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Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby Ted » Nov 25th, '11, 11:33



If anyone can tell me what this means before the first of December then they get a really good prize worth over £10:

The puzzle is: 8c4f4dc53be80c03203e596eda22dcc7053955b5
The clue is: TalkMagic

Here are the rules:

1. No PMs please.
2. The answer will be clear to anyone. It will not be some obscure reference.
3. If you think that the answer is a set of co-ordinates, a MAC address or some other encoded entity, I'm interested in the entity* not a string of values.
4. The key to this is 'TalkMagic'. This is a crucial clue.

* What I mean by that is, I'd want to know what was at the location of the co-ords, the system that had the MAC address or the secret message encoded in the cypher text.

Some previous guesses and discussions are here. Please post further thoughts on this thread, though.

Last edited by Ted on Nov 25th, '11, 11:43, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Crack the code, win a prize

Postby Ste Porterfield » Nov 25th, '11, 11:39

This is to be know as "The Headache Thread­®" :D

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize

Postby Madelon Hoedt » Nov 25th, '11, 11:41

I'm working, I am, I really am..!

*continues marking coursework and NOT working on this, yes...!*

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize

Postby Ted » Nov 25th, '11, 11:43

Ste Porterfield wrote:This is to be know as "The Headache Thread­®" :D


Duly noted and changed :)

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize

Postby MiKo » Nov 25th, '11, 11:43

In a minute I'm going to use the heavy weapons (which usually invariably fails)...

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby Ste Porterfield » Nov 25th, '11, 11:47

I've tried logging in as Mandrake with that as a password but it didn't work... :wink:

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby MiKo » Nov 25th, '11, 12:15

I guess asking for another encoded string would be too much...

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby Ted » Nov 25th, '11, 12:21

MiKo wrote:I guess asking for another encoded string would be too much...


92dc00ca32e0

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby MiKo » Nov 25th, '11, 12:25

Ted wrote:
MiKo wrote:I guess asking for another encoded string would be too much...


92dc00ca32e0



Thanks, this is VERY useful

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby Rob » Nov 25th, '11, 12:45

46:75:63:6b:20:69:74:20:2d:20:49:20:67:69:76:65:20:75:70:21:21 :(

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby Ste Porterfield » Nov 25th, '11, 12:46

magicrob wrote:46:75:63:6b:20:69:74:20:2d:20:49:20:67:69:76:65:20:75:70:21:21 :(


Hehe. Leave it then come back to it, mate. You might return inspired!

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby Beardy » Nov 25th, '11, 14:03

abcdefghijklmnaopqrstuvwxyz12345678910

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby Ted » Nov 25th, '11, 14:10

Beardy wrote:abcdefghijklmnaopqrstuvwxyz12345678910


Well, you certainly know your ABCs* and how to count to 9 :)

* Apart from an error about half the way through!

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby MiKo » Nov 25th, '11, 14:33

Ted wrote:
Beardy wrote:abcdefghijklmnaopqrstuvwxyz12345678910


Well, you certainly know your ABCs* and how to count to 9 :)

* Apart from an error about half the way through!


I'd say that he can count up to 10!

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Re: Crack the code, win a prize (aka The Headache Thread­®)

Postby Ted » Nov 25th, '11, 14:41

MiKo wrote:
Ted wrote:
Beardy wrote:abcdefghijklmnaopqrstuvwxyz12345678910


Well, you certainly know your ABCs* and how to count to 9 :)

* Apart from an error about half the way through!


I'd say that he can count up to 10!


I'll concede that :)

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