a very tiny image with some colored pixels and some black pixels
Same
Better than what I got. I only got errors. Can you post what you got (maybe after the contest is over)? I'm curious!
I painstakingly typed out the Base64 text into Notepad verbatim (checked and rechecked). Then I went to: http://www.base64-image.net/
I would attach the image I got back but it's too small and zooming-in in an editor doesn't make it any more legible.
But it's definitely a PNG image. I decoded the first set to text and it was a PNG file header.
Oooooooh. I did the same, I just typed the text in the wrong order. I went top down left to right, instead of left to right and then succeeding lines. I wonder if different combinations of the text could lead to a different image file? This is too much work to do when I have real work to do. I'll leave that there for the rest of you to consider though.
But hint: Top down from left to right leads to errors. So strike that combo.
Burning all your bridges means that sooner or later you're alone on an island, bereft of allies or means to get anywhere. Seek to build bridges in all things, treat even your opponents with respect. Crush them only when there is no other recourse and they hinder your movement forward.
Oh dammit, LXC liked my last comment. Now I really have to work on this. XD
Deadend #2: Made a string from the characters based on left to right, succeeding lines as basis for text, then assigned numbers. e.g.: 1 iVBORw0K 2 GgoAAAAN 3 SUhEUgAA 4 ABYAAAAD 5 CAIAAAAY 6 zWhEAAAA 7 MUlEQVQY 8 V2MAgv// 9 /8NJCICz 10 MaWAAKsg 11 iI8J4FJw 12 BWhcIICq 13 gLLAAMIF 14 AlxsdPD/ 15 PwAjoHGP 16 ciddOgAA 17 AABJRU5E 18 rkJggg==
Then used test subjects in doc to create strings (i.e. test subjects 1-5 created this string: "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABYAAAADCAIAAAAY") Continued through rest, created an entirely new string, input that into converter, error.
Ah well. Does that help some of you?
Burning all your bridges means that sooner or later you're alone on an island, bereft of allies or means to get anywhere. Seek to build bridges in all things, treat even your opponents with respect. Crush them only when there is no other recourse and they hinder your movement forward.
It seems to be base64. Direct image convert fails. Tried converting to hex, tried the first 15 of hex. Like many others, I expected that the base64 would be converted to an image, and that would be the password. Getting close to just brute force...
Burning all your bridges means that sooner or later you're alone on an island, bereft of allies or means to get anywhere. Seek to build bridges in all things, treat even your opponents with respect. Crush them only when there is no other recourse and they hinder your movement forward.
It seems to be base64. Direct image convert fails. Tried converting to hex, tried the first 15 of hex. Like many others, I expected that the base64 would be converted to an image, and that would be the password. Getting close to just brute force...
I have different images. I wonder if putting them together does something.
Iiiinteresting. How did you order the characters? Right to left, top down? Left to right, bottom up? It seems that might be the clue.
Burning all your bridges means that sooner or later you're alone on an island, bereft of allies or means to get anywhere. Seek to build bridges in all things, treat even your opponents with respect. Crush them only when there is no other recourse and they hinder your movement forward.
Burning all your bridges means that sooner or later you're alone on an island, bereft of allies or means to get anywhere. Seek to build bridges in all things, treat even your opponents with respect. Crush them only when there is no other recourse and they hinder your movement forward.
not me, i was barking up the wrong tree there. I suggest Junren, he was close and helpful
Thanks for the thought! I don't think I would have solved it at all. The braille angle was something I never would have guessed. Though if you guys are inclined to give it to me, I would suggest splitting the reward with Mephist0 of SNAFU, since I was about to give up until his post led me on the right track.
Burning all your bridges means that sooner or later you're alone on an island, bereft of allies or means to get anywhere. Seek to build bridges in all things, treat even your opponents with respect. Crush them only when there is no other recourse and they hinder your movement forward.
I painstakingly typed out the Base64 text into Notepad verbatim (checked and rechecked). Then I went to: http://www.base64-image.net/
I would attach the image I got back but it's too small and zooming-in in an editor doesn't make it any more legible.
But it's definitely a PNG image. I decoded the first set to text and it was a PNG file header.
But hint: Top down from left to right leads to errors. So strike that combo.
Deadend #2: Made a string from the characters based on left to right, succeeding lines as basis for text, then assigned numbers.
e.g.:
1 iVBORw0K
2 GgoAAAAN
3 SUhEUgAA
4 ABYAAAAD
5 CAIAAAAY
6 zWhEAAAA
7 MUlEQVQY
8 V2MAgv//
9 /8NJCICz
10 MaWAAKsg
11 iI8J4FJw
12 BWhcIICq
13 gLLAAMIF
14 AlxsdPD/
15 PwAjoHGP
16 ciddOgAA
17 AABJRU5E
18 rkJggg==
Then used test subjects in doc to create strings (i.e. test subjects 1-5 created this string: "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABYAAAADCAIAAAAY")
Continued through rest, created an entirely new string, input that into converter, error.
Ah well. Does that help some of you?
I keep getting really small pixelated images
(blown up image of the resulting image. Figured we were all about at this point, might as well post it.)
My current guess is that that's the password. I tried different texts that it "looks like";
k-7yTv7
K-yitv7
etc. None of those worked. XD
By the way, I echo the Kudos to CM LXC for this puzzle. It's a nice meta challenge to work with!
I have different images. I wonder if putting them together does something.
Code was an image. Image was braile.
We had it all along. **** it. Lol.
I never thought of Braille. Lol. It looked like QR code to me. Was going to try and scan it with my phone off a computer. Lmao.