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Yes, you can. (With a lucky guess) I've just re-done the challenge within 5 minutes; using no brute-force at all.

As knoerxi said:

The encoding is "obviously" -- it is standard -- it c ...

@AMindForeverVoyaging:

I didn't think of it myself (from: http://www.hacker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=105):
the points are recalculated hourly.

I don't know why this is done (I guess only adum ...

For as far as I can tell, seeing my rank go up and down as well, and from what I can read from the previous links and: http://www.hacker.org/challenge/about.php (and that fact that recalculation is ne ...

Besides the startup folder. There is another, more hidden, way to auto-start in windows: the registry.

http://www.doshelp.com/HowToView/Registry_Keys.htm

This has a couple of advantages:
- It ...

Well; there are two options; either fix the overflow or try to read/guess the solution based on what you know.

I do have to note; if you want to solve the next challenge as well, fixing the overflo ...

If you can't do it ... maybe you should create something that can do it that fast.

I could be me ... but I don't think someone is hacking you (in particular)

It sounds just like behaviour of just any random virus (or as malachi wrote a annoying friend)

and to help you solve ...

Well ... what can I say about it.

You might try actually reading what the page.
A lot of people solved it ... so it can't be that hard.