Shell Scripting

Win a Wiimote if you can crack this code…. January 13, 2007

Here is another crack the code challenge although I am going to test out a slightly different method on this contest. On this contest you will be allowed to make as many guesses as you would like, but you will not be able to receive a code until you send me $1.00 (you do not need to have a PayPal account to pay). Once you send $1.00 you will receive your code by email and you can send me as many guesses as you would like to my email for free (one per email please). Everyone’s code will be encrypted the same. The first to crack their own code wins this brand new Wiimote!

Here is the link to send the money and enter the contest!

Thanks and good luck!

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**The crack the code challenge for the Wii or PS3 game is still running, check it out here.

The first code for the Wii or PS3 game contest… January 12, 2007

This is the code that needs to be cracked in order to win a PS3 or Wii game (up to $50 value) :

11100     10111     11110     10000     01100

Here are some hints:

• It is one English word (as stated before).
• It has 5 letters.
• You need to perform 3 steps to get it back to its English form.
• The same encryption method has been applied to all letters.

Click here to submit an answer. If there is no comments section on your PayPal form, just put your answer in one of the address lines or somewhere I will be able to see it.

Thanks everyone!

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Crack the code, win a Wii or PS3 game of your choice January 12, 2007

————Update————–

Here is the link to the code for this contest, I posted it earlier today.

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Ok everyone, so I have thought about this for a really long time and decided to bring this idea to all of you. Once upon a time there was an article on digg.com from a guy that said if you can hack into the PS3 that is hosting this webpage, you can have it. Ring a bell? It might sound familiar, it drew a huge crowd.

Anyway it got me thinking that something similar to this would be a great way to do a couple of things:

• I am a junior in Computer Science and Engineering and want to do some independent research. I would like to test the power of a targeted audience at breaking non-standard encrypted words (as in it’s not encrypted with blowfish, DES, ect.), but instead with just good old pen and paper. For example, using binary representations of numbers/letters, having the letter z = a, you know, “old school” encryption if you will.
• Test the power of social bookmarking sites at spreading the word about such a contest as this.
• Lastly, attempt to raise some money so I can finish my undergrad degree in Computer Science

I want to get see if I can get some feedback on all of this (either on my blog or in the comments section of this article on digg.com) before I post the first code in a couple of hours. The way it will work is I will post the encrypted word. It will only be one English word and the first to tell me what the word is will win a Wii or PS3 game of their choice (it must be easily attainable or I will just be sending you $50 via PayPal). The way that you would submit a guess is to send me $0.50 via PayPal with your guess in the comment section. For the first contest on winning a game I will not ask you to tell me how you broke the code. I will however ask you to tell me how you broke the code for future contests when I can get my hands on a Wii to give away. Feel free to asks questions. Thanks everyone.

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