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This [^] online unzip is working if you would like to attempt to solve early. Or you can wait until the next stage is openly revealed.
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that "thinks" for a while, then shows a tick mark - then repeats (indefinitely?). Still says "Extracting...". At no stage can I click on "Your files" to see the extracted info, or indeed do anything else...
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Hi Richard I used ezyzip.com and it extracted a file instruction.asm with the following in
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Thanks, I just got it from the link Randor gave me. But with all those fixed jump addresses it will not compile, so I am clueless as to what it means.
However, to be fair to @Randor, it is clever, and he must have given it a lot of thought.
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The fact that the x86 instructions might be gibberish is useful information and could be an indicator that it's simply another layer of indirection.
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It's obviously: CONSPIRACY THEORY.
The fact that the number of letters doesn't fit is entirely consistent with conspiracy theory 'logic'!
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With that much directives we will be here all day
Nice one!
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Have you solved it ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I believe I did...
Now seeing the solution - I did!
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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The answer is easy now, which probably explains why you hid it.
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Yes,
But the real question here is... was it in your dictionary?
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Randor wrote: was it in your dictionary? Oddly enough I did not need to look.
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What's the answer ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Follow Randor's assembler link and then print the resulting characters.
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I did go to the site and pasted the code into the left pane - what do you have to do to assemble it ?
Edit
I see it now I was thinking so deep I thought it was a status message
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Solved!
Please find my answer (and the solution) hidden in my profile.
Or just take my word for it and declare me the winner.
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I just fed your avatar into my QR reader and your answer was wrong, and also NSFW or my granddaughter.
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Converted to ASCII
Our instinct assembles command
Instruction - which I dismissed as the filename contained it
V good clue though
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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pkfox wrote: Instruction - which I dismissed as the filename contained it I find it amusing that several members have implied that this clue took alot of work and effort. I spent less than 60 seconds constructing it.
The amalgamation of GIF and ZIP was done simply by using:
copy /B pic.gif+instruction.zip newpic.gif
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Randor wrote: several members have implied that this clue took alot of work and effort. Only because we had no idea what we were supposed to do. And when the unzipping did not work, and we could not assemble the code, well ...
However, I applaud your creativity.
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Everyday is groundhog day here on codeproject. It doesn't hurt to have something new every once in a while. I've got some other ideas for the CCC... maybe some math equations and maybe something spatially encoded into music notation.
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He plays in a higher "Knowledge League" than many CP Users.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
modified 26-Jan-21 8:31am.
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Or his is better than the one we smoke.
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