Matrix Recoded
Matrix Recoded
Once again a very nice challenge of michuber. The clue was the name of the image file. However, I wonder if there is another hidden message coded in the brightness of the symbols ...
I have left this challenge alone for a long time.
Recently I have decided to make some progress. Frequency analysis showed the uniqueness of the symbols. OK, I have decided to read the symbols ... I have googled the matrix font and wow ... signs, e decimal point. ... Why was I so blind and have not seen the pattern?
OK, 32 columns is a hint for 32x32 bit square so let us encode it to bits. But exp -55 or +45 are a bit off to make a standard representation... so double precision? Still just THE almost readable. I have returned to it two days later ... what about finding a substitution of digits to reach the float range. ... OK let us try to read 1 as 1, and so on ... yes that works
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Recently I have decided to make some progress. Frequency analysis showed the uniqueness of the symbols. OK, I have decided to read the symbols ... I have googled the matrix font and wow ... signs, e decimal point. ... Why was I so blind and have not seen the pattern?
OK, 32 columns is a hint for 32x32 bit square so let us encode it to bits. But exp -55 or +45 are a bit off to make a standard representation... so double precision? Still just THE almost readable. I have returned to it two days later ... what about finding a substitution of digits to reach the float range. ... OK let us try to read 1 as 1, and so on ... yes that works
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