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People keep mentioning hexadecimel, which is what I kept thinking. But there are some paired values that start with 0. As far as my knowledge (and research) it doesn't seem that there are hex values that start with a 0.
So though it might rule out hex at that point, I keep coming back to that after changing the values via another cipher.

Though, I think we are all going the wrong way and its something much simpler than that, something that a decypher wont decode, but something we need to work out. I think we are missing something. Or I could be completely wrong.

It's been cracked, anyway...

Oops, I must not have refreshed the page before I wrote that

Ted wrote:A clue for Ste and Lawrence:

59:6f:75:20:61:72:65:20:6f:6e:20:74:68:65:20:72:69:67:68:74:20:74:72:61:63:6b:2e:20:43:68:6f:6f:73:65:20:79:6f:75:72:20:61:6c:67:6f:72:69:74:68:6d:20:77:69:73:65:6c:79:2e:20:49:74:27:73:20:65:69:74:68:65:72:20:6f:6e:65:20:74:68:69:6e:67:20:6f:72:20:61:6e:6f:74:68:65:72:2e:2e:2e

This was HUGE! I didn't completely get it..

I want to thank Ted for the fun I had in the last two days. Although my work has suffered a bit

I tried to be fair and cryptic at the same time

Thanks...... a couple of days of my life I will never get back ... and I was only a few bits away from XOR ing the two strings.

Actually I learned a lot about cyphers and encryption/decryption techniques. An area I have never visited before.

Well Done A.N.T. and Thanks TED.

Nice work Ant!
Was kicking myself when I saw your solution.
It's like magic. Look for simplicity!

Len

Forgot to say well done to Ant!
I can't believe that while looking through ciphers, I saw XOR (which is what I'm also currently doing at uni!) and I dismissed it everytime.

So....when is the next one? I don't want a prize, I just want something to do at 3 o'clock in the morning when I cant sleep.
Maybe the baton (or wand) can be passed onto Ant now

Congratulations Ant, and thank you Ted!

Lawrence wrote:http://xkcd.com/153/" target="_blank

That site is brilliant!

A_n_t wrote:

Lawrence wrote:http://xkcd.com/153/" target="_blank

That site is brilliant!

I must've quoted an XKCD comic a couple of dozen times on here, and different ones too; there's a comic for every occassion it seems!

http://xkcd.com/833/
A personal favourite

This was put up in the office in one of my jobs (as a computer technician). http://xkcd.com/627/
Got to love xkcd.

A_n_t wrote:

Madelon Hoedt wrote:

Ted wrote:Yes. Yes you did. Well done. Your prize will be sent out this weekend. Congratulations!
If you want to explain the solution to all please do so.
And please PM me your address.
T.

Yay! Congrats Ant!

May we know what the prize is?

I do not know yet.

I have just given my address and been sent the slightly disturbing message that he will "Be in touch."

Are Blacks Ops people coming to my house to abduct/kill/vegetabilise me?

The prize is in transit. ETA: Wednesday. When the payload, I mean lovely package, arrives I'll leave it to Ant to choose whether or not to divulge the content...
T.

We need more puzzles Ted, here's whats keeping me busy atm.

http://www.canyoucrackit.co.uk/