Portal: ApertureScience.com (Possible Spoilers)

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I think I know what the "intub-xlg" from the bill is. During the Portal gameplay video, the computerized voice mentions "an intubation assistant will be sent to revive you with peptic salve and adrenaline." Intubation is a method of revival that includes the use of a tube (the intub-xlg on the bill).
 
Hey!! at the selection code, at the end there is a I:

AT82EE3DCKIS>TL>TTLDRRXPA2NI
I think it's a message.

the > are maybe spaces . Now we need to decode it!!

AT82EE3DCKIS TL TTLDRRXPA2NI

LET'S GO GUYS!

[e]And also: the cat code also seems to work, but just list the "APPLY.EXE" executable.
 
Anagram!

An anagram, or maybe a decoding list. Like MORSE. search for cake, cat, maybe even PORTAL =P
 
ThePoubel said:
Hey!! at the selection code, at the end there is a I:
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Your reasoning sounds more like "I failed at understanding Lost" instead of "I'm a quantum physics graduate."

Like I said a bit earlier (at least I think I did) this is not Lost. Crazy and dumb ideas with semi-retarded wordpuzzles don't work here. Try reading the thread instead.
 
Okay. Maybe I agree a bit with you. But anyway, at least I was having fun.
 
ThePoubel said:
Okay. Maybe I agree a bit with you. But anyway, at least I was having fun.
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Seems like our taste of humor differs then. Don't get too offended by me of course, I'm just mere letters on your screen poking your virtual identity, nothing more.
 
I did an anagram solver, doesnt seem to be anything. here are ze results..
a a cell dirt dirt tnpk sext
a a cell dirt dript tsk next
a a cell dirt next tsk dript
a a cell dirt rid tnpk texts
a a cell dirt rids tnpk text
a a cell dirt sext tnpk dirt
a a cell dirt text tnpk rids
a a cell dirt texts tnpk rid
a a cell dirt tnpk dirt sext
a a cell dirt tnpk rid texts
a a cell dirt tnpk rids text
a a cell dirt tnpk sext dirt
a a cell dirt tnpk text rids
a a cell dirt tnpk texts rid
a a cell dirt tsk dript next
a a cell dirt tsk next dript
a a cell dirts rid tnpk text
a a cell dirts text tnpk rid
a a cell dirts tnpk rid text
a a cell dirts tnpk text rid
a a cell distr rid tnpk text
a a cell distr text tnpk rid
a a cell distr tnpk rid text
a a cell distr tnpk text rid
a a cell dript dirt tsk next
a a cell dript next tsk dirt
a a cell dript rind tsk text
a a cell dript text tsk rind
a a cell dript tsk dirt next
a a cell dript tsk next dirt
a a cell dript tsk rind text
a a cell dript tsk text rind

only words I can determine are real.. are next, text, a, a, dirt, rid, rids, and cell.
 
Mabye there is a correct anwser to each question? and that unlocks something else?

Just a suggestion.

tes

and i did read all 31 pages.
 
Well, we've explored the files and frankly, there doens't seem to be much else at this time.
 
You can't access anything if you don't go through the swf. We've explored the swf, there is nothing else there.

Unless you can guess the password to the database, or you can magically guess all the variables and what their attributes need to be in the php file, there is nothng else to do.
 
I think cojawfee's right. Now we can just wait for something else. Maybe just to double check, someone may e-mail valve with all that we discovered by now and if that's something else in the site.
 
I'm waiting eagerly for a response from Gabe, but so far I haven't got anything..
 
Hey, didn't someone say that the UID is generated according to time? What if we somehow decipher it and then encode it again using Valve's birthday with hour 00:00:00?

Alternativly, did you try sending the UID back to the php script outside the flash, so that you can use lowercase?
 
idanbd said:
Hey, didn't someone say that the UID is generated according to time? What if we somehow decipher it and then encode it again using Valve's birthday with hour 00:00:00?

Alternativly, did you try sending the UID back to the php script outside the flash, so that you can use lowercase?
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The UID is most likely just an MD5 hash generated by php's md5($str) function. The $str can be of course anything, Unix time would be my bet.
 
idanbd said:
Hey, didn't someone say that the UID is generated according to time? What if we somehow decipher it and then encode it again using Valve's birthday with hour 00:00:00?

Alternativly, did you try sending the UID back to the php script outside the flash, so that you can use lowercase?
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Yeah, the first 32 characters is an MD5 hash of your IP. The other 32 are unknown. The weird thing is that it doesn't just accept any random string for the next 32 characters. For example, here's one of my UIDs:

Code: 
c0bfe170ddc59b73110e1f87c7108764d0fc2939c777e488f630b074199e6fcf

My current IP is 69.79.201.205, and when MD5 encoded is c0bfe170ddc59b73110e1f87c7108764. (You can try it out and confirm here) The remaining string, d0fc2939c777e488f630b074199e6fcf, is what's a mystery. You can convert Valve's Birthday to a Unix Time timestamp here. Afterwards you should MD5 encode it so you have a 32 character code, then add that code to your MD5 encoded IP. To know if you've entered a valid UID, when testing it with gdxt.php it should print out &okay=okay&.
 
The INTUB thing in the bill. Think. INTRAVENOUS TUBE. Flour for cake :p. Thumb tacks for god knows what.
And Valve is just screwing with everyone hyping portal up. Not that it isn't fun.
 
i dont know jack about MD5, but ive got an idea...

you said that the 1st part of the code was your IP encoded with MD5, is it possible that the rest is already encoded and we have to work back so that we get and IP that will lead us to our next clue?
 
DarkDamo said:
i dont know jack about MD5, but ive got an idea...

you said that the 1st part of the code was your IP encoded with MD5, is it possible that the rest is already encoded and we have to work back so that we get and IP that will lead us to our next clue?
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Considering that MD5 is irreversable...

No.

IPB Forums MD5 passwords work like this:

When you register, your password is recorded on a piece of paper then burned.
When you try to login, the password is recorded on a piece of paper and then burned.

Then the server compares the burns and if they match, it authenticates you.

But you can't un-burn burned stuff.

[Aazn]
 
DarkDamo said:
i dont know jack about MD5, but ive got an idea...

you said that the 1st part of the code was your IP encoded with MD5, is it possible that the rest is already encoded and we have to work back so that we get and IP that will lead us to our next clue?
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I've been doing a couple of tests and the second part apparently has something to do with the first. Let's use my second MD5 hash (d0fc2939c777e488f630b074199e6fcf) for the following example. If we were to use another IP, i.e. www.valvesoftware.com (69.28.175.118), generated an MD5 hash from it (74b79a2916cdc2d8b6109925fd2ec76c), added my second string to it, and then validated it via http://www.aperturescience.com/gdxt.php?what=answer&uid=, it should print &okay=okay&, but it doesn't. This means that every second MD5 hash which is part of the UID is completely unique too. Only Valve can work back because they know the real values of both MD5 hashes.
 
...

You guys know that the UIN(+L) changes every time you login, right?
Oh, and it regularly alters every few seconds.
Try copying it down and then copy it down again immediately to see if they match.

They won't.
 
That's right; I'm guessing that when the UIN(+L) changes it generates another MD5 hash from what it converted previously.
 
I don't think we're getting anywhere any time soon with this, I think we've cracked it enough now, we are teh masters of ApertureScience rofl
 
Anyone figured out what command you can write after the test (after failing to enter the correct UIN+L)? You can type something, I don't think its just there for nothing, there must be a command. HELP, LOGIN and THECAKEISALIE commands does not work.

I also noticed, that before the test, when the system flashes the ID you have to remember, for me it flashed and changed about three times, and then it stopped changing when I highlighted it with a triple click. See this image if anyone is interested in decoding it: http://www.freewebs.com/jep-jep/id.JPG

So there are two new (?) things to try out.

1) What command works in the last page after "failing" to enter the ID? (Maximum of 65 characters can be entered)
2) Why did the ID stop changing after waiting a while and highlighting it?
 
ok so if you type in valve right after you login it takes you of there website and after each question the little square is some where else i wouldnt know how to do it but it would b a little project to track them all
 
jetkidgx said:
ok so if you type in valve right after you login it takes you of there website and after each question the little square is some where else i wouldnt know how to do it but it would b a little project to track them all
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I lol'd.
 
Highlighted characters

It's common knowledge now that if you highlight a character on one page, a character is highlighted on the next. This means nothing. It isn't some secret code that you have to decipher.
Lets say you highlight character X where X is the number of characters including and prior to that character on a page. Guess what character is highlighted on the next page. You guessed it: character X!

Take these two sentences as example of two different pages with highlighted characters:
The dog is retarded.
My breakfast sucks.
See how the seventh character is highlighted on each page? There is no secret code.
 
Who actually thought that in the first place? (can't be arsed reading through the whole thread)
 
Did anyone read my post above in this page? 2 new things to try out.
 
osiris86 said:
It's common knowledge now that if you highlight a character on one page, a character is highlighted on the next. This means nothing. It isn't some secret code that you have to decipher.
Lets say you highlight character X where X is the number of characters including and prior to that character on a page. Guess what character is highlighted on the next page. You guessed it: character X!

Take these two sentences as example of two different pages with highlighted characters:
The dog is retarded.
My breakfast sucks.
See how the seventh character is highlighted on each page? There is no secret code.
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I disagree... it is not common knowledge, but it makes sense (though I don't know how it would apply in a flash file).

Mesz said:
Who actually thought that in the first place? (can't be arsed reading through the whole thread)
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Me, just messing around and trying things out.

EDIT: Would that still apply even though I highlighted the entire line? Why would only one character be highlighted after?
 
Peffse said:
I disagree... it is not common knowledge, but it makes sense (though I don't know how it would apply in a flash file).
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Perhaps the screen isn't being redrawn and when the page changes, it's just changing the values of a bunch of letters already there, i.e. it never *unhighlights* the letter you highlight.
 
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