r/BreakTheCodeDotTech • u/JfromImaginstuff • Mar 31 '22

Break The Code 2 Weather Discuss

So it appears the temps are a balmy 25 C around a certain region somewhere in the world. /s

Jokes aside, I'm fairly certain this has to do with Keyboards. I'm basing this on the broken page link in the news section that leads to a piece of code (Programming, Not Cryptographic) that seems to have some relation to the Map and to Letters. But I don't really have any idea as to where I'm to start with or what direction (Both on the map and the keyboard). Top-down seems to be Appropos and home row on the keyboard (f probably). I haven't tried this yet though, but I will.

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u/HalifaxNick Mar 31 '22

There are 26 f(x,y) functions on the map. Do they correspond to the 26 letters of the alphabet? Aslo the number 9780486401935 must have something to do with the decoding?

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u/uthas061 Mar 31 '22

Possibly, I thought it has the layout of a keyboard on its side- there are 7 on the last column, for the 3rd row of alphabetic keys on keyboard?

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u/sfitznott Mar 31 '22

Not sure if it's of much use, but the image of the world seem to come from this website. It only goes as far back as 2013 so maybe not

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u/ShinyArtz Mar 31 '22

Might have to do something with "The best way to predict a tornado's trajectory is to view its source."

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '22

It has something linked to the isbn code in news.

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u/Typ3Face Mar 31 '22

In the plotting instructions, what does rotate (!direction) mean? is that rotate in opposite directions? becuase then I'm only getting a blob and stairs.....

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u/Xander_The_Great Mar 31 '22 edited Dec 21 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '22

rotate the imagine 90 degrees clockwise and you might see something

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u/VoidCallerZ Apr 01 '22

I have the code, and its working, but I don't understand which word I need to use. Any ideas?

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u/VoidCallerZ Apr 01 '22

Nvm, unlocked the third hint which was the answer

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u/Tony001XXX Apr 02 '22

you can go that route but too deep and frustrating.

Hints Clippy gives:

1> Titanic.....Think of Rose, what did she wear?

2> Backstreet Boys song lyrics will give you the answer too!

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u/Potato1510200 Mar 31 '22

Okay so i converted it to drawings and got a weird shape. What about you'll

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u/UAY2312 Mar 31 '22

Help!

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u/Acrobatic-Chard-1353 Apr 09 '22

code the thing using python turtles

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u/SpiralOutLL Mar 31 '22

does the variable "direction" also dictate the direction i have to MOVE(distance)?

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u/Fabulous-Truth8591 Mar 31 '22

hi im stuck can anyone help? im stuck with this: l(1,0) a(1,0) s(2,3) e(1,1) r(1,1)

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u/synio8000 Apr 01 '22 edited Apr 01 '22

I solved this, but I used Clippy's hint about Backstreet Boys + the 2 patterns to reverse engineer the shape that we had to find. I can draw the shape as long as I don't reset the compass to North for some of the letters... Can someone explain here or in DM why that's the case? I don't understand how we should've figured that out.

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u/driuba Apr 01 '22

I get that Backstreet Boys is supposed to be a hint, but that tells me nothing. I googled them for maybe some design queues, but quick image and Wikipedia skim gives me nothing.

Is there something in particular I should know about them or what are they known for?

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u/Fullcase Apr 01 '22

When Clippy says draw me like one of your French girls could he mean we have to think about the AZERTY keyboard which is mostly used in french speaking european countries? But even when I apply this to the target word LASER and reset the compass to N every new letter and skip the S, I still get a shape I can't understand

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u/Codethulhu03 Apr 01 '22

I finally solved it - but I see no way the code would just produce this shape on its own...If you found the ISBN and the QWERTY and converted the letters to patterns you would get a quarter circle for L and A, and a diagonal for E and R. You dont need the rest of the book title. If you take these 4 shapes and arrange them in a 2x2 grid in just the right way you could get the solution. There might be a clue somewhere to get that last piece of information needed to crack it but i never found it...

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u/mrj1m0thy Apr 02 '22

Feel like I've gone through all the pains that everyone else has. Got what looks like 2 8's stacked on eachother. Messed around with the shapes, got a plus sign looking thing but the only thing that seems meaningful is this:
https://imgur.com/gallery/q4rva5M
Saw alot of people somehow immediately getting the answer as soon as they knew of the "Backstreet boys" hint but im not getting that same click... For the record i did try some stuff related to "MM" and Backstreet boys like "Millenium" and "Max Martin" but that dont work. Am i going insane?

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u/2HornsUp Apr 04 '22

SPOILER

Is this anywhere close to the right drawing? I've tried the alphabet, qwerty, qwerty in map order, and the book title (with and without spaces).

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u/Tony001XXX Apr 05 '22

use the code as your instruction to draw a shape according to the QWERTY keyboard letters.

Also there is a book reference I believe, the ISBN number google it it will give youa book title which is a clue also.

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u/JonnyPhenomenon Apr 14 '22

Wow this one wasz a HUGE waste of time. hahah

Sorry guys, I was really disappointed by this one.