Telecran

wiz1989 · Post by **wiz1989** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:16 am

Hey guys, I'm working on the Telecran challenge atm and tried several approaches like base4 code or symbol frequencies etc. Anyway, my latest idea works with "directions". Could anyone tell if I'm on the right track?
Or if not, do ya have any hints?
I would really appreciate that.

cya, wiz

cyberwoozle · Post by **cyberwoozle** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:20 am

You _are_ on the right track!

Andr3w · Post by **Andr3w** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:39 am

I made a perhaps remarkable detection:
If I copy the area of the sourcecode of the page which contains the pics in a texteditor I get breaks in the list every 17th line.
could sound a little bit paranoid but: could this mean anything? ^^
My problem is: 17 is a prime ...

higgs · Post by **higgs** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:18 pm

You should figure out what the title means...

megabreit · Post by **megabreit** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:59 pm

I tried the same things like wiz1989 (without having read his post).. with the same results.
BTW: I did not notice this 17 line phenomenon.. maybe a browser issue?

I did search the net for "telecran" or just "cran".. and found only rubbish.
Is this (another) challenge that is harder to solve if your native language is not english?

cyberwoozle · Post by **cyberwoozle** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:13 pm

No, this has absolutely nothing to do with your mother tongue!

wiz1989 · Post by **wiz1989** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:40 pm

You should figure out what the title means...

Well, I thought the title's just a hint for the Luxembourgian flag... I mean, on the first look, everyone thinks about the Dutch one, don't they?
Or is Telecran more than a paper?

gfoot · Post by **gfoot** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:53 am

It's been said before that German people will have more trouble with this one...

megabreit · Post by **megabreit** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:52 pm

I'm curious: Why just germans (if it doesn't spoil the answer)?

cyberwoozle · Post by **cyberwoozle** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:47 pm

I guess, because the german Google doesn't show the hint on the first few pages. I also used the german Google and i had to scroll a little bit.

Belriel · Post by **Belriel** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:37 am

The "thing" telecran refers to is not known with that word in Germany and strangely google seems to filter pages refering to it somehow. If you are German, try to google at google.xx where xx is any other country than de.

b0bA · Post by **b0bA** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:37 pm

I would suggest not to google for it anyway. Especialy being german should show you somehow the reference between the title and a possible solution (you just have to do a "dirty" translation of the title).

megabreit · Post by **megabreit** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:33 pm

Got it. I even know now what a telecran is. It (just) confirmed that I was on the right track.

wiz1989 · Post by **wiz1989** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:34 pm

Well, I finally made it two days ago, and I think the hints in this thread are enough to pass the challenge. especially the post of b0ba and my first one should show you the right track.
hf^^

nightmare1942 · Post by **nightmare1942** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:52 pm

well yeah, these hints should do it. then it takes 5 min to solve it! *and I am GERMAN*:D

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