2011 Challenge Walkthrough - Revision history

Takaji at 15:31, 4 October 2017

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‎Level 10

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‎Level 10

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‎Level 10

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‎Level 10

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‎Level 10

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		+	[[Category:Projects]]
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	For those of you that may not know, last February SkullSpace published a challenge on the Internet. The challenge can be found [http://skullspace.net/secret.php here]. You should really try to get through the first four levels, which we consider to be the introductory levels, before continuing reading this.		For those of you that may not know, last February SkullSpace published a challenge on the Internet. The challenge can be found [http://skullspace.net/secret.php here]. You should really try to get through the first four levels, which we consider to be the introductory levels, before continuing reading this.

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    winnipeg statue billy
-Gives a link to the Wikipedia page on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson Sir William Stephenson]], whose codename was "''intrepid''".
+Gives a link to the Wikipedia page on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson Sir William Stephenson], whose codename was "''intrepid''".
 ===Interesting Wrong Answers===

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 Gives a link to the Wikipedia page on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson Sir William Stephenson]], whose codename was "''intrepid''".
+===Interesting Wrong Answers===
-===Interesting Wrong Answers===
+* $NICKNAME
 ===Statistics===

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	[[File:level10.map.png\|X almost marks the spot]]		[[File:level10.map.png\|X almost marks the spot]]
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		+	Using Google Street Map around there shows mostly open grassy areas between roads. Many of the grassy areas have statues. The HTML for the page also said:
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		+	<nowiki><!-- billy got turned to stone --></nowiki>
		+
		+	So, how do we find out which statue is "''Billy''"? The easy answer is to go there. For the out-of-town players, that wasn't really an option. Instead, with enough web searching, you can eventually find a query that will tell you what you want to know. In fact, if you intuit a few things, you'll find the first result on Google for:
		+
		+	winnipeg statue billy
		+
		+	Gives a link to the Wikipedia page on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson Sir William Stephenson]], whose codename was "''intrepid''".
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		+

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	We are told that the intersection occurs at (49.8877, -97.1493).		We are told that the intersection occurs at (49.8877, -97.1493).

		+	Using Google Maps to draw the points (purple pins) and their intersection, and comparing it against the computed intersection (red pin), as well as the the location that we actually intended (green pin) looks like:

−		+	[[File:level10.map.png\|X almost marks the spot]]

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 * Page title: "''Find Billy's nickname''"s.
 * The QR code contains the URL for the Wikipedia page for calculating the [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Incidence_%28geometry%29#Intersection_of_a_pair_of_lines intersections of lines].
 Below the images, there is the text "''X marks the spot''", reminiscent of treasure maps. There's also a little bit of encouragement in the HTML:
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-* The images for this level were taken specifically for this level.
+Asking Wolfram Alpha to do the math for us:

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		+	This level was the second major stumbling block among the players. It's notable for having four images instead of one, and being based on something in the city.
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		+	* URL path: ''/2011/10-roflcopters/onmylawn.php''.
		+	* Page title: "''Find Billy's nickname''"s.
		+	* The QR code contains the URL for the Wikipedia page for calculating the [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Incidence_%28geometry%29#Intersection_of_a_pair_of_lines intersections of lines].
		+
		+	Below the images, there is the text "''X marks the spot''", reminiscent of treasure maps. There's also a little bit of encouragement in the HTML:
		+
		+	<nowiki><!-- billy got turned to stone --></nowiki>
		+
		+	So if this level is about a map, where is it? A Winnipegger might be able to place three of the pictures on the page, but a solitary lamppost with no other landmarks isn't recognizable. The logical leap required is to get further is to realize that we've given you four separate image ''files'' instead of one file containing four ''images''. There are ways to embed the location a photo was taken, the GPS coordinates, in a file's metadata. Pulling the GPS coordinates out of the files gives:
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		+	{\| border="0" cellpadding="5"
		+	\| (49.941250, -97.206192) \|\| \|\| (49.889153, -97.128502)
		+	\|-
		+	\| \|\| X \|\|
		+	\|-
		+	\| (49.886658, -97.164833) \|\| \|\| (49.864323, -97.124481)
		+	\|}
		+
		+	* The images for this level were taken specifically for this level.

−	~~The second level is where the fun begins. Let's start off with an overview of the page's components:~~

−	* URL path: ''''.
−	* Page title: "''''"s.
−	* The QR code contains the URL for the Wikipedia page for [].
−	* The image for this level is obviously not related to this level, as it's from the Flickr stream.

	===Interesting Wrong Answers===		===Interesting Wrong Answers===

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	===Interesting Wrong Answers===		===Interesting Wrong Answers===
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		+	The first group of wrong answers are for URLs:
		+
		+	* BEATACASTLE
		+	* passwd
		+	* shadow
		+	* s/php/ips
		+
		+	The second group of wrong answers are for the input boxes:
		+
		+	* "MARIO" / "ROOK"
		+	* "MUSI" / "MAWIJO"
		+	* "' OR 1=1--" / "' OR 1=1--"
		+	* "BEAT" / "ACASTLE"
		+	* "BEAT" / "MALIGNUS"
		+	* "CAS" / "TLE"
		+	* "DUCK" / "HUNT"
		+	* "OUR PRINCESS IS IN ANOTHER CASTLE" / "OUR PRINCESS IS IN ANOTHER CASTLE"
		+	* "TOAD" / "STOOL"
		+	* "WORLD" / "TIME"

	===Statistics===		===Statistics===

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 * URL path: ''/2011/16-gameover/orisit.php''.
 * Page title: "''s/php/ips''"s.
-* The QR code contains the URL for the Wikipedia page for [http://zerosoft.zophar.net/jips.php an IPS patcher].
+* The QR code contains the URL for the Wikipedia page for an [http://zerosoft.zophar.net/jips.php IPS patcher].
 * The image for this level is a screenshot of Super Mario Bros. with additional text at the top that says "''BEAT A CASTLE''".

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 [[File:080da1835a1360530bf97dd2ab977414.jpg|link=http://www.skullspace.net/2011/16-gameover/orisit.php|Level 16]]
-The second level is where the fun begins. Let's start off with an overview of the page's components:
+The final level took almost no time to make, but took the most time to test.
-* URL path: ''''.
+* URL path: ''/2011/16-gameover/orisit.php''.
-* Page title: "''''"s.
+* Page title: "''s/php/ips''"s.
-* The QR code contains the URL for the Wikipedia page for [].
+* The QR code contains the URL for the Wikipedia page for [http://zerosoft.zophar.net/jips.php an IPS patcher].
-* The image for this level is obviously not related to this level, as it's from the Flickr stream.
+* The image for this level is a screenshot of Super Mario Bros. with additional text at the top that says "''BEAT A CASTLE''".
 ===Interesting Wrong Answers===