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by Grevas
Thu Sep 19, 2024 6:07 am
Forum: The Hacker's Server
Topic: hacker.org revival
Replies: 9
Views: 17569

Re: hacker.org revival

This "project" is already dead, but nonetheless (it doesn't even build, NPM ftw): Without the Sources for the Challenges (including answers) it's not feasible to relaunch. I've been pondering it too at times This site is a fun introduction to the process of programming, so i liked to toss ...
by Grevas
Mon Jan 09, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: Compression
Replies: 14
Views: 1771

Yes, this challenge sucks. It's only challenging by beeing obtuse; the way to go atleast is straightforward (7z can just open the initial file, not much thinking there)... But atleast currently it's somewhat doable. - 7z has a plugin to deal with hqx, no mac necessary - used "unar" on in a...
by Grevas
Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:38 pm
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Big Fib
Replies: 36
Views: 50139

Just in case:

Fib(0) = 0
Fib(1) = 1
Fib(2) = 1
Fib(3) = 2

is currently used in this challenge. Just had a example in my python book about iterations using fibonacci sequence, so i modified it 'slightly' :) (~5min sounds about right, running it on one core only)
by Grevas
Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:38 pm
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: lotsa dots
Replies: 26
Views: 2267

If you want to watch you script working, i did it with some autoit (yeah, the start coordinates are predefined - too lazy to do a search) HotKeySet("{DEL}", "quit") $sx = 1297 $sy = 520 $row = 0 $bullet = 0 $xstep = 16 $ystep = 16 $code = "" $string = "" While...
by Grevas
Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:30 pm
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: Once Upon A Time
Replies: 11
Views: 989

tried archive.org with http://www.hacker.org/challenge/top.php .... Of course, it didn't work :doh:
by Grevas
Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:11 am
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: Your Turn
Replies: 11
Views: 978

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<?php
echo $_GET['out'];
?>
Solved :)
by Grevas
Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:31 am
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Once upon a time
Replies: 24
Views: 36257

Is this still solveable ? ...
by Grevas
Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:46 pm
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: Didactic Red
Replies: 4
Views: 642

Loaded it directly from firefox into gimp, didn't work. Downloaded version had a little different Hexcode. Interesting.
by Grevas
Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:06 pm
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: Substitute Teacher
Replies: 28
Views: 2667

Since i didn't have any idea of cryptography till today and im not an native english speaker, it wasn't an easy task. Took me good 2 hours to finish this one, but i had fun :) I made a little page to help me keep track of my substitutions: Right now it's also accessible at http://web-werker.de/tmp/c...
by Grevas
Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:06 pm
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: The Powers That Be
Replies: 27
Views: 3096

DocJoe wrote:Nice challenge. Now I know how to do large number multiplication in python. :)
And I know now how to do it in PHP.

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$x = bcpow(bcpow(17, 39), 11);
for($i = 0; $i < strlen($x); $i++) {
	echo $x[$i];
	if(($i+1) % 33 == 0) echo "<br />";
}
But i don't think i will need it :lol:

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