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Need help about the 'Russian Dolls' challenge
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:48 am
by dorahan
Please need some help with the 'russian dolls' challenge... i can't solve this one... I've downloaded hex editor software to read the binary numbers in the 'doll' file...
http://www.topshareware.com/free-bin-fi ... oads/1.htm
But after i opened the file with that program, i only saw a whole numbers of hexadecimal... I've tried to convert to binary and translate into ascii regular text... but nothing in the file has any mean... When i translated to text, it has no mean at all... It's empty... I wonder if those numbers can't be translated into text, so what should i do next? I don't have any idea at all... thanks...
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:58 am
by dorahan
To solve this challenge.. the hint is Russian Doll it self...
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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:37 am
by flog
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i don't understand it, too.
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:34 pm
by lukas
first find out what russian dolls mean, then you will automatically know what to do
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:37 pm
by MerickOWA
I wouldn't say that you'd automatically know what to do, but its a pretty good hint as to what the answer might be. Identifying what the file is also helps.
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:09 pm
by vielinko
MerickOWA wrote:I wouldn't say that you'd automatically know what to do, but its a pretty good hint as to what the answer might be. Identifying what the file is also helps.
I wouldnt say either ...
another tip: This is a HUGE Russian Doll ...
"you'd automatically know what to do": yeah, isnt that easy at begin
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:30 am
by Triton456
Could you give a tip about how HUGE?... Cause I'm alreaddy working on this for quite a long time, and still no end in sight... >.>
Greetz,
Triton456
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:28 pm
by portal
my tip is: computers can do some things fast, if well instructed how to..
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:50 am
by yyiinn
I know what to do, just its taking me ages. I have done what needs to be done but seem no closer can some one please give a rough number so i can at least know how close or far I am from getting the answer...thnx
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:43 pm
by Force4
yyiinn wrote:I know what to do, just its taking me ages. I have done what needs to be done but seem no closer can some one please give a rough number so i can at least know how close or far I am from getting the answer...thnx
Hehe... This challenge is a little more fun than you think.
You might not want to do it by hand.
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:55 pm
by CodeX
if you
bash it hard enough you'll get the answer
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:55 am
by Force4
CodeX wrote:if you
bash it hard enough you'll get the answer
Good one CodeX
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:33 pm
by CodeX
For those of you planning on doing this manually: the answer in doll.bin has been compressed 999 times, it's time to rethink your approach unless you enjoy the life of a robot and have a lot of spare time.
I just gave doll.bin a quick
bash to find out how many layers there are in it and it only took 6 seconds
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:49 pm
by DaymItzJack
Force4 wrote:yyiinn wrote:I know what to do, just its taking me ages. I have done what needs to be done but seem no closer can some one please give a rough number so i can at least know how close or far I am from getting the answer...thnx
Hehe... This challenge is a little more fun than you think.
You might not want to do it by hand.
I sadly did. I couldn't find anything in python to open it.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:15 am
by CodeX
Code: Select all
import os
os.system("command line to do whatever you want :P")