[9.2.4] "The ersatz Agent Murphey" - Syntax - 2/5/08

 
Operatives, this is Agent Griffin's data drop point for the Murphey case. Contact him here if you are able to determine the location where Mr. Murphey found the codes. We expect a full system sweep to locate the codes in approximately 48 hours, but the sooner they can be found, the less risk there will be to the simulation and those within it.
 
Efficientemente,
 
Agent Pace
System Liaison 

Ok... I can't find the codes but I'm pretty sure of where it's supposed to be.

From what he said :

"Park" & "East" = Park East
"Restaurant or lounge" = Deus Lounge
"God is in the code" = Gode, a vendor in front of Deus Lounge
"Big hole" = a construction site near Deus Lounge
"Large corporate signs" =

You can see the binary codes inside the advertising.

So I think that's where he put the codes.

((Ooh, sounds interesting. Too bad I have no clue what it's about. Sounds like I missed another event...dang it))

Ok... I can't find the codes but I'm pretty sure of where it's supposed to be.

From what he said :

"Park" & "East" = Park East
"Restaurant or lounge" = Deus Lounge
"God is in the code" = Gode, a vendor in front of Deus Lounge
"Big hole" = a construction site near Deus Lounge
"Large corporate signs" =

You can see the binary codes inside the advertising.

So I think that's where he put the codes.

Ok... I can't find the codes but I'm pretty sure of where it's supposed to be.

From what he said :

"Park" & "East" = Park East
"Restaurant or lounge" = Deus Lounge
"God is in the code" = Gode, a vendor in front of Deus Lounge
"Big hole" = a construction site near Deus Lounge
"Large corporate signs" =
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You can see the binary codes inside the advertising.

So I think that's where he put the codes.

 Report from 0uranos, navigator of the Antares, flagship of the Glitch Society:

 It's one of those days when everything works perfectly... A few clues, a location, a little bit of luck and I find the codes. It seems that they were inside the billboard "Code X-change". I received an e-mail from "System Search" with the codes inside. This is what I got:

7x Accelerator bit : can speed up every friendly target in the area.
7x Deccelerator bit : can slow down hostile targets in the area.
7x Runtime bit : can spawn accelerated machine programs to hostile targets in the area."

This threat is now over. The codes are in good hands, and I promise to use them only when it's really necessary.

Goodness me. I still have no idea what's going on, but brilliant work, Ouranos! " width="15" height="15" /> Chalk one up for the Glitch Society, foo's.

Now then. As second-in-command of the Glitch Society, I demand you hand over one of those Runtime Bits. Dash can have one too, I guess. " width="15" height="15" />

Goodness me. I still have no idea what's going on, but brilliant work, Ouranos! " /> Chalk one up for the Glitch Society, foo's.

Now then. As second-in-command of the Glitch Society, I demand you hand over one of those Runtime Bits. Dash can have one too, I guess. " />

Thanks a lot everybody.

((For those of you that are interested, the Runtime Bits spawn a level 53 Accelerated Machine Program, 3 chevrons. I had some fun with it on ViralMarauder at Mara C hehe.))

((For those of you that are interested, the Runtime Bits spawn a level 53 Accelerated Machine Program, 3 chevrons. I had some fun with it on ViralMarauder at Mara C hehe.))

Thanks a lot everybody.

((For those of you that are interested, the Runtime Bits spawn a level 53 Accelerated Machine Program, 3 chevrons. I had some fun with it on ViralMarauder at Mara C hehe.))

A phantastic job Ouranos! 

/phormalcurtsey

((And LOL!!))

If only we had looked up all those times we passed club Deus. Damnit.

Nice find.

Thanks a lot everybody.

((For those of you that are interested, the Runtime Bits spawn a level 53 Accelerated Machine Program, 3 chevrons. I had some fun with it on ViralMarauder at Mara C hehe.))

Excellent work, Ouranos.  And to think, Deus is one of my favourite clubs... I know I've seen that sign before too.  *chuckles*

Good work, 0uranos and those who also participated in this investigation.

_Luca

Events like these would be so much better with help of "droppable mini items." Where after finding the location, You can actually grab say a Suitcase prop items in game. =) 

Gratz Ouranos

This was a really cool idea for an event.  I hope there can be a Zion event similar to this sometime.  Congratulations to Ouranos.

In case any of you were curious...

1010100111000111010010010111001 (binary) = 1424204985 (decimal)

I noticed a few people referring to them as "binary codes," which seems kind of silly to me.  When someone says "1424204985," you don't refer to that as a "decimal code," do you?  They're just numbers.

"There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't."

I know that.  My only point is that it makes more sense to call them "binary numbers" instead of "binary codes."  Not that it really matters, it's just kind of a pet peeve of mine.

Omega0 wrote:

I know that.  My only point is that it makes more sense to call them "binary numbers" instead of "binary codes."  Not that it really matters, it's just kind of a pet peeve of mine.

They're called codes because, once separated into bytes, they usually represent ASCII characters. A byte is just a value, a number, but it's essentially a coded form of ASCII in these cases.

Procurator wrote:

Omega0 wrote:

I know that.  My only point is that it makes more sense to call them "binary numbers" instead of "binary codes."  Not that it really matters, it's just kind of a pet peeve of mine.

They're called codes because, once separated into bytes, they usually represent ASCII characters. A byte is just a value, a number, but it's essentially a coded form of ASCII in these cases.

It's not very accurate to say that.  What a binary number represents is entirely dependent on the context (and they are not always separated into bytes).  They can be used to represent many different things, including integers, floating points, addresses, boolean values, ASCII characters, or any other information that a computer might need.  (I've learned about this stuff in college.)  In this context, they don't represent anything, they're just clues.  I think that people were calling them codes because they don't realize that binary is just another way to represent a number (before I became an electrical engineer, I didn't realize that either).

Updated with compiled data scans of the Murphey incident.
 
Efficientemente,
 
Agent Pace
System Liaison

It's not very accurate to say that.  What a binary number represents is entirely dependent on the context (and they are not always separated into bytes).  They can be used to represent many different things, including integers, floating points, addresses, boolean values, ASCII characters, or any other information that a computer might need.  (I've learned about this stuff in college.)  In this context, they don't represent anything, they're just clues.  I think that people were calling them codes because they don't realize that binary is just another way to represent a number (before I became an electrical engineer, I didn't realize that either).

Poor guy - I hope we can help him get back to his senses.

Omega0 wrote:

It's not very accurate to say that.  What a binary number represents is entirely dependent on the context (and they are not always separated into bytes).  They can be used to represent many different things, including integers, floating points, addresses, boolean values, ASCII characters, or any other information that a computer might need.  (I've learned about this stuff in college.)  In this context, they don't represent anything, they're just clues.  I think that people were calling them codes because they don't realize that binary is just another way to represent a number (before I became an electrical engineer, I didn't realize that either).

I know it's dependent on the context, which was why I said 'once separated into bytes' and 'usually represent ASCII characters'. And whenever binary comes up around here it's invariably a sequence of ASCII characters. Anywhere else they could be numbers or codes with any meaning possible, but here they're always codes, so we might as well call them that.

No, they're not.  There is no reason to separate these binary numbers into bytes, but if you did that with the first number, you would get this:

01010100 11100011 10100100 10111001

or 84 227 164 185 (decimal).

Except for the first byte, none of those can be ASCII, because ASCII only represents 128 characters.  (You obviously haven't done your homework.)  These numbers did not have to be translated or converted into anything to solve the puzzle.  Therefore, they're not codes.

Then why don't you explain it to me?  Why do you think that whenever binary comes up around here it's invariably a sequence of ASCII characters?  I've done a lot of work with binary numbers, and I can't think of any reason why that would be the case.

(Also, I think it's kind of hypocritical of you to talk about my attitude.  I've seen you make posts where all you say is that you laughed at someone.  Do you think that attitude helps anyone?)