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[slg47]

20...stuck with red herrings

I'm just on that right now too. I'm guessing the title is a hint to wrap the text?
ETA There's a hint in the source code

says to check the spoilers?? ETA i was assuming puzzle spoilers but maybe movies???

Nope, it means puzzle spoilers. Where has there been a link for spoilers?

Also, it doesn't have anything to do with wrapping text, though the title does give some of it away.

Slg, did you see my hint above?

the puzzle spoilers are on the 'where you've been' page...but that page won't load in my browser? the title told me to anagram, which is where I got 'red herrings'...

ETA it's not supposed to load? it just keeps refreshing...is the clue 'recursion'

 

[elrohwen]

It will keep refreshing until you "stop" it.

 

[mayerling]

Help! I'm stuck on the unicode level. I tried to find what the numbers are supposed to correspond to. Are there supposed to be two "SP" in there?

 

[Porridge]

It will keep refreshing until you "stop" it.

Am I supposed to be on the "...dirty/room/" page now?

 

[Porridge]

Help! I'm stuck on the unicode level. I tried to find what the numbers are supposed to correspond to. Are there supposed to be two "SP" in there?

Which level is that again Mayerling? What's the title? I'll go back and try I can't remember now!

 

[slg47]

ok...but going to the link in the source code...apparently it's not the right time?

 

[elrohwen]

It will keep refreshing until you "stop" it.

Am I supposed to be on the "...dirty/room/" page now?

Yes! That's your answer, just not in the right form.

 

[mayerling]

Help! I'm stuck on the unicode level. I tried to find what the numbers are supposed to correspond to. Are there supposed to be two "SP" in there?

Which level is that again Mayerling? What's the title? I'll go back and try I can't remember now!

It's one cypher.

 

[elrohwen]

ok...but going to the link in the source code...apparently it's not the right time?

It is the right time. You need to use what you find and rearrange it to get the answer.

 

[elrohwen]

Help! I'm stuck on the unicode level. I tried to find what the numbers are supposed to correspond to. Are there supposed to be two "SP" in there?

Which level is that again Mayerling? What's the title? I'll go back and try I can't remember now!

It's one cypher.

Try translating it as hex - that works too, more or less.

 

[mayerling]

Help! I'm stuck on the unicode level. I tried to find what the numbers are supposed to correspond to. Are there supposed to be two "SP" in there?

Which level is that again Mayerling? What's the title? I'll go back and try I can't remember now!

It's one cypher.

Try translating it as hex - that works too, more or less.

Sorry, I'm not sure what 'translating it as hex' means...

 

[elrohwen]

Help! I'm stuck on the unicode level. I tried to find what the numbers are supposed to correspond to. Are there supposed to be two "SP" in there?

Which level is that again Mayerling? What's the title? I'll go back and try I can't remember now!

It's one cypher.

Try translating it as hex - that works too, more or less.

Sorry, I'm not sure what 'translating it as hex' means...

Sorry, hex = hexadecimal

 

[mayerling]

Sorry, hex = hexadecimal

Ooh, that sounds complicated. Maybe later...

 

[Porridge]

Help! I'm stuck on the unicode level. I tried to find what the numbers are supposed to correspond to. Are there supposed to be two "SP" in there?

Which level is that again Mayerling? What's the title? I'll go back and try I can't remember now!

It's one cypher.

Oh yeah...yes I remember two "sp"s. From what else I remember I think there's a word within quotation marks? Try that. I hope I'm remembering right.

 

[elrohwen]

Sorry, hex = hexadecimal

Ooh, that sounds complicated. Maybe later...

You can find an online translator pretty easily and just cut/paste.

 

[mayerling]

Help! I'm stuck on the unicode level. I tried to find what the numbers are supposed to correspond to. Are there supposed to be two "SP" in there?

Which level is that again Mayerling? What's the title? I'll go back and try I can't remember now!

It's one cypher.

Oh yeah...yes I remember two "sp"s. From what else I remember I think there's a word within quotation marks? Try that. I hope I'm remembering right.

I have. I tried the word, I tried spaces between every letter, SP between every letter... Nothing works. Time to make dinner now. Maybe I'll give the hex thing a go later.

 

[elrohwen]

Help! I'm stuck on the unicode level. I tried to find what the numbers are supposed to correspond to. Are there supposed to be two "SP" in there?

Which level is that again Mayerling? What's the title? I'll go back and try I can't remember now!

It's one cypher.

Oh yeah...yes I remember two "sp"s. From what else I remember I think there's a word within quotation marks? Try that. I hope I'm remembering right.

I have. I tried the word, I tried spaces between every letter, SP between every letter... Nothing works. Time to make dinner now. Maybe I'll give the hex thing a go later.

Just cut and paste the whole string into a hexadecimal translator and it will tell you what to do.

 

[Porridge]

It will keep refreshing until you "stop" it.

Am I supposed to be on the "...dirty/room/" page now?

Yes! That's your answer, just not in the right form.

Yay got it, thanks!

 

[elrohwen]

I'm completely stuck on 26a and 26b. I'm even trying to cheat online but nobody has posted good hints!

I'm so close on 26b but still can't get it. Too many cyphers. ETA: Nevermind, FINALLY got it.

 

[Porridge]

Oh great, I've never used XTerm...what the hell is going on?!
Never mind. I figured it out by fluke/stroke of luck.

 

[elrohwen]

Oh great, I've never used XTerm...what the hell is going on?!

I recommend cheating on that one as well.

 

[Porridge]

For the next level, "An Ideal, Poor Son", is the weird source code a clue? When I look at it there are massive gaps between the lines, I have to do a lot of scrolling to see it all!

 

[elrohwen]

For the next level, "An Ideal, Poor Son", is the weird source code a clue? When I look at it there are massive gaps between the lines, I have to do a lot of scrolling to see it all!

Yes. There's a pattern in those spaces.

 

[elrohwen]

Ugh, I think I'm giving up for today. There are just way too many ciphers going on and they're not easy to translate (no copy/paste). I don't have the patience for this.

 

[Porridge]

For the next level, "An Ideal, Poor Son", is the weird source code a clue? When I look at it there are massive gaps between the lines, I have to do a lot of scrolling to see it all!

Yes. There's a pattern in those spaces.

A pattern, hmmm...does the space double after each line?

 

[elrohwen]

For the next level, "An Ideal, Poor Son", is the weird source code a clue? When I look at it there are massive gaps between the lines, I have to do a lot of scrolling to see it all!

Yes. There's a pattern in those spaces.

A pattern, hmmm...does the space double after each line?

Nope, it's trickier than that. I got the pattern started then input into Google for the formula, but it wouldn't be too hard to figure out from scratch.

 

[Porridge]

For the next level, "An Ideal, Poor Son", is the weird source code a clue? When I look at it there are massive gaps between the lines, I have to do a lot of scrolling to see it all!

Yes. There's a pattern in those spaces.

A pattern, hmmm...does the space double after each line?

Nope, it's trickier than that. I got the pattern started then input into Google for the formula, but it wouldn't be too hard to figure out from scratch.

Sum of the previous? Fibonacci?? 'scuse spelling!

 

[elrohwen]

For the next level, "An Ideal, Poor Son", is the weird source code a clue? When I look at it there are massive gaps between the lines, I have to do a lot of scrolling to see it all!

Yes. There's a pattern in those spaces.

A pattern, hmmm...does the space double after each line?

Nope, it's trickier than that. I got the pattern started then input into Google for the formula, but it wouldn't be too hard to figure out from scratch.

Sum of the previous? Fibonacci?? 'scuse spelling!

Also very close, but not quite. Just count the spaces and get 4-6 numbers in the sequence and you might see the pattern (or you can Google it then, like I did)

 

[Porridge]

For the next level, "An Ideal, Poor Son", is the weird source code a clue? When I look at it there are massive gaps between the lines, I have to do a lot of scrolling to see it all!

Yes. There's a pattern in those spaces.

A pattern, hmmm...does the space double after each line?

Nope, it's trickier than that. I got the pattern started then input into Google for the formula, but it wouldn't be too hard to figure out from scratch.

Sum of the previous? Fibonacci?? 'scuse spelling!

Also very close, but not quite. Just count the spaces and get 4-6 numbers in the sequence and you might see the pattern (or you can Google it then, like I did)

Got it

 

[mayerling]

OK, I'm back on this hexadecimal thing. I tried the translator but all it does is translate hexadecimal to decimal.
EDIT: Never mind, I got it to translate to string.
EDIT #2: Hexadecimal convertor is giving me the same translation I got using the unicode link. Any other hints?