Python Challenge ahead [NEW] for riddle lovers

[Dan Bishop]

Me too. I've tried making different images out of the even and the odd
pixels, but nothing interesting happened. I tried to combine both images
in various ways (using the Gimp), but that also seemed to be a dead

end.

You only got 2 images?

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Split them again to get 4 images with (even, even), (even, odd), (odd,
even), and (odd, odd) coordinates. Two of the resulting images will be
useful.

 

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

Now there's a 12 and a 13 (at least!).

Anyone solved 12? Hints?

thanks, Reinhold

 

[mstarzyk]

Any hints on level 6 ?
There is "zip" in the page source, "ZIp" in the
image data, but have no clue what to do with them
- tried many things .

Thanks,
Maciek

 

[John Hazen]

Any hints on level 6 ?
There is "zip" in the page source, "ZIp" in the
image data, but have no clue what to do with them
- tried many things .

Have you found the zip file yet?

(I did, and I still can't figure it out. I'm wondering if there are
comments embedded in the jpg that none of my viewers will show me.
Hmm, maybe there's a python module that does that... I'll play with it
more after I sleep on it.)

-John

 

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

Have you found the zip file yet?

(I did, and I still can't figure it out. I'm wondering if there are
comments embedded in the jpg that none of my viewers will show me.
Hmm, maybe there's a python module that does that... I'll play with it
more after I sleep on it.)

It's best when you use the zipfile module.

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Look carefully at the ZipInfo class for every file in the archive.

 

[Ganesan Rajagopal]

I am stuck on level 3. I've tried every re that I can think of. Some body
give me a clue.

Ganesan

 

[Maciek Starzyk]

Have you found the zip file yet?

Now I have it. Thanks

(I did, and I still can't figure it out. I'm wondering if there are
comments embedded in the jpg that none of my viewers will show me.
Hmm, maybe there's a python module that does that... I'll play with it
more after I sleep on it.)

Hint: Use Python module 'zipfile'

Thanks again,

 

[Roel Schroeven]

Have you found the zip file yet?

(I did, and I still can't figure it out. I'm wondering if there are
comments embedded in the jpg that none of my viewers will show me.
Hmm, maybe there's a python module that does that... I'll play with it
more after I sleep on it.)

-John

Possible spoiler, so ROT13'ed:

Qvq lbh frr naq ernq gur ernqzr.gkg va gur mvc svyr?

 

[Roel Schroeven]

end.

You only got 2 images?

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Is that on the original image, or the new one? I solved it with the new
one, but I'm still unable to do find the solution using the original one.

 

[darren kirby]

quoth the Ganesan Rajagopal:

I am stuck on level 3. I've tried every re that I can think of. Some body
give me a clue.

Ganesan

--
Ganesan Rajagopal

t = /text of page source.../
re.findall('[a-z][A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}[a-z]', t)

You should get ten results. Consider all ten together to get your solution...

-d
--
darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQBCdmecwPD5Cr/3CJgRAiIiAJ9qXXSxAhrmeZh55tN8Z3FwNnASCQCgt69S
wF6VJvjLybCK8Dd48IB0H4Y=
=hkOr
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[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

quoth the Ganesan Rajagopal:

I am stuck on level 3. I've tried every re that I can think of. Some body
give me a clue.

Ganesan

--
Ganesan Rajagopal

t = /text of page source.../
re.findall('[a-z][A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}[a-z]', t)

You should get ten results. Consider all ten together to get your solution...

Somehow writing '[a-z]{1}' is strange...

Reinhold

 

[John Hazen]

It's best when you use the zipfile module.

Cool. I had just unzipped the zipfile, and was looking at the files
directly. The comments weren't added to the files in the OS, so I was
only thinking about jpeg comments (since the photo was also a "zip").

I love the way this challenge is making me poke into pieces of the
library I've never used before.

-John

 

[darren kirby]

quoth the Reinhold Birkenfeld:

Somehow writing '[a-z]{1}' is strange...

Reinhold

t = /text of page source.../
re.findall('[a-z][A-Z]{3}[a-z][A-Z]{3}[a-z]', t)

Sorry dude! When it comes to logic puzzles I am easily frustrated, and that
leads to unclear thinking...

-d
--
darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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67wCuQbJs6EbVcNxN3eLlls=
=YoGT
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[Dan Christensen]

Anyone solved 12? Hints?

**hint below**


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Look at the filename for the first image you see, and make a guess at
another filename.

Dan

 

[Dan Christensen]

Now there's a 12 and a 13 (at least!).

Any hints for level 13? I know how to make a call, but don't know "who"
to call.

Dan

 

[Ganesan Rajagopal]

quoth the Ganesan Rajagopal:

I am stuck on level 3. I've tried every re that I can think of. Some body
give me a clue.

Ganesan

--
Ganesan Rajagopal

t = /text of page source.../
re.findall('[a-z][A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}[a-z]', t)

You should get ten results. Consider all ten together to get your
solution...

Ah, thanks. I tried having both sides identical, no results. Then I tried
the above re but stopped at the first result :-(.

Ganesan

 

[Dan Bishop]

**hint below**

Look at the filename for the first image you see,

You mean "evil1.jpg"?

and make a guess at another filename.

I've made tons of guesses, but none of them worked :-(

 

[John Hazen]

You mean "evil1.jpg"?
yup.


I've made tons of guesses, but none of them worked :-(

Hmmm. The title of the html page is "dealing evil". If you were
playing war instead of solitaire, how would you change how you deal the
cards?

-John

P.S. - I think I've found everything, but still haven't figured out what
to do with it. No hints yet, though. I want to think about it some
more...

 

[Dan Bishop]

Hmmm. The title of the html page is "dealing evil". If you were
playing war instead of solitaire, how would you change how you deal the
cards?

Well, I'd deal them into 2 piles, and...

Damn! That was an obscure hint!

Now, how do I open *.gfx files?

 

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

Well, I'd deal them into 2 piles, and...

Damn! That was an obscure hint!

Now, how do I open *.gfx files?

You don't directly.

Hint: gfx stands for?

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