Intel's crack the code

Abraham · 19 Sep 2007 at 12:59

Dj_Jestar said:
*sigh* thanks for spoilers, plonkers.

....the OP suggests doing it as a group, everyone has

meghatronic · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:01

Dj_Jestar said:
*sigh* thanks for spoilers, plonkers.

Exactly, group work. And you didn't have to read past the url if you wanted to try it.

Abraham · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:05

have tried 14 (the number of times security is mentioned on that page)
all the ascii - ecc200 things i can find

LizardKing · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:07

Found it easier to wiki "data matrix" (the pictures file name)

paradigm · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:09

Its NOT any of the following:

A Data Matrix symbol can store up to 2,335 alphanumeric characters.

It can encode up to 3,116 characters from the entire ASCII character set.

nikebee · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:11

Abraham said:
have tried 14 (the number of times security is mentioned on that page)
all the ascii - ecc200 things i can find

I've tried 324952 and 203134 (converting 14 into decimal and hex ASCII)

meghatronic · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:11

*snip*

LizardKing · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:11

paradigm said:
It can encode up to 3,116 characters from the entire ASCII character set.

Try 3116

However the next clue is :confused:

paradigm · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:13

I did try 3116 :/

nikebee · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:15

LizardKing said:
Try 3116
However the next clue is

3116 doesn't work :confused:

Neither does converting it to ASCII

paradigm · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:15

Exactly, ascii for 3116 is ,

Gigi · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:16

On the bottom of the page is a link "Puzzle Hints" the 2nd one needs to be encoded apparently.

misterPK · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:18

jdickerson said:
Oh come on guys,

the barcode points to an url about security, and the clue is "security counts but how many times".

I seriously doubt it is about the barcode.... gotta be on that page.

jdickerson said:
No, it's a link to: http://www.intel.com/cd/business/enterprise/emea/eng/business-pc/310547.htm

Pay attention guys! I decoded the barcode data matrix too and got this link, look at the previous posts!

PK!

misterPK · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:21

Try 16 in ASCII, there's two "securtiy"'s in pictures that a simple ctrl-f wont find!

PK!

nikebee · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:24

misterPK said:
Try 16 in ASCII, there's two "securtiy"'s in pictures that a simple ctrl-f wont find!

PK!

My ASCII converter is either wrong or broke, care to type what it is?

Teaf · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:26

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That symbol seemingly, which can't be typed in

misterPK · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:29

lol i meant converting 16 into ASCII. I'm not sure i'm doing it right.

PK!

nikebee · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:29

flibby said:
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That symbol seemingly, which can't be typed in

That can't be right surely

nikebee · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:30

misterPK said:
lol i meant converting 16 into ASCII. I'm not sure i'm doing it right.

PK!

Oh right, you haven't cracked it yet then? I was under the impression you had?

Off to lunch now... I expect someone to have got it by the time I get back

Teaf · 19 Sep 2007 at 13:31

16 works out as:

Decimal ASCII: 49, 54
Hex ASCII: 31, 36

(according this converter anyway)

Can get neither to work