Level 22

[GSX115]

i think im using the xor key correctly but i cant seem to figure out what to do with the other key... i dont have any fonts that correspond to it

[Arwen]

If you suceed to level 6, you should know what to do. All you juste have to do is to follow arrows

[oreocrumble]

I obviously succeded level 6 and I can look at arrows but I can't figure out how to relate these things.  I also have no idea what XOR thing is.

[glouton]

Hi oreocrumble,

I will not explain you all the steps because you actually just have to follow the arrows and you succeded required passed levels. About the XOR thing, just ask your best friend, there's always his formfield on the clue page when he may be usefull.

[giega]

And full numeric keypad is a must. If you have just a laptop keyboard, it may take some more thinking...

glouton : post move from "Your opinion" to here where I think it's more its place.

[riceman]

Ack! So I have the numbers ready for the xor conversion, but I can't figure out what the xor key word means.
I think I have everything else, but how do I translate u****** **** ***?

rodolfu: I've deleted a part of your comment because it spoiled a part of the riddle. So you were right!

[rodolfu]

Life is a constant succession of new beginnings

[TookiTheGreat]

I must be totally looking at level 22 in the wrong way. Following the clue I think I know how to get from URL to DECIMAL to BINARY - that seems to be pretty straightforward. But the XOR bit freaks me out. I think I know what to XOR, but what do I XOR it with? The arrows suggest I can get from level 20 to XOR-"key", but how? Nothing works ... I'm going crazy ... HELP!!!!

[phreakymonkey]

There's a slightly hidden step in there. Check out XOR on Wikipedia.

Edit - Toma : And open your eyes wider

[divisortheory]

I don't really understand the clue for this one.  I mean obviously I can relate it to the steps I went through for Level 6 and Level 20, but there are multiple ways to interpret the clue.  Moreoever, I know for sure how many characters are contained in the xor key, and I can't find a common aspect of Levels 6 and 20 that both contain the same number of characters.

[phreakymonkey]

This is one of the most straightforward puzzles you'll run into. If what you're doing on any particular step seems strange or wrong, it probably is. Change your approach.

Read the thread carefully.

[Falcon4]

Hmm... okay, let me see if I can throw my expertise into this one. Solved it without even having to look at the forum. LOL!!

A text-to-binary translator WILL COME IN HANDY on this one. Google will be your friend there (think "the answer is obvious" here when you want to know what to search for)

From there, CALC (Windows calculator) WILL COME IN HANDY too. You will want to use "S*********c and "B****y" modes. Use the buttons in the same way you would solve 2 [ + ] 2 [=] (4).

Finally, the result you get from that does not relate to l***** p*******s (like the burger/french fry level). Between the window and the space you can type what you want...

And that's all I can say about that.

(edit: Err, okay, except that you SHOULD be using Windows Notepad for the final entry, AND the font you use DOES have a major impact on your result! Try the default font...)

Edit - Toma : I've hidden some parts of your message. Let's not reveal everything at once

Last edited by Falcon4 (2006-12-20 06:37:59)

[Bull]

I'm stuck on this one.  I've spent a couple days now, but have pretty much exhausted my thoughts.
I have gotten through a few steps, although I don't know if any of my answers for those steps are correct.
I can get to the last step, but then I am lost as to what I do with the last key.  I'm guessing that this means that I am not doing some previous steps correctly.
One poster said that the number of characters is the same from beginning to end.  Does this mean that I should be getting 7 characters after each and every step?  I am coming out of one or two of the steps with numbers...
Any help appreciated...

[glouton]

Hi,

by characters I mean letters. The number of figures during the numeric steps is not the same but the number of numbers is.

[phreakymonkey]

I'd like to make it clear that it's perfectly possible to do this whole puzzle by hand. You're just as likely to confuse yourself even more if you start plugging things willy-nilly into random converters online. Take a little time to read up on what you're doing and you will do well.