Binary Decryption

[+DemonicAngel]

Anyone know of a website I can go to to help me decrypt something that I think might be written in binary?

I'm currently working on a puzzle cache that I believe to be loosely related to that and I am wanting to test my theory, but I know nothing of binary and have searched on google, but can't seem to find any websites that list anything past 23 in binary.

[CoyoteRed]

Google on "binary text"

[+MrCOgeo]

There's a sig line/joke that goes something like:

 

"There are only 10 kinds of people.

Those who do understand binary, and those who don't understand binary."

 

I kid..

 

Good luck on the puzzle!

[+luv2trvl]

Try this...

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~gurwitz...5/nav2tool.html

[+forman]

On my window XP laptop, the calculator has a view a scientific, hex, dec, oct & bin.

that works.

 

Don

[+ShowStop]

I have this page bookmarked:

http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php

 

If you ever go searching for one of my caches, it could come in handy.

[+Cardinal Red]

Any Binary number will consist of ONES and ZEROS. Nothing else. Look at the string of lettetrs below. Add the cooresponding value if it is a ONE. Add nothing if it is a ZERO.

 

RQPNMLKJHGFEDCBA

 

A Column = 1

B Column = 2

C Column = 4

D Column = 8

E Column = 16

F Column = 32

G Column = 64

H Column = 128

J Column = 256

K Column = 512

L Column = 1,024

M Column = 2,048

N Column = 4,096

P Column = 8,192

Q Column = 16,384

R Column = 32,768

 

Example 1011011100100001 = 46,881

 

Or if you are using a MICROSOFT WINDOWS computer there is a Binary Calculator built in.

 

Go to __START__ __PROGRAMS__ __ACCESSORIES__ __CALCULATOR__

 

If you don't see __HEX__ __DEC__ __OCT__ __BIN__ click on __VIEW__ then __SCIENTIFIC__

 

Click on __BIN__ and __Qword__ to "light up" their radio buttons.

 

Type from the Keyboard of click on the Calculator buttons with your mouse to enter the Binary number.

 

When the complete Binary number has been entered, click on the DEC radio button to see the "decoded" value. Good Luck.

[+Bjorn74]

So that's binary, but is that what you need? I have a few binary caches, but most people don't figure that out until late in the puzzle... Usually a day before they figure out the solution.

 

If the code you're trying to decrypt is al ones and zeros, then it's likely either binary or morse code. If it's binary and you think you should be getting any alphabetic characters, you may need an ASCII table that will assign numeric values to characters.

 

For instance:

 

1000001 = 65 = A

 

And that is a capital. The lower case is another character entirely.

 

Hope that adds something of value. And now you're primed for a few Columbus Puzzles. Come on up.

[+Cardinal Red]

MRCOGEO Posted on Feb 18 2005, 06:21 PM

"There are only 10 kinds of people.

Those who do understand binary, and those who don't understand binary."

 

You and I appear to be those 10 people, but I have to test to make sure.

 

What is the value of : 10.01010101

 

Note to everyone else: I don't think any of the links provided above will solve this.

[+Rattlehead]

What is the value of :      10.01010101

Oooh! I know! I know!

[+Cardinal Red]

Rattlehead Posted on Feb 19 2005, 07:01 AM

Oooh! I know! I know!

 

Thanks for not just blurting it out.

How about if you reveal the answer next weekend for anyone that's curious.

If anyone want's to send me the answer by e-mail I will count the correct responses.

I have never done a puzzle cache. But if someone actually used digits to the right of the Binary Point, how many of those Binary puzzles would get solved?

[+MrCOgeo]

MRCOGEO Posted on Feb 18 2005, 06:21 PM

"There are only 10 kinds of people.

Those who do understand binary, and those who don't understand binary."

 

You and I appear to be those 10 people, but I have to test to make sure.

I always thought the joke would go better in this order:

 

"There are only 01 kinds of people,

Those who don't get binary and those who do get binary."

 

Binary (base 2) voltage components can be stated as 0V (off/false) or +V (on/true) also.

 

email sent

[+PilotMan]

Brings back horrific memories of my Digital Microprocessor Theory class. I prefer pressing the "I Believe" button when it comes to that stuff.

[+fizzymagic]

What is the value of :      10.01010101

Easy! It's exactly:

 

2.15541513

 

(Oh, you wanted the answer in base 10? Then it's not the above!)

 

Now tell me what base my answer is in.

[+Will+Bill]

I have a cache I think is Binary.

 

Click Here for Link

 

Note this warning at the bottom:

*** This cache requires Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/2003 ***

 

I don't understand how to get the code with that guy's face in the center of the 0's and 1's. Also, it seems strange that all of the other images are jpegs, while the main image is a .gif.

[+poppagoth]

Will&Bill, You are looking at this cache the wrong way. Forget the binary, and start over. It threw me for a bit too.

[+Cardinal Red]

fizzymagic Posted on Feb 19 2005, 03:23 PM

Now tell me what base my answer is in.

 

Let't just say the value of the 3 is .000001786

[+BigWhiteTruck]

Binary is a number system with only two digits, 0 and 1. It's called a base-2 system

You are used to base-10 system, where the digits are ),1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9.

 

Let's count in base 10:

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Oh, no! We ran out of numbers!

Whatever shall we do?

I know, lets start over at 0 but we'll put a 1 in front to mark that we started over already! And if we have to start over again, we'll change that 1 to a 2!

here goes:

10

11

12

13

14

etc. etc. etc.

97

98

99

Aww shucks! We ran out again.

Hey, lets put another 1 in front and start all over again!

101

102

103

etc.

 

It's the same thing in binary, except you start over again every time you get to 1

SO:

0

1

10

11

100

101

110

111

1000

1001

1010

1011

1100

1101

1110

1111

 

Is how you would count to 1111 (also known as 15)

 

also, just like adding another digit to the number increases the value by a power of 10, (1, 10, 1000, 10000, 10000) adding a digit in binary increases by a value of 2 (1, 2, 4, 8, 16)

 

what is the value of this number in base-10:

 

4275

 

well, it is 4 times 1000 plus 2 times 100 plus 7 times 10 plus 5 times 1

 

same thing with binary:

 

1011 is:

 

1 times 8 plus 0 times 4 plus 1 times 2, plus 1 times 1

 

hope that's helpful

[+fly46]

I once read a book where the people used base 12 or 13,..... It was soooo confusing... But it might make a darn good puzzle cache!!!

[+Cardinal Red]

fly46 Posted on Feb 19 2005, 10:34 PM

I once read a book where the people used base 12 or 13,..... It was soooo confusing... But it might make a darn good puzzle cache!!!

 

There are infinite Number System possibilities. If you wanted a Base 100 system for example, all you would need are 100 Unique Value Designators (a Base 10 equivalent of 0 to 99).

 

A common (to computer programmers) system in use right now is Base 16 (HEX).

 

After using 0 through 9 you continue with A, B,C,D,E, and F (corresponding Base 10 values are 10 through 15).

 

Another big advantage of Hexidecimal (HEX) is that is very easy to convert between Base 2 and Base 16 in your head. Same is true between Base 2 and Base 8 (OCT).

 

If you look at the Scientific Calculator built into Windows you will notice it is fluent in 4 Number Systems. HEX (16), DEC (10), OCT (8), and BIN (2)

[+Tharagleb]

Will&Bill,

 

That cache has a lot going on. Begin by looking at the definitions. Then check out the hint. It contains two things you will need to solve the puzzle.

 

I needed to search the internet for two pieces of info.

 

Good luck,

Tharagleb

Edited February 21, 2005 by Tharagleb

[+AtoZ]

As some one said there are 10 types of people. LOL Some folks don't seem to kano that the ALPHABET can be spressed as binary NOT just numbers. O'well GL.

cheers

[+Cardinal Red]

Cardinal Red Posted: Feb 19 2005, 10:32 AM

What is the value of : 10.01010101  (Must Convert Binary To Decimal)

 

Cardinal Red Posted: Feb 19 2005, 11:15 AM

If anyone want's to send me the answer by e-mail I will count the correct responses.

 

MRCOGEO Posted: Feb 19 2005, 12:14 PM

email sent

only email received - answer was correct

 

correct answer is 2.33203125

If your care to understand why, send me an email.

Everyone else must be bored by this.