A Simple Hacker Riddle

Posted by AdmiralBeotch on Thursday January 07, 2010 @01:39AM
from the self-post dept.

Read these words to fulfill your query, And be done with this puzzle, so tired and dreary. Seek a method that encodes a stream, and ends with it's equal, so it seems.

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Re:A Simple Hacker Riddle by AdmiralBeotch on Thursday January 07, 2010 @05:27AM (#1036821)

The answer is here so you may not be toiled, But kept ironically obsure, so for others not spoiled.

VGhlIGFuc3dlciBpcywgaXJvbmljYWxseSwgIkJhc2U2NCIu

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Re:A Simple Hacker Riddle by jey on Thursday January 07, 2010 @05:16PM (#1038147)

SSBkb24ndCBnZXQgaXQuIFdoYXQncyBzbyBzcGVjaWFsIGFib3V0IEJhc2U2ND8gSXQgc291bmRz IGxpa2UgYW55IHJldmVyc2libGUgY2lwaGVyIGlzIGFuIGFjY2VwdGFibGUgYW5zd2VyLg0K

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Re:A Simple Hacker Riddle by AdmiralBeotch on Friday January 08, 2010 @07:40AM (#1039378)

Tm90aGluZyBpcyAic3BlY2lhbCIgYWJvdXQgYmFzZTY0LiBJdCBqdXN0IGhhcHBlbnMgdG8gYmUg dGhlIGFuc3dlciB0byB0aGUgcmlkZGxlLiBBbnkgZW5jb2RpbmcgaXMgbm90IGFuIGFjY2VwdGFi bGUgYW5zd2VyIGJlY2F1c2Ugb2YgdGhlIGNsdWUgImVuZHMgaW4gaXRzIGVxdWFsLCBzbyBpdCBz ZWVtcyIuLi4gRGVwZW5kaW5nIG9uIHRoZSBsZW5ndGggb2YgdGhlIGlucHV0LCBiYXNlNjQgZW5k cyBpbiBhbiBlcXVhbCBzaWduIDIgb3V0IG9mIDMgdGltZXMu

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Re:A Simple Hacker Riddle by RiderOfGiraffes on Thursday January 07, 2010 @03:39AM (#1036739)

Sorry to appear anal, but in riddles like this, details matter.

Did you mean "it's" or did you mean "its" ??

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Re:A Simple Hacker Riddle by AdmiralBeotch on Thursday January 07, 2010 @04:03AM (#1036759)

I see your objection, an annoying obsession, but, in fact, I mean, the context of possession.

=8P

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Re:A Simple Hacker Riddle by beobab on Thursday January 07, 2010 @04:40AM (#1036789)

Are you talking about a quine? A program which outputs its own source code?

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Re:A Simple Hacker Riddle by olalonde on Thursday January 07, 2010 @02:38AM (#1036689)

DES ?

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