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| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705962
6/18/2009 8:38 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
What HEX code about the Ameros?
It's pretty obvious that was a joke considering it was posted by a user with the name theAmeros just now and the post also says don't be duped.. Quoting: Anonymous 705977
oh yeah didn't see that duh |
| acadian
User ID: 633663
6/18/2009 8:39 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
sorry if I'm not up to speed on the thread (spent all day w/family member in ICU)...
but, did anyone mention that the seconds being ticked away on the counters are skipping numbers from time to time?
looks like "10" was skipped, "39", "7"...
not sure if these numbers skip repeatedly or what...
I think it might just be buggy code. The entire site acts strange when you refresh it. That's happened to me. I've also had instances where the full counter image doesn't load. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 705884
numbers are skipped without the screen being refreshed...
and, only ONE of the counters will skip a number at any given time. Weird.
my bat-senses are tingling!
Last Edited by acadian on 6/18/2009 at 8:40 PM |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705884
6/18/2009 8:40 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
Don't know if this is useful, but I will put it out for consideration.
When I drag and drop the barcode to my desktop, it is named "ge1.jpg". I did some searching on the internet about barcodes and found that there is an organization called "gs1.org" that has a global database that you can search.
I also tried to visually compare the "barcode" to various standards to see if it made any immediate sense. It appears to me that the barcode is stretched from left to right and squashed from top to bottom.
The only thing that seemed to peek my interest when searching for "ge1" on the internet was a reference to the chinese character. This may imply that this barcode follows a chinese standard. It is also possible that "ge1" stands for something like "government encoding 1" or "global encoding 1", etc. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 694248
It definitely looks like the barcode is stretched and squished, but I don't understand how. When I View Source, it doesn't have the coding to be a different size than the one we're saving to our computer. It's definitely different though, I can corroborate that fact. I'm looking at them right now side by side. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705524
6/18/2009 8:40 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
No, I'm seriously interested in this. I play in a band called the Ameros. I was just demonstrating how easy it is to put up code without verifying the source of the code.
www.reverbnation.com/theAmeros Quoting: TheAmeros 705953
Well ... good you put up your link and we ALLLL know how easy it is so please dont do it because it can disturb some new readers from following the right track. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705884
6/18/2009 8:41 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
sorry if I'm not up to speed on the thread (spent all day w/family member in ICU)...
but, did anyone mention that the seconds being ticked away on the counters are skipping numbers from time to time?
looks like "10" was skipped, "39", "7"...
not sure if these numbers skip repeatedly or what...
I think it might just be buggy code. The entire site acts strange when you refresh it. That's happened to me. I've also had instances where the full counter image doesn't load.
numbers are skipped without the screen being refreshed...
and, only ONE of the counters will skip a number at any given time. Weird.
my bat-senses are tingling! Quoting: acadian
That's what I meant to say, sorry. Yeah, when I refresh it, sometimes the full counter doesn't appear and numbers definitely skip (on their own). Haven't seen a pattern yet. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 703671
6/18/2009 8:42 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
has anyone stop to think that each time you go to the counter site
and "something' is wrong Or different, that you are are down-loading a little
bit more of the programed "clickr virus" and ......
nevermind.....
 |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705884
6/18/2009 8:43 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
We just need someone who's smarter than me (and trust me, there's plenty of you) to figure out this whole barcode thing. Once we do that, I think we'll find the game advances. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 696721
6/18/2009 8:44 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
Partial source code from
[link to www.jackblack12.info]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" " [link to www.w3.org]
<html xmlns="" xml:lang="en">
<head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<style type="text/css">
.scroll {font-weight:bold; font-size:36; text-align: center; font-family: Verdana, Courier, Courier New;}
</style>
Host?
[link to www.w3.org]
check out this page.
> About the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C's mission is:
To lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web.
W3C Develops Web Standards and Guidelines
W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creation of Web standards and guidelines. Since 1994, W3C has published more than 110 such standards, called W3C Recommendations. W3C also engages in education and outreach, develops software, and serves as an open forum for discussion about the Web. In order for the Web to reach its full potential, the most fundamental Web technologies must be compatible with one another and allow any hardware and software used to access the Web to work together. W3C refers to this goal as “Web interoperability.” By publishing open (non-proprietary) standards for Web languages and protocols, W3C seeks to avoid market fragmentation and thus Web fragmentation.
Tim Berners-Lee and others created W3C as an industry consortium dedicated to building consensus around Web technologies. Mr. Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), has served as the W3C Director since W3C was founded, in 1994. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705895
6/18/2009 8:44 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
Don't know if this is useful, but I will put it out for consideration.
When I drag and drop the barcode to my desktop, it is named "ge1.jpg". I did some searching on the internet about barcodes and found that there is an organization called "gs1.org" that has a global database that you can search.
I also tried to visually compare the "barcode" to various standards to see if it made any immediate sense. It appears to me that the barcode is stretched from left to right and squashed from top to bottom.
The only thing that seemed to peek my interest when searching for "ge1" on the internet was a reference to the chinese character. This may imply that this barcode follows a chinese standard. It is also possible that "ge1" stands for something like "government encoding 1" or "global encoding 1", etc. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 694248
Part of the barcode is chopped off on the visible web page, but when you extract it to the desktop, it adds a portion of characters on the right-hand side. We should try to remove that portion in Photoshop and scan it and see if that makes any difference. It's weird that part of it does not show up on the webpage, but there is definitely more bars in the barcode when you download the image. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705884
6/18/2009 8:45 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
has anyone stop to think that each time you go to the counter site
and "something' is wrong Or different, that you are are down-loading a little
bit more of the programed "clickr virus" and ......
nevermind.....
Checked to see if stuff was directly downloading, and did several scans which came up with nothing. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705884
6/18/2009 8:48 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
Don't know if this is useful, but I will put it out for consideration.
When I drag and drop the barcode to my desktop, it is named "ge1.jpg". I did some searching on the internet about barcodes and found that there is an organization called "gs1.org" that has a global database that you can search.
I also tried to visually compare the "barcode" to various standards to see if it made any immediate sense. It appears to me that the barcode is stretched from left to right and squashed from top to bottom.
The only thing that seemed to peek my interest when searching for "ge1" on the internet was a reference to the chinese character. This may imply that this barcode follows a chinese standard. It is also possible that "ge1" stands for something like "government encoding 1" or "global encoding 1", etc.
Part of the barcode is chopped off on the visible web page, but when you extract it to the desktop, it adds a portion of characters on the right-hand side. We should try to remove that portion in Photoshop and scan it and see if that makes any difference. It's weird that part of it does not show up on the webpage, but there is definitely more bars in the barcode when you download the image. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 705895
Bingo, we need to scan or decode the image from the page, not the one we save to the desktop. It does add some on. Wonder how they did that with hiding the code. |
| CRYSTAL in MATRIX
User ID: 501458
6/18/2009 8:50 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
The timers themselves total 22
11 digits
+
11 digits.....wonder if that means anything... |
| Anonymous
User ID: 705977
6/18/2009 8:51 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
Someone posted earlier about if you highlight the whole page, there's a little dot to the right side:
If you highlight only that little dot, and view the selection source, you'll see it is this:
Or a non-breaking space, also called THE DOOMSDAY TAG..
[link to www.trygve.com]
[link to en.wikipedia.org]
Also, I know the site is called JACK BLACK 12 but a Google search for BLACKJACK12 will give you this:
[link to www.flyarmy.org]
Operation Blackjack12 Vietnam War Operation:
Description: This mobile guerrilla force operation was a reconnaissance-in-force mission that entered Quang Nam and southern Thua Thien provinces. It was also known as Operation OCONEE. By 19 April, NVA forces had convered on the mobile guerrilla force and were flanking it in a bitter firefight. The unit was extracted under fire which caused numerous casualties and several blasted helicopters.
QUANG NAM... The ship that is currently suspected to have nuke tools is called Kang Nam...
Wayyy too similar IMO. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705895
6/18/2009 8:51 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
I have cropped the bar code to match the one displayed on the webpage - does anyone know where I can scan it? My only problem is that it's very difficult to tell exactly how thick the black bar on the right really is where it gets chopped off.
Additionally, we should reverse the colors on the cropped version as well and try scanning that. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 704992
6/18/2009 8:52 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
ge1 is also a name for an american satellite, but it could just stand for "glasseye1" |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705948
6/18/2009 8:52 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
Is it possible for TPTB to put up a different clue? This one is too "technical" for the majority. Therefore, we'd like to use our "switch the clues" lifeline. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705884
6/18/2009 8:53 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
I have cropped the bar code to match the one displayed on the webpage - does anyone know where I can scan it? My only problem is that it's very difficult to tell exactly how thick the black bar on the right really is where it gets chopped off.
Additionally, we should reverse the colors on the cropped version as well and try scanning that. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 705895
That's what I was trying to do, figure out where exactly the crop is because it ends in black leading to a black background.
Try barcode here
[link to www.softeksoftware.co.uk] |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 704992
6/18/2009 8:55 PM | | Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705948
6/18/2009 8:56 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
I don't know much about this barcode thing, and am too lazy to learn about it, but can you just scan the first part and see what it says? |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705884
6/18/2009 8:57 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
Lol...I wonder if we're even remotely close to advancing the game.
 |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705884
6/18/2009 8:57 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
The barcode should be converted to binary 101010101's. From there, we can convert the binary into ASCII, where it should give us the next hint for what to do. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 639175
6/18/2009 8:59 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
what make you think its a game we are supposed to work out?
. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705895
6/18/2009 9:00 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
I have cropped the bar code to match the one displayed on the webpage - does anyone know where I can scan it? My only problem is that it's very difficult to tell exactly how thick the black bar on the right really is where it gets chopped off.
Additionally, we should reverse the colors on the cropped version as well and try scanning that.
That's what I was trying to do, figure out where exactly the crop is because it ends in black leading to a black background.
Try barcode here
[ link to www.softeksoftware.co.uk]
I'm on a Mac so I'm not sure if this will work. Any other ideas? |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705884
6/18/2009 9:01 PM | | St-Pinker
User ID: 705524
6/18/2009 9:01 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
The barcode should be converted to binary 101010101's. From there, we can convert the binary into ASCII, where it should give us the next hint for what to do. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 705884
Well Ive tryed everything I could think of: mirror, rescale, convert to binary ... but with no success. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 698269
6/18/2009 9:03 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
source code says image for barcode is 480 x 150
reduced it to that size maybe it is readable now.
loaded it to desk top and looks like a normal barcode now! |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705650
6/18/2009 9:03 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
I have cropped the bar code to match the one displayed on the webpage - does anyone know where I can scan it? My only problem is that it's very difficult to tell exactly how thick the black bar on the right really is where it gets chopped off.
Additionally, we should reverse the colors on the cropped version as well and try scanning that.
That's what I was trying to do, figure out where exactly the crop is because it ends in black leading to a black background.
Try barcode here
[ link to www.softeksoftware.co.uk]
hange the backgroung color of your browser to yellow or red or something!!! |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 694248
6/18/2009 9:06 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
After further research, I've found that "Code 128" has been used for quite some time and allows alphanumerics. Here is a link to a site that describes how to understand it. Once you read through it, you will understand why I hope this barcode can be appropriately sized and read by a typical barcode reader. Otherwise, we will need to find someone that has some serious barcode expertise. I'm not saying that it is "Code 128", but it may be or some derivative of it.
[link to www.barcodeisland.com] |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 705855
6/18/2009 9:08 PM | | Re: operation blackjack another hidden message | Quote |
The barcode should be converted to binary 101010101's. From there, we can convert the binary into ASCII, where it should give us the next hint for what to do.
Well Ive tryed everything I could think of: mirror, rescale, convert to binary ... but with no success. Quoting: St-Pinker
did you try inverting the colors? maybe the white should be black |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 694248
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