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13) A popular search engine: Google
A failed interface to an operating system: Microsoft Bob
Search on Google: Microsoft failed GUI
When the computer first boots up, you can log into its: BIOS
Search on Google Image: computer first boots up
Childhood toys for many geeks: Legos
Search on Google Image: "Childhood toys" First link is: "Favorite childhood toys from the '80s" for Legos
16) Search on Google: display server configuration php
17) Search on Google: Smithsonian computer panel museum
1) http://www.toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com/tdpe/level1.aspx
Click on the knob
2) http://www.toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com/tdpe/level2.aspx
Read sentence and type this:
3) http://www.toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com/tdpe/level3.aspx
View page source and type this:
4) http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/tdpe/jeff.aspx
View source, copy-paste to calc in bin mode, convert to hex, pair of 2 hex: U: 69,68,65,61,72,74 and P: 73,6F,66,74,77,61,72,65 open an ASCII hex chart table and translate (61-79 is a-z lowercase):
Type Username: iheart Password: software and Proceed
5) http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/tdpe/thatisnotenglish.aspx
View source, image is called wingdings.png, open WordPad, type a-z in lowercase in wingding font match the image symbols, convert to arial, copy-paste.
Type Username: wheelof Password: jeopardy and Proceed
6) http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/tdpe/yesthatisjavascript.aspx #cns
Read the script, copy/paste in an HTML dummy page, fix bugs, it should be:
regexp.exec() (c missing) checkNonInteger() (n missing) primes[] (s missing)
Type solution: cns and Proceed
7) http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/tdpe/algebra.aspx
Substitute downward until you get:
1+x+x+x+x=89 x=(89-1)/4
Type x=22 and Proceed
8) http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/tdpe/sudoku.aspx
By simple deduction, it cannot be 2,3,5,6,7 so you are left with 1,4,8,9 Either solve the puzzle or just try them all four, one by one.
Type x=9 and Proceed.
9) http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/tdpe/BOSSLEVEL.aspx
Two different ways: Open the JavaScript code translate into keys and do it. Search on Google: "Contra 30 lives"
Open IE for this one, it is broken in Firefox 3.
Press: UP,UP,DOWN,DOWN,LEFT,RIGHT,LEFT,RIGHT,B,A
10) http://www.jeffblankenburg.com/tdpe/notourprincess.aspx
View source, click the image...
11) http://codinggeekette.com/tdpe/mybff.aspx
View source, look for that sentence in Google.
Type: http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/mybff.aspx?user=software&...
12) http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/monumental.aspx
Does not work anymore... Type: http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/sequencename.aspx?rnd=fib...
13) http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/calcwords.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob (Hint: Melinda Gates was the project manager)
gOOgLE, BOB, BIOS, LEgOS
(reverse with digits, if not convince try with a real calculator)
Type: 376006, 808, 5018, 50637 and Proceed
14) http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/notasnake.aspx
Search on Google: "Zen of python"
Type: import this and Proceed
15) http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/idclipdoom.aspx
Search on Google: "Doom I" cheat code next level
Type: IDSPISPOPD
16) http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/showmethevariables.aspx
Try the common server config display http://php.net/phpinfo
Type: phpinfo();
17) http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/oldschool.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC, wikipedia says 1946... try 1945.
Type Username: eniac Password: 1945 and Proceed
18) http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/chinchillas.aspx
Search on Google: smalltalk chinchillas implementation
Type: squeak and Proceed
19) http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/icanhazcode.aspx
Search on Google: "CAN HAS STDIO?"
Example ends with: KTHXBYE
Type: KTHXBYE and Proceed
20) http://www.codinggeekette.com/tdpe/kthxbye.aspx
View source, click the image
21) http://brendan.enrick.com/tdpe/untitled.aspx
Use code above to find the correct number.
Type: 1162564096 and Proceed
22) http://brendan.enrick.com/tdpe/icecream.aspx
Call ancestor class first in order (implicit super() being called)
Type: 134124 and Proceed, then click on the link
23) http://brendan.enrick.com/tdpe/threelawsofrobotics.aspx?x=Ro...
Search on Google: "robot laws" Answer also in view source
Type: http://brendan.enrick.com/tdpe/threelawsofrobotics.aspx?x=As...
24) http://brendan.enrick.com/tdpe/level24.aspx?x=superSecretExt...
Open level24.js or secret.js
Type: thisistheanswer and Proceed, then type URL:
25) http://toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com/tdpe/level25.aspx
Read 404 message, compare to a real one, it says in suffix:
", but it's more likely you're being fooled."
View source, read stack trace:
"at System.Web.UI.ThisIsAFakeErrorPage.YouCanGetPastIt.GetToNextPuzzle(ToughestDeveloper puzzleEver, DotCom slash, TdpeSlash level, TwentySix dotAspx)"
26) http://toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com/Tdpe/levelTwentySix.a...
View source, either use show cookie, Firebug or HTTP Live headers:
Cookie header says: nextLevel=--> http://www.toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com/tdpe/twoseven.asp... <--;
27) http://www.toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com/tdpe/twoseven.asp... and http://jexed.com/tdpe/twentyseventext.aspx
"Take the first one each time. They'll get you the distance."
The author means take each page name and plug it into the leveinstein function, you will get the word distance of 8, which is the number of words in: "This is not the hint. Seriously stop checking."
Search on Google: distance algorithm
http://php.net/manual/en/function.levenshtein.php
28) http://jexed.com/tdpe/levenshtein.aspx
<?php echo levenshtein("killer","bunnies"); // output 6
Type 6 and Proceed
29) http://jexed.com/tdpe/pingpong.aspx
Now, compare those two images: http://jexed.com/tdpe/assets/images/pingpong.png
Search on Google Images: ping pong tournament http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1121/1098453615_f41fb895bd.jp...
The title is different, now read the sentence: "There's a command in that image. Maybe you should start following instructions."
open a command prompt, type: "ping pong.com", you get: "Pinging pong.com [68.178.232.99] with 32 bytes of data:"
Type one number in each box "68 178 232 99" and Proceed
30) http://jexed.com/tdpe/congratulations.aspx
View page source and figure it out yourself :D
BTW, the level25 is a fake 404 page, read the stack trace...
and I still have no clue what are the 4 commands...
If you take the distance of both pages you get 8, which is the number of words in the "This is not the hint. Seriously stop checking."
I guess the hint is way too difficult: "word distance algorithm" would have been easier.
I found the answer on that page, but I still don't get it, between what you say and the relationship with that algorithm.
You have enough hints now...
2 7, 27
@puzzlehints
Twenty Seven: Take the first one each time. They'll get you the distance.
This is not the hint. Seriously stop checking.