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Topic: A Hundred 0s |
nighthalk
Replies: 33
Views: 60862
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:06 am Subject: A Hundred 0s |
holy crap, just find the right archive/list for what you seek (i really didnt have to dig that hard), and everything you read just works.
as for the "official" source, almost 2/3 of them ... |
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Topic: Train Wreck |
nighthalk
Replies: 7
Views: 13477
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:14 am Subject: Train Wreck |
talk about embarrassing. i was stumped on this for years. until i realized my cipher went on the wrong track. test your algorithms! |
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Topic: a few questions for me planning to upgrade my machine |
nighthalk
Replies: 0
Views: 9953
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Forum: The Hacker's Server Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:33 am Subject: a few questions for me planning to upgrade my machine |
HI guys im working on a poor core 2 duo that really needs to be replaced and given some of the challenges here i got something new to aim for then "ready for games for next few years" basica ... |
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Topic: Available for help with challenges |
nighthalk
Replies: 29
Views: 29298
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:25 am Subject: Available for help with challenges |
md5 is less likly to have hash colisions but requires more memory (16 bytes vs 4) and since i use c# for most of my coding it has a built in library to just hash whatever byte[] array you give it. on ... |
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Topic: Didactic Scrambled Egg Cipher |
nighthalk
Replies: 22
Views: 26921
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:52 pm Subject: Didactic Scrambled Egg Cipher |
holy crap, i put in a solid month of man hours into the warmup solution (really only reason i solved it today was a very lucky guess) and saw this one.... impossible.... every letter is directly effec ... |
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Topic: harmonic |
nighthalk
Replies: 44
Views: 60034
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:05 am Subject: harmonic |
i was actually amazed at how many of the notes my sister could pick out by ear, turned out to be only 1 short(but a lot of the "answers" were maybys), theres no anagraming needed, no sharp/f ... |
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Topic: Latin Lesson |
nighthalk
Replies: 1
Views: 6776
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:06 am Subject: Latin Lesson |
you need the full...answer... not the first copy you see... |
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Topic: Quine |
nighthalk
Replies: 33
Views: 31792
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:33 pm Subject: Quine |
holy @#$%# this is a tough one, managed to get mine down to 865 instructions, (curse that cycle limit) and i seriously have no idea how those insane people can get it to 97, too many symbols need to b ... |
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Topic: V.I.L.E. |
nighthalk
Replies: 15
Views: 33620
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:27 am Subject: V.I.L.E. |
wow talk about annoyingly simple, it had me stumped for like a year. and ya everyone treat the 503 as 593 but you really dont "need" it |
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Topic: Teach me how to hack this puzzle |
nighthalk
Replies: 25
Views: 70856
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Forum: Runaway Robot Puzzle Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 6:08 pm Subject: Teach me how to hack this puzzle |
heres a C# implimentation its for crossflip but its easy to modify for any of them, i obviously edited out stuff to make sure you get practice. i only provided necisary parts for the web interaction. ... |
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Topic: Eniac |
nighthalk
Replies: 27
Views: 43095
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:21 am Subject: Eniac |
do the colors matter? what if all the beads were blue? with the "simplest form possible" im assuming it meens theres no fancy space measuring or trinary state stuff going on (meaning 11 stat ... |
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Topic: Puzzle Suggestions |
nighthalk
Replies: 29
Views: 75737
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Forum: General Puzzles Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:07 pm Subject: new puzzle |
i found another possible challenge to insert, unfortinatly i didnt come up with the idea, the link is at http://www.kongregate.com/games/Eketek/eketekonnect
you have to route wires with the exact l ... |
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Topic: Your Turn, Part Two |
nighthalk
Replies: 48
Views: 44044
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:21 am Subject: Your Turn, Part Two |
any idea why me going to my hosted php page works correctly (i have an sql storing the escaped url before it even tries to run the other sql, which correctly logs my activity) but when i point the cha ... |
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Topic: Mainframe |
nighthalk
Replies: 6
Views: 10372
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:09 am Subject: Mainframe |
got it ^_^ it was a little flakey with the last bit (rounding?) but i managed to get enough to solve it in excel, you definatly have to watch out for what formats you use on that system |
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Topic: Mainframe |
nighthalk
Replies: 6
Views: 10372
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Forum: Challenges Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:27 am Subject: Mainframe |
this challenge doesnt seem to follow the IEEE-754 specifications, if you would note the two numbers -.22917763E-71 and .21482344E+74 have an exponential gap of 481 (in base 2), well above the 8 bit li ... |
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