...??....The timer is running.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:19 am

00110100 01100100 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110111 00111001 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110100 00110011 00100000 00110110 00111000 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110110 00111001 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110110 01100100 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110110 01100110 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110110 01100011 00100000 00110110 01100011 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110110 00111000 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 01100100 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110110 01100100 00100000 00110110 00110010 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110010 01100011 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110000 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110110 01100101 00100000 00110110 00110100 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110110 01100101 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110010 01100011 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 01100110 00100000 00110110 00110110 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110100 00110110 00100000 00110110 01100110 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110111 00110101 00100000 00110110 01100100 00100000 00110100 00110111 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110110 00110100 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110110 01100101 00100000 00110010 00110001 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110010 00110000

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 1:32 pm

Saint_;1490798 wrote:

00110100 01100100 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110111 00111001 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110100 00110011 00100000 00110110 00111000 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110110 00111001 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110110 01100100 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110110 01100110 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110110 01100011 00100000 00110110 01100011 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110110 00111000 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 01100100 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110110 01100100 00100000 00110110 00110010 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110010 01100011 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110000 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110110 01100101 00100000 00110110 00110100 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110000 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110111 00110011 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110110 01100101 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110010 01100011 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 01100110 00100000 00110110 00110110 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110100 00110110 00100000 00110110 01100110 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110111 00110101 00100000 00110110 01100100 00100000 00110100 00110111 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110110 00110100 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110110 01100101 00100000 00110010 00110001 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110010 00110000

Hex

34 64 20 36 35 20 37 32 20 37 32 20 37 39 20 32 30 20 34 33 20

36 38 20 37 32 20 36 39 20 37 33 20 37 34 20 36 34 20 36 31 20

ASCII

4d 65 72 72 79 20 43

68 72 69 73 74 64 61

Nope, not getting it yet

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 1:36 pm

Isn't that computer lingo ?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:13 pm

G#Gill;1490801 wrote: Isn't that computer lingo ?

Yes, luckily computers don't get bored just having the two numbers to play with.

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:24 pm

Bryn Mawr;1490800 wrote: Hex

34 64 20 36 35 20 37 32 20 37 32 20 37 39 20 32 30 20 34 33 20

36 38 20 37 32 20 36 39 20 37 33 20 37 34 20 36 34 20 36 31 20

ASCII

4d 65 72 72 79 20 43

68 72 69 73 74 64 61

Nope, not getting it yet

Needed to take it one more step

4D = M

Post by **spot** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:36 pm

While we wait for someone to interpret the string, Merry Christmas to all the members, past and present, of ForumGarden!

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:43 pm

LarsMac;1490805 wrote: Needed to take it one more step

4D = M

and there's one missing

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:59 pm

spot;1490806 wrote: While we wait for someone to interpret the string, Merry Christmas to all the members, past and present, of ForumGarden!

And a very Merry Christma to you and yours. :-6 :wah:

Post by **spot** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:10 pm

LarsMac;1490810 wrote: And a very Merry Christma to you and yours. :-6 :wah:

I'm not convinced. I didn't intervene manually at all to get

4d:65:72:72:79:20:43:68:72:69:73:74:6d:61:73:20:74:6f:20:61:6c:6c:20:74:68:65:20:6d:65:6d:62:65:72:73:2c:20:70:61:73:74:20:61:6e:64:20:70:72:65:73:65:6e:74:2c:20:6f:66:20:46:6f:72:75:6d:47:61:72:64:65:6e:21:20:20

and I can see the s from where I'm sat.

Going back to the OP and counting, it ought to be 00110111 00110011 00100000

That's a 73, Shirley.

I'd never heard of ASCII when I started programming, I spent years using EBCDIC. I'm pretty sure that had no lowercase at all.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:18 pm

Hope that is not rude.

I would like to join the inimitable Spot in wishing everybody seasonal greetings have a good one.

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:24 pm

I did start a Christmas Greetings thread @ http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/gener ... stmas.html

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:25 pm

spot;1490813 wrote: I'm not convinced. I didn't intervene manually at all to get

4d:65:72:72:79:20:43:68:72:69:73:74:6d:61:73:20:74:6f:20:61:6c:6c:20:74:68:65:20:6d:65:6d:62:65:72:73:2c:20:70:61:73:74:20:61:6e:64:20:70:72:65:73:65:6e:74:2c:20:6f:66:20:46:6f:72:75:6d:47:61:72:64:65:6e:21:20:20

and I can see the s from where I'm sat.

Going back to the OP and counting, it ought to be 00110111 00110011 00100000

That's a 73, Shirley.

I'd never heard of ASCII when I started programming, I spent years using EBCDIC. I'm pretty sure that had no lowercase at all.

Oh, you had it. I was playing around.

EBCDIC is still around. a lot of my customers still use it for their code pages.

We don't usually have to sort through it anymore the machines can pretty much explain what's going on in English these days.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 1:32 am

spot;1490806 wrote: While we wait for someone to interpret the string, Merry Christmas to all the members, past and present, of ForumGarden!

Lol! We have a winner! Change binary to hexadecimal, then hexadecimal to text! I remember coding in hex at NMSU in 1982, so I thought it would be fun to see who recognized both steps.

Congrats to the second best hacker at FG....Spot!

Post by **spot** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:31 am

Saint_;1490831 wrote: Congrats to the second best hacker at FG....Spot!Bryn and Lars were both there well before me. I only saw the puzzle three hours after the thread started.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:34 am

Too squirrely for me (even though I am a Math and Logic genius) but I 'm too busy sending out Jacqui Christmas greetings. Thanks Gilly for getting me hooked! :-4 While I'm at it I'll wish a very happy holiday season for everybody.:-6

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:37 pm

I must be off on my ciphering, I thought it said.

" Jimbo is an idiot"..:sneaky:

Now we will see if he still lurks.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:47 pm

YZGI;1490846 wrote: I must be off on my ciphering, I thought it said.

" Jimbo is an idiot"..:sneaky:

Now we will see if he still lurks.

An idiot with piles?

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:53 pm

Bryn Mawr;1490848 wrote: An idiot with piles?
LOL yup..

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 1:38 pm

spot;1490833 wrote: Bryn and Lars were both there well before me. I only saw the puzzle three hours after the thread started.

Well Lars was on the right track at first, but you are still the first post to correctly translate the code! You win...nothing physical, just Best wishes for a Happy New Year!

Post by **LarsMac** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:25 pm

Saint_;1490854 wrote: Well Lars was on the right track at first, but you are still the first post to correctly translate the code! You win...nothing physical, just Best wishes for a Happy New Year!

I figured out the process, but then got side-tracked by grandkids. Spot won, fair and square.

Post by **spot** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 4:02 am

Bruv;1490815 wrote: I would like to join the inimitable Spot

For the record, having considered it overnight, "inimitable" in this context is a insult of immense magnitude.

Happy Christmas.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Thu Dec 24, 2015 5:23 am

spot;1490875 wrote: For the record, having considered it overnight, "inimitable" in this context is a insult of immense magnitude.

Happy Christmas.

Do you mean.........without trying.............I have stumbled across an (as opposed to a) insult of immense magnitude ?

Thanks, I have hidden talents indeed.

Happy Christmas to you too.