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by hobbist
Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:38 am
Forum: Challenges
Topic: Didactic Blue
Replies: 44
Views: 82901

I made it much harder than it really was.
by hobbist
Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:45 pm
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: One Minute Man
Replies: 39
Views: 4538

I used this python script, which i made. Guess i could've made it with less code, but i'm still learning :D import urllib import time proxy = {'http': 'proxyurl'} opener = urllib.FancyURLopener(proxy) . . . . Hi, Just completed the challenge myself, using python. I am learning too, and I don't unde...
by hobbist
Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:34 pm
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: Didactic XOR Cipher 2
Replies: 15
Views: 1686

Re: Didactic XOR Cipher 2

samuelandjw wrote:hey, guys. I solved it by trying XOR from 0 to 255 by programming. Anybody has a better solution?
Not better, as such...but I used the exact same code I used on the first XOR Cipher Challenge. Most of the work was already done, so like you I just looped it through the range 1,255.
by hobbist
Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:00 pm
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: The Powers That Be
Replies: 27
Views: 3079

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x = str(((17**39)**11)) 
x2 = ''
for i in range(0,len(x),33):
    x2 += x[i]
print 'powers that be ', x2

Gawd, I love python. Can't wait until I really start learning.
by hobbist
Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:11 pm
Forum: Challenges Solved
Topic: Who goes there?
Replies: 22
Views: 5036

[quote="Users"]Remind me to make my user name a palindrome.[/quote]

Is "Madam, i'm Adam" already taken? :)