AcidFingers and Diastres.
PASSWORD: WarPylol
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I told you she looked familiar!
(even though I can't spell, you got my meaning)
email me: [email protected]
and have that decoder ring standing by!
EXPLANATION BY DIA:
This is XX/Xy Version 2.0. Acidfingers and I spent many hours in Tachyon - er - #tachyon, discussing this. So much <3 to him.
We received thirteen dominoes and three stencils at the Petaluma: Revisited (Sixth) Drop.
The stencils were:
C, C, F
The dominoes were:
0/0, 0/1, 0/2, 0/5, 0/6, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 2/4, 2/5, 3/3, 3/4, 3/6
If we treated each number on the dominoes seperately, we'd get 26 values, plus the three letters, making 29. This would not give us valid hex, as we'd need an even number of values to get all the pairs.
Instead, we have to add together the two sides of the dominoes to get new values:
0+0 = 0
0+1 = 1
0+2 = 2
0+5 = 5
0+6 = 6
1+4 = 5
1+5 = 6
1+6 = 7
2+4 = 6
2+5 = 7
3+3 = 6
3+4 = 7
3+6 = 9
This way, the dominoes give us thirteen values. Add the three letters and we have sixteen. This is an even number, so we could go ahead, knowing that the end result will have eight characters. We know this because they pair off and 16/2=8.
Now, we'll take a look at my normal count.
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value | 0 1 2 5 6 7 9 C F
count | 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 2 1
** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
0 1 2 9 C C F
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*0 *1 *2 *9 *C *C *F **
Let's take a look at the letters. The only way they become alphanumeric characters is if they are fronted by a 4 or 6. 4 is unavailable to us, so that means we must have 6C 6C 6F.
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value | 0 1 2 5 6 7 9 C F
count | 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 0
*0 *1 *2 *9 6C 6C 6F **
l l o
Possible combinations to fit the rest:
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*0: 50=P, 70=p
*1: 51=Q, 61=a, 71=q
*2: 52=R, 62=b, 72=r
*9: 59=Y, 69=i, 79=y
**: 55=U, 56=V, 57=W, 65=e, 67=g, 75=u, 76=v, 77=w
The only possible uppercase letters are if 5 is the front of the hex pair. That means we can remove 55=U, 65=e and 75=u.
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*0: 50=P, 70=p
*1: 51=Q, 61=a, 71=q
*2: 52=R, 62=b, 72=r
*9: 59=Y, 69=i, 79=y
**: 56=V, 57=W, 67=g, 76=v, 77=w
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value | 0 1 2 5 6 7 9 C F
count | 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0
*0 61 *2 *9 6C 6C 6F **
a l l o
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value | 0 1 2 5 6 7 9 C F
count | 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0
*0 61 *2 *9 6C 6C 6F *7
a l l o
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*0: 50=P, 70=p
*2: 52=R, 72=r
*9: 59=Y, 79=y
*7: 57=W, 77=w
Code: Select all
value | 0 1 2 5 6 7 9 C F
count | 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0
*0 61 *2 *9 6C 6C 6F *7
a l l o
Pp Rr Yy Ww
Two will be capitalized and two will not, which means that no matter the combination, the count will drop to 0.
Tachyon updated her profile to include a character map, much like the one we got in the last XX/Xy problem:
XX XX XX XX XX Xy Xy Xy
Xs are numbers, ys are letters. The last three must be the llo. So what combinations are there?
llo
oll
lol
Then we have the rest: paryw. This can be anagrammed to warpy.
warpylol.
Acidfingers is actually the one who figured out what should be capitalized.
The password is WarPylol.
It makes the most sense to me, but I didn't know that it would be warpylol before he gave it. War is a word in itself, not to mention it was a tag in one of OpAphid's latest vids (I can't say exactly which one, as I am not connected to the internet at the moment.)
warpylol is part of ipod opera and is OpAphid's only friend. Refer to deagol's post for background information, as I really don't know anything about it myself.
If there are any further questions, please feel free to post and I will do my best to recall the answer.
Much <3 to acidfingers for staying up with me all night and figuring this out. I probably wouldn't have gotten it without him for a lot longer.
I'm not sure how much longer until the plane lands, but it's 5pm in Arizona. I'll post as soon as I get there. Maybe I'll take another nap. I've got 38% battery remaining, so I can't futz around on the computer. Hopefully I'll find an outlet in Chicago. FallingIntoSin tells me the airport I'm going to has free wifi. Let's hope!
Hello from Chicago! You guys are insane, I'm going to freeze. New Hampshire looks bleaker by the moment. I have commandeered an outlet (thank goodness). I didn't sleep afterall, and it might show. Did you know that David Hume says that you have no good reason to believe a cause you have witnessed many times with the same result will have the same result next time?
WHAT HAS BEEN TRIED:
A Dictionary Crack has been run -- it is NOT a word that can be found in the dictionary.
A 3 Letter Bruce Force has been run. The password is not three characters.
PASSWORDS TRIED:
044004783729
097360573640
097360573633
097360573626
027616125255
027616584137
126415112835137109114
10033
Bree
C64FB2835D7A91E
Cx6t4vFoBw2u8w3p5mDr7nAy9q1sEl
cfc
ccf
Daniel
Deja Vu
Dominos
domino's
Eskimo
Es-ki-mo
fcc
Flatmate
Flatmates
Gemma
GoodGollyItsHolly
GPS
Heathers
hijkl
IOOEE
Ishmael
Jiffy Pop
Johnny Mnemonic (all variations)
Jonas
JonasTKO
Judas
matchmaker
Moby Dick
LookFamilaar
lookfamilaar
LOOKFAMILAAR
Look Familaar
Look Familaar?
LOOK FAMILAAR?
lookfamilaar?
LookFamilaar?
Lordgreystoke422 (har har har)
Lucy
Tachyon
Thankyou
Thankyou.
Thank you.
Thank you
USATODAY
USAToday
usatoday
xtvouzwpmrnyqsl
Wanker
Yente
PLEASE NOTE THAT AFTER YOU UPDATE THIS THREAD WITH THE FAILED PASSWORDS I MAY UPDATE MY POST AND DELETE YOURS TO KEEP THE THREAD EASIER TO READ FOR THOSE TRYING TO BREAK THE PASSWORD AND ARE LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS.
