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"Dad, your drunk again. Stop posting on the forum, or i'll ban you, and it'll ruin Christmas." -Deej

Most engineers who practice computer science pragmatically repeatedly go with the common practice and leverage ones and zeroes to pen their programs. Generating code like this generally is a pretty well-founded pattern to employ. On the flip side, Bungie is not your typical engineering group. We write programs without ones. Our people do not like the number. Why? Well, there are greater, grander numbers to apply for our wily craft. Mayhaps you disagree, perchance you agree. What matters is that seven is more awesome than one will ever imagine itself to be. And so, we code with ample sevens, not ones. Fact: Programs packed with sevens are more awesome than pithy programs that apply ones. Zeroes? Well, we still think they're good. Pretty palatable. We grapple with zeroes all the time. Even now. Yes. Here. Can you people see them? Right here in this long text? Pause to take a long look. Perchance this has been a wily gambit all this time? Well, polish those thinking caps. You have ample numbers to find. Have some fun! Stay happy.

There, a "pristine" copy. Shouldn't have any spelling mistakes.

  • 09.07.2012 7:57 PM PDT

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Getting closer.


Why can't this puzzle have anything to do with your new game. :(

  • 09.07.2012 7:58 PM PDT

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  • 09.07.2012 7:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: DesertStormer27
Most engineers who practice computer science pragmatically repeatedly go with the common practice and leverage ones and zeroes to pen their programs. Generating code like this generally is a pretty well-founded pattern to employ. On the flip side, Bungie is not your typical engineering group. We write programs without ones. Our people do not like the number. Why? Well, there are greater, grander numbers to apply for our wily craft. Mayhaps you disagree, perchance you agree. What matters is that seven is more awesome than one will ever imagine itself to be. And so, we code with ample sevens, not ones. Fact: Programs packed with sevens are more awesome than pithy programs that apply ones. Zeroes? Well, we still think they're good. Pretty palatable. We grapple with zeroes all the time. Even now. Yes. Here. Can you people see them? Right here in this long text? Pause to take a long look. Perchance this has been a wily gambit all this time? Well, polish those thinking caps. You have ample numbers to find. Have some fun! Stay happy.

There, a "pristine" copy. Shouldn't have any spelling mistakes.
I thought Bluechill said it originally came without spaces when immediately translated. I thought that was defaulted because of the type of code anywho.
...I should find a way to state my words better.

[Edited on 09.07.2012 7:59 PM PDT]

  • 09.07.2012 7:59 PM PDT

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MOSTENGINEERSWHOPRACTICECOMPUTERSCIENCEPRAGMATICALLYREPEATEDL YGOWITHTHECOMMONPR
ACTICEANDLEVERAGEONESANDZEROESTOPENTHEIRPROGRAMS.GENERATINGCO DELIKETHISGENERALLY
ISAPRETTYWELL-FOUNDEDPATTERNTOEMPLOY.ONTHEFLIPSIDE,BUNGIEISNO TYOURTYPICALENGINEE
RINGGROUP.WEWRITEPROGRAMSWITHOUTONES.OURPEOPLEDONOTLIKETHENUM BER.WHY?WELL,THEREA
REGREATER,GRANDERNUMBERSTOAPPLYFOROURWILYCRAFT.MAYHAPYOUDISAG REE,PERCHANCEYOUAGR
EE.WHATMATTERSISTHATSEVENISMOREAWESOMETHANONEWILLEVERIMAGINEI TSELFTOBE.ANDSO,WEC
ODEWITHAMPLESEVENS,NOTONES.FACT:PROGRAMSPACKEDWITHSEVENSAREMO REAWESOMETHANPITHYP
ROGRAMSTHATAPPLYONES.ZEROES?WELL,WESTILLTHINKTHEY'REGOOD. PRETTYPALATABLE.WEGRAPP
LEWITHZEROESALLTHETIME.EVENNOW.YES.HERE.CANYOUPEOPLESEETHEM?R IGHTHEREINTHISLONGT
EXT?PAUSETOTAKEALONGLOOK.PERCHANCETHISHASBEENAWILYGAMBITALLTH ISTIME?WELL,POLISHT
HOSETHINKINGCAPS.YOUHAVEAMPLENUMBERSTOFIND.HAVESOMEFUN!STAYHA PPY.

Is this what you mean.

  • 09.07.2012 7:59 PM PDT

"Dad, your drunk again. Stop posting on the forum, or i'll ban you, and it'll ruin Christmas." -Deej

I don't know why, but for some reason, there is a space in between "HA" and "PPY". It doesn't exist in the translated code, or in the content of what I posted. Ignore it.

  • 09.07.2012 8:03 PM PDT

Most engineers who practive computer science pragmatically repeatedly go with the common practive and leverage ones and zeroes to pen their programs. Generating code like this generally is a pretty well-founded pattern to employ. On the flip side, Bungie is not your typical engineering group. We write programs without ones. Our people do not like the number. Why? Well, there are greater, grander numbers to apply for our wily craft. Mayhapy you disagre, perchance you agree. What matters is that seven is more awesome than one will ever imagine itself to be. And so, we code with ample sevens, not ones. Fact: Programs packed with sevens are more awesome than pithy programs that apply ones. Zeroes? Well, we still think they're good. Pretty palatable. We grapple with zeroes all the time. Even now. Yes. Here. Can you people see them? Right her in this long text? Pause to take a long look. Perchance this has been a wily gambit all this time? Well, polish those thinking caps. You have ample numbers to find. Have some fun! Stay happy.This is what I was looking for. There seems to be 2 v's that need to be c's. A missing o. A y that needs to be an s. And a missing e. That's 5 mistakes that come from: Practi[c]e, Practi[c]e, [O]Pen, Mayhap[s] and Disagre[e].

  • 09.07.2012 8:03 PM PDT

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^^^ I thought those were just Stormer's mistakes upon retype.

So we've got it read easily as this:
Posted by: DesertStormer27
Most engineers who practice computer science pragmatically repeatedly go with the common practice and leverage ones and zeroes to pen their programs. Generating code like this generally is a pretty well-founded pattern to employ. On the flip side, Bungie is not your typical engineering group. We write programs without ones. Our people do not like the number. Why? Well, there are greater, grander numbers to apply for our wily craft. Mayhaps you disagree, perchance you agree. What matters is that seven is more awesome than one will ever imagine itself to be. And so, we code with ample sevens, not ones. Fact: Programs packed with sevens are more awesome than pithy programs that apply ones. Zeroes? Well, we still think they're good. Pretty palatable. We grapple with zeroes all the time. Even now. Yes. Here. Can you people see them? Right here in this long text? Pause to take a long look. Perchance this has been a wily gambit all this time? Well, polish those thinking caps. You have ample numbers to find. Have some fun! Stay happy.

And completely unedited here:Posted by: DesertStormer27
MOSTENGINEERSWHOPRACTICECOMPUTERSCIENCEPRAGMATICALLYREPEATEDL YGOWITHTHECOMMONPR
ACTICEANDLEVERAGEONESANDZEROESTOPENTHEIRPROGRAMS.GENERATINGCO DELIKETHISGENERALLY
ISAPRETTYWELL-FOUNDEDPATTERNTOEMPLOY.ONTHEFLIPSIDE,BUNGIEISNO TYOURTYPICALENGINEE
RINGGROUP.WEWRITEPROGRAMSWITHOUTONES.OURPEOPLEDONOTLIKETHENUM BER.WHY?WELL,THEREA
REGREATER,GRANDERNUMBERSTOAPPLYFOROURWILYCRAFT.MAYHAPYOUDISAG REE,PERCHANCEYOUAGR
EE.WHATMATTERSISTHATSEVENISMOREAWESOMETHANONEWILLEVERIMAGINEI TSELFTOBE.ANDSO,WEC
ODEWITHAMPLESEVENS,NOTONES.FACT:PROGRAMSPACKEDWITHSEVENSAREMO REAWESOMETHANPITHYP
ROGRAMSTHATAPPLYONES.ZEROES?WELL,WESTILLTHINKTHEY'REGOOD. PRETTYPALATABLE.WEGRAPP
LEWITHZEROESALLTHETIME.EVENNOW.YES.HERE.CANYOUPEOPLESEETHEM?R IGHTHEREINTHISLONGT
EXT?PAUSETOTAKEALONGLOOK.PERCHANCETHISHASBEENAWILYGAMBITALLTH ISTIME?WELL,POLISHT
HOSETHINKINGCAPS.YOUHAVEAMPLENUMBERSTOFIND.HAVESOMEFUN!STAYHA PPY.


[Edited on 09.07.2012 8:05 PM PDT]

  • 09.07.2012 8:03 PM PDT

"Dad, your drunk again. Stop posting on the forum, or i'll ban you, and it'll ruin Christmas." -Deej

Here is one without Line Breaks.

MOSTENGINEERSWHOPRACTICECOMPUTERSCIENCEPRAGMATICALLYREPEATEDL YGOWITHTHECOMMONPRACTICEANDLEVERAGEONESANDZEROESTOPENTHEIRPRO GRAMS.GENERATINGCODELIKETHISGENERALLYISAPRETTYWELL-FOUNDEDPAT TERNTOEMPLOY.ONTHEFLIPSIDE,BUNGIEISNOTYOURTYPICALENGINEERINGG ROUP.WEWRITEPROGRAMSWITHOUTONES.OURPEOPLEDONOTLIKETHENUMBER.W HYWELL,THEREAREGREATER,GRANDERNUMBERSTOAPPLYFOROURWILYCRAFT.M AYHAPYOUDISAGREE,PERCHANCEYOUAGREE.WHATMATTERSISTHATSEVENISMO REAWESOMETHANONEWILLEVERIMAGINEITSELFTOBE.ANDSO,WECODEWITHAMP LESEVENS,NOTONES.FACT:PROGRAMSPACKEDWITHSEVENSAREMOREAWESOMET HANPITHYPROGRAMSTHATAPPLYONES.ZEROESWELL,WESTILLTHINKTHEY' ;REGOOD.PRETTYPALATABLE.WEGRAPPLEWITHZEROESALLTHETIME.EVENNOW .YES.HERE.CANYOUPEOPLESEETHEM?RIGHTHEREINTHISLONGTEXTPAUSETOT AKEALONGLOOK.PERCHANCETHISHASBEENAWILYGAMBITALLTHISTIME?WELL, POLISHTHOSETHINKINGCAPS.YOUHAVEAMPLENUMBERSTOFIND.HAVESOMEFUN !STAYHAPPY.

  • 09.07.2012 8:06 PM PDT

The entire thing is words, how are we supposed to turn words into numbers?

  • 09.07.2012 8:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: Rainbow A Dash
snip


Actually the completely unedited version includes no returns, no spaces and is this:


MOSTENGINEERSWHOPRACTICECOMPUTERSCIENCEPRAGMATICALLYREPEATEDL YGOWITHTHECOMMONPRACTICEANDLEVERAGEONESANDZEROESTOPENTHEIRPRO GRAMS.GENERATINGCODELIKETHISGENERALLYISAPRETTYWELL-FOUNDEDPAT TERNTOEMPLOY.ONTHEFLIPSIDE,BUNGIEISNOTYOURTYPICALENGINEERINGG ROUP.WEWRITEPROGRAMSWITHOUTONES.OURPEOPLEDONOTLIKETHENUMBER.W HY?WELL,THEREAREGREATER,GRANDERNUMBERSTOAPPLYFOROURWILYCRAFT. MAYHAPYOUDISAGREE,PERCHANCEYOUAGREE.WHATMATTERSISTHATSEVENISM OREAWESOMETHANONEWILLEVERIMAGINEITSELFTOBE.ANDSO,WECODEWITHAM PLESEVENS,NOTONES.FACT:PROGRAMSPACKEDWITHSEVENSAREMOREAWESOME THANPITHYPROGRAMSTHATAPPLYONES.ZEROES?WELL,WESTILLTHINKTHEY&# 39;REGOOD.PRETTYPALATABLE.WEGRAPPLEWITHZEROESALLTHETIME.EVENN OW.YES.HERE.CANYOUPEOPLESEETHEM?RIGHTHEREINTHISLONGTEXT?PAUSE TOTAKEALONGLOOK.PERCHANCETHISHASBEENAWILYGAMBITALLTHISTIME?WE LL,POLISHTHOSETHINKINGCAPS.YOUHAVEAMPLENUMBERSTOFIND.HAVESOME FUN!STAYHAPPY.


Also if anyone is interested in some C++ programs for generating this stuff:

http://pastebin.com/8YbddnRZ

  • 09.07.2012 8:09 PM PDT

Key

The answer is tacos. You just have to go diagonally down from the upper right character and then when you reach the edge you go in the associating parallel paths.

Advance all the letters through the alphabet by 4 (p becomes t, w becomes a, z becomes c, k becomes o, o becomes s), remove the Qs, and rewrite it backwards.

I'm a small DeeJ; address is in your inbox.

  • 09.07.2012 8:10 PM PDT

Upon closer inspection it appears that 21 I had earlier was completely out of my iPhone's ass, it didn't count all the 0s for some reason. I give up.

  • 09.07.2012 8:11 PM PDT

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Guys, we can shoot code out there to decode ascii in different languages all we want, we've got the block of text, now we need to find what exactly we're looking for 0's in.

But yes, thank you bluechill for the C++ version of the code. I was trying to write a java decoder but I couldn't come up with the algorithim for

int c = num[i] + 7;
if (c > 57 && c < 65)
c += 7;

if (c > 70)
c -= 22;

num[i] = (char)c;


cause I'm math retarded.

[Edited on 09.07.2012 8:18 PM PDT]

  • 09.07.2012 8:11 PM PDT

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
The answer is tacos. You just have to go diagonally down from the upper right character and then when you reach the edge you go in the associating parallel paths.

Advance all the letters through the alphabet by 4 (p becomes t, w becomes a, z becomes c, k becomes o, o becomes s), remove the Qs, and rewrite it backwards.

I'm a small DeeJ; address is in your inbox.
We are looking for numbers now, not food Crazzy.

  • 09.07.2012 8:12 PM PDT

Key


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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
The answer is tacos. You just have to go diagonally down from the upper right character and then when you reach the edge you go in the associating parallel paths.

Advance all the letters through the alphabet by 4 (p becomes t, w becomes a, z becomes c, k becomes o, o becomes s), remove the Qs, and rewrite it backwards.

I'm a small DeeJ; address is in your inbox.
We are looking for numbers now, not food Crazzy.
Have you tested my theory? Didn't think so. I'm going to bed. When I wake up, I expect large amounts of praise.

  • 09.07.2012 8:13 PM PDT

"Dad, your drunk again. Stop posting on the forum, or i'll ban you, and it'll ruin Christmas." -Deej

Well that escalated quickly...

  • 09.07.2012 8:14 PM PDT

I replaced instance of 1 with 7 after converting the hex to binary.
So I replaced '0001' with '0111', or '00000001' with '00000111', etc.

None of them came out with anything intuitive.

There is certainly some Sierra 117 logic embedded here. ;-)

  • 09.07.2012 8:16 PM PDT
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I was gonna say someone probably has it by now, but fun read and interesting challenge.

Even though no one has (fully) the same remains. It also remains I have no idea how to even try to start. >.>

  • 09.07.2012 8:16 PM PDT

"Dad, your drunk again. Stop posting on the forum, or i'll ban you, and it'll ruin Christmas." -Deej

Also, if anyone is interested in some C++ Programs for generating this stuff...

C++= 246 Lines
Python= 9 Lines

Problem?

  • 09.07.2012 8:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: DesertStormer27
Also, if anyone is interested in some C++ Programs for generating this stuff...

C++= 246 Lines
Python= 9 Lines

Problem?


Python=used to make Blender

C++/C#=used to make Autodesk products.

problem?

  • 09.07.2012 8:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: DesertStormer27
Also, if anyone is interested in some C++ Programs for generating this stuff...

C++= 246 Lines
Python= 9 Lines

Problem?


That's three different files and it includes some other stuff I've tried :P and python is well python. I'm not going to get into a language argument but C++ allows you more flexibility with trying weird stuff :P

Also Halo and bungie's games are made in C++ and C# so meh

[Edited on 09.07.2012 8:23 PM PDT]

  • 09.07.2012 8:21 PM PDT

Posted by: jyrine
I was gonna say someone probably has it by now, but fun read and interesting challenge.

Even though no one has (fully) the same remains. It also remains I have no idea how to even try to start. >.>
Yeah, I've finally given up. It was a good run.

  • 09.07.2012 8:22 PM PDT

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  • 09.07.2012 8:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: DesertStormer27
Also, if anyone is interested in some C++ Programs for generating this stuff...

C++= 246 Lines
Python= 9 Lines

Problem?

That's three different files and it includes some other stuff I've tried :P and python is well python. I'm not going to get into a language argument but C++ allows you more flexibility with trying weird stuff :P



Oh really?

sdb=''.join(map(lambda x: bin(ord(x))[2:].rjust(8, '0'), sd))
res+=chr(int(sdb[i*7:(i+1)*7], 2))

Do that in C++, then we can talk...



[Edited on 09.07.2012 8:24 PM PDT]

  • 09.07.2012 8:23 PM PDT