might be able to direct me to a store that sells a keyboard or computer that features an any key? 
Well, I've been trying to install AOL but it keeps saying press "any" key but I don’t see an "any" key. 

Oh, so you mean I can press any key. 
They should really be a little more clear about this. 

*Beep*

==Profile Update==
Tachyon updated her profile to say: 

“For my "Brother": 
Now I've got "It Takes Two" and "Three is a Magic Number" stuck in my head. OMFG, I hate you! BTW, nice movie quotes, dork!”

==10033==
The numbers [[10033]] have been solved as a [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=10033 youtube] account. 

The videos on "brothers" youtube page are several months old, but the tags seemed to have had hexidecimal code in them. The hexidecimal translates into a set of anagrams: 

From 3-2-1 Contact, we have: 
43 4c 41 4e 47 4152 434c 49 44 
Which translates into: 
CLANGARCLID 
Which anagrams into: 
CALLING CARD 

From Sparks are flying, we have: 
49 53 494e 56 4f 4944 
Which translates into: 
ISINVOID 
Which anagrams into: 
DIVISION (although we aren't completely sure about that right now. It makes the most sense.) 

From Misdirected. Lost Visual in the Burn Out, we have: 
48 45 53 4554 4c 49 47 4854 4f 56 4552 44 4547 52 4545 
which translates into: 
HESETLIGHTOVERDEGREE 
Which anagrams into: 
DOES HE EVER GET THE GIRL (Lyric line in the Dashboard Confessional song "This Ruined Puzzle")

==Notes==
How could a righteous babe like you be lonely? - Adventures in Babysitting 
Her? Mm-hmm. And him? Mmmm-hm. That makes sense. - Better Off Dead

Adventures in New Phone Lines: The Musical

2006-11-21T02:05:08Z

201.242.31.253: /* 10033 */

This one takes a few turns so bear with me. 
SUPER THANKS to Romanceismusic for the summary thread! 

==Mash Up==
[[Tachyon]] updated her profile with the message: "OMFG. I need to find a better phone line." 

When Tachyons phone ([[(213) 814-2839]]) was called, A message of jumbled up song clips is heard: 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGDpl6rhw4 Listen here] 

There are 13 song clips: 

1. Weezer - Pink Triangle 
2. Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground 
3. Rob Base - It Takes Two 
4. Dashboard Confessional - Age Six Racer 
5. Third Eye Blind - Losing A Whole Year 
6. Blind Melon - Three is a Magic Number 
7. Nine Inch Nails - Down In It 
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Zero 
9. Metallica - One 
10. Coheed and Cambria - Three Evils 
11. Tsunami bomb - Negative One to Ten 
12. Hole - Use Once and Destroy 
13. Violent Femmes - Add It Up 

When the numbers from the titles and songs are reversed you get [[(310) 933-6263]]. 

It's a voicemail message from “brother”. 
[http://www.acidfingers.com/music/voicemail-11-15.mp3 Listen here] 

"so you've figured out my little mash-up, well done. Bad news is I can't get online still, I've spent forever on the phone with AOL tech support. she kept telling me to right click and I was like 'listen lady, I've written out the word click over 100 times now and it's still doing nothing how many more times do you want me to write it. she said maybe I don't have the right software and I was like look, I got the software brand new with double bags and everything. so she tried to redirect me to another line, what's up with that? worst of all though I think I’m going out of my mind, I’ve been to like 100 computer stores this week and none of them sell a keyboard or computer with an any key on it. I hope you're doing well, mom and dad said if you aren't back in a couple weeks I can keep your stuff."

==Craigslists and Algebra==
When the message is looked over… a certain line stands out from the rest… 

So she tried to redirect me to another line. What's up with that? Worst of all though, I think I'm going out of my mind. I've been to like eight different computer stores this week. None of them even sell a computer or keyboard that has an "any" key on it. 

When that sentence is put together, you get the URL: 
[http://anotherline.redirectme.net http://anotherline.redirectme.net] 

Which takes you to Craig list post: 
[http://losangeles.craigslist.org/x/wst/mis/235437163.html http://losangeles.craigslist.org/x/wst/mis/235437163.html] 

The Craigslist post was titled: How could a righteous babe like you be lonely? - m4w 

Love spreads her arms, waits there for the nails 
I forgive you boy, I will prevail 
Too much time to take, some cross to bear 
I'm hiding in the trees with a picnic, she's over there 
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah 
She didn't scream, she didn't make a sound 
I forgive you boy, but don't leave town 
Cold black skin, naked in the rain 
Hammer flash in the lightning 
They're hurting her again 
Let me put you in the picture 
Let me show you what I mean 
The messiah is my sister 
Ain't no king man she's my queen 
I have a dream, I've seen the light 
Don’t put it out, say she's alright 
Yeah she's my sister... 

To solve: 
Pulled scource code 
Hex to ASCII 
Base64 

A. Song #6: Count every instance where the number # in the title is mentioned. 
B. Song #4: Count every *female* vocal mention of summer. 
C. Song #10: Count the number of times there is a mention of "pull the trigger." 
D. Song #2: Before the first time one hopes to fall from grace, add up the number of separate instances a male appears to issue a count-off. 
E. Song #9: Total the number of things specified as being taken (taking quantity into account). 
F. Song #8: Total the # of times her numerical worth is mentioned. 
G. Song #9: Total # of instances that the # in this song's title is mentioned. 
H. Song #3: Total every 2 that is mentioned, before it's time to get loose. 
I. Song #3: Add up the 1's mentioned. Any 1 counts, but "ones" don't. 
J. Song #7: # of times the song title is mentioned. 
K. Song #5: Total the days of each year, as if the mention of each counts as a seperate loss. Take into account that there'd be two leap years. Days in bed never count as a loss. Each mention gains you an additional week. All combined, how many days are lost? 
L. Song #6: Add up every number mentioned that is NOT the # in the title of the song. 
M. Song #13: How many times is the title repeated in the song. And then? See title. 
N. Song #12: "Might as well," how many times? 
O. Song #11: Total the # of things music saves you from. 
P. Song #1: The song's title is repeated how many times in the song? 
Q. Song #3: Add 1 to the # mentioned in the song title. How many times is *that* # mentioned in the song? 
All done with that part? Redirect to what we do if it's wack... 

If it's wack...put it back 

This led to the Craig list post: 
[http://putitback.redirectme.net http://putitback.redirectme.net] 

This led to: 
[http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/x/mis/235420629.html http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/x/mis/235420629.html] 

Craigslist post: 
Her? Mm-hmm. And him? Mmmm-hm. That makes sense. - m4w 

faded in the blackout you left me in 
it's safer on the outside 
I'm swimming in 
this kerosene it's hard to breathe 
statics got me down 
I can't sleep 
I'm disconnected 
everything went wrong 
and certain stars 
are sad and bruised like 
someone's cheating heart 

U. Divide A by B, and then subtract C. 
V. Multiply D squared by E, and then add F. 
X. X equals G. 
Y. Subtract I from H, then divide the remainder by J. 
Z. Add M to N, then separately add O, P, and Q. Multiply the two totals. Subtract *that* total from the sum of adding K to L. 

Work it. 

Lay it down "UVZXY" 
Then flip it (or reverse it). 

Scalare created a Spreadsheet in order to help sort the math: 
[[Image:Chart.jpg]] 

The puzzle was solved (refer to spreadsheet above). From this, the number [[(310) 933-5901]] was found. 

The VM on this number was: 
[http://www.acidfingers.com/music/voicemail-11-16.mp3 http://www.acidfingers.com/music/voicemail-11-16.mp3] 

'''TRANSCRIPT:'''
*Numbers dialed* (10033) 

They've had me shadowed since I got your signal two weeks ago. 
I've had to stay put. 
I'm pretty sure they're monitoring my lines so I cant use my phone or the computer. 
I'm at a pay phone right now. 
I just cant seem to shake these guys for very long. 

I was able to hit up an internet cafe and go online. 

Looks like you made a few friends. 
I tried passing along the message to that kid. 
It turns out he hasn’t shown up for his JC classes in over a week. 
His mom says he’s on a camping trip. 

Black Lincoln just came up the street, it might be a while 

*Numbers dialed* (411) 

Hi, information? 
I was wondering if you might be able to direct me to a store that sells a keyboard or computer that features an any key? 
Well, I've been trying to install AOL but it keeps saying press "any" key but I don’t see an "any" key. 

Oh, so you mean I can press any key. 
They should really be a little more clear about this. 

*Beep*

==Profile Update==
Tachyon updated her profile to say: 

“For my "Brother": 
Now I've got "It Takes Two" and "Three is a Magic Number" stuck in my head. OMFG, I hate you! BTW, nice movie quotes, dork!”

==10033==
The numbers [[10033]] have been solved as a [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=10033 youtube] account. 

The videos on "brothers" youtube page are several months old, but the tags seemed to have had hexidecimal code in them. The hexidecimal translates into a set of anagrams: 

From 3-2-1 Contact, we have: 
43 4c 41 4e 47 4152 434c 49 44 
Which translates into: 
CLANGARCLID 
Which anagrams into: 
CALLING CARD 

From Sparks are flying, we have: 
49 53 494e 56 4f 4944 
Which translates into: 
ISINVOID 
Which anagrams into: 
DIVISION (although we aren't completely sure about that right now. It makes the most sense.) 

From Misdirected. Lost Visual in the Burn Out, we have: 
48 45 53 4554 4c 49 47 4854 4f 56 4552 44 4547 52 4545 
which translates into: 
HESETLIGHTOVERDEGREE
Which anagrams into: 
DOES HE EVER GET THE GIRL (Lyric line in the Dashboard Confessional song "This Ruined Puzzle")

==Notes==
How could a righteous babe like you be lonely? - Adventures in Babysitting 
Her? Mm-hmm. And him? Mmmm-hm. That makes sense. - Better Off Dead