Puzzle
February 7th, 2020
I have a puzzle I can’t solve and I’d like your help. Basically I got this .txt file; it has something I can select but i can’t do anything with it (I tried changing its color).
I also tried something suggested in this link: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/stupid-geek-tricks-hide-data-in-a-secret-text-file-compartment
It didn’t work. I think. I’m not very good using the cmd thingy, maybe it’s my problem.
Here is the text file:
http://~ Disallowed ~/file/ZIdZ/tJul3V/invisivel.txt
Oh, the solution might be in portuguese or it may be coordinates.
Thanks.
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That’s how it looks in Sublime Text 2
Some kind of morse code type thing?
8 dots or dashes – it might be binary with . = 0 and – = 1?
morse code.
8 dots or dashes - it might be binary with . = 0 and - = 1?
That makes sense. Converted to decimal and hex if it’s any help.
Edit: this is . = 1 and – = 0 254 FE
177 B1
204 CC
199 C7
223 DF
203 CB
201 C9
223 DF
207 CF
202 CA
201 C9
223 DF
168 A8
207 CF
207 CF
198 C6
223 DF
207 CF
201 C9
223 DF
200 C8
203 CB
206 CE
It’s morse. Check out the longer and shorter dashes.
One more reason to believe so, is that I converted s table to ASCII, but all I got were random characters.
I also tried s way the other way around (.=0 and -=1), and what I got was:
(SOH)N3(ACK). After the first bit I figured that this wasn’t the way.
I believe this is morse code, but I haven’t deciphered it yet.
If it’s Morse , good luck without the spaces. Every line must have about 7 different interpretations *23 = 184 different combos to try. If you don’t even know the language, you might stumble to the solution and not know about it. Is NSA hiring?
It's morse. Check out the longer and shorter dashes.
One more reason to believe so, is that I converted s table to ASCII, but all I got were random characters.
I also tried s way the other way around (.=0 and -=1), and what I got was:
(SOH)N3(ACK). After the first bit I figured that this wasn't the way.
I believe this is morse code, but I haven't deciphered it yet.
It MIGHT be morse – but it might also be coded to LOOK LIKE morse while still being binary or other byte length code of some sort.
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(SOH)N3(ACK)
Is part of the command to setup ethernet on a printer. “US BS SOH n1 n2 n3 n4. Hexadecimal … US BS ACK n1”
Ack is acknowledge.
It’s also part of the Citifax command set “27 28 29 30 SOH,ACK,’O’, EO”
(this is fun!)
It's morse. Check out the longer and shorter dashes.
All the dashes are the same length in morse code! …………… So are all the dots.
I guess it was binary, I made a mistake on (ACK), should’ve been 8. After comparing it to the ASCII table, I got something that looks like co�rdinates.
(SOH)N38 46 056 W009 06 741
I’m not sure why I thought morse had longer and shorter dashes. Must’ve messed up two things
the 741 doesn’t make sense.. the rest do.
Not counting the 741 (ignore the 7)
38.78222222 long -9.11138889 is a roundabout in dos Santos.
OP better not abandon thread
It’s been a few days, probably has – no instant answer..
Sorry, I checked the post the first day but not today. I did not understand half of what you said . In the meanwhile, I also managed to get to the dots and tabs by copying the message to Word and had it show the characters. I also thought about morse code but didn’t know what to do afterwards. Anyway, I don’t know how else to help you. Here’s the original link:
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4FR1G_invisivel-invisible?guid=804a723f-01a2-487b-8b65-e69f87161dae
It also has text in English. Anyway, if you save the image and switch it to rar and extract, you’ll get the .txt file.
Oh, the coordinates will most likely be in Lisbon as you can see. Definately Portugal.
EDIT: I put the code thingy
Well, if you had TOLD from the start that it came from a geocache site, we could have AIMED the decoding at GPS coordinates!
I know you said “Oh, the solution might be in Portuguese or it may be coordinates.”, but more infomation = better and quicker answers.
*Walks away muttering under his breath*
Well, we got the coordinates decoded. Here they are on a map:
http://boulter.com/gps/#N38%2046%20056%20W009%2006%20741
Now it’s up to you to find the exact location And bring a nice gift for your fellow Geo Cachers. Last (and only for that matters ) time I geocached, I only got a stupid pencil .