[PUZZLE] 11-02-06 Rachav/Missed Ride

NASAboy · Post by **NASAboy** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:26 am

aHR0cDovL3JhY2hhdi5yZWRpcmVjdG 1lLm5ldC8=

What could this be????

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:31 am

Rename this to a [Puzzle] thread, please! (use the edit button)

flamencopirate · Post by **flamencopirate** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:37 am

it looks like the end of a url, but slapping it into google gave me nothing. I'm trying to get in touch with Tachy... we'll see how successful it proves.

tigerlilylynn · Post by **tigerlilylynn** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:38 am

Looks cypherish...not that I know how to work any. There are several tools on the link below but they focus on letter only cyphers. it looks like an image link kinda. /uselessness

unfiction tools
http://www.unfiction.com/resource/otools/

taiya · Post by **taiya** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:48 am

Could it connect in anyway to the text in the third video or the song played in it?

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:50 am

It has got to be a code. Maybe it is encoded like the file names on the card she left?

taiya · Post by **taiya** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:54 am

that was a hex representation of text. This isn't the same. I'm converting it to hex and binary, but that just turns into numbers.

I thought maybe it would be binary - morse, but I think you need spaces to have that make sense and I can't see how that would work.

This is what it is in binary if it helps anyone, but I can't see anything.

011000010100100001010010001100000110001101000100011011110111011
001001100001100110100101001101000010110010011001001101000011010
000110010001101001001101010111100101011010010101110101001001110
000011000110110110101010110011010100110010001000111001000000011
000101101100010011000110110100110101011011000110010001000011001
1100000111101001000000000110100001010

*Edit: wrapped the binary

NASAboy · Post by **NASAboy** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:54 am

It is in base64....

http://rachav.redirectme.net/

taiya · Post by **taiya** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:56 am

Oh cool! I've never seen base 64 before.

How did that end up being a message on craigslist?

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:57 am

Can you update the original message NASA and summarize the work, adding the new link (plus any other new info)?

taiya · Post by **taiya** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:00 am

Oh, okay, I see now. You just go to the base64 encoder listed on the unforum link given above. It translates into a URL.

NASAboy · Post by **NASAboy** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:01 am

Using http://makcoder.sourceforge.net/demo/base64.php

input code from Tachyon's YouTube page

aHR0cDovL3JhY2hhdi5yZWRpcmVjdG1lLm5ldC8=

You must remove the space she added. Otherwise you get a partial address.

This decodes to: http://rachav.redirectme.net/

The redirect leads you to:

http://bakersfield.craigslist.org/x/mis/229071500.html

This is a message from Tachyon about missing her ride.

It also contains a message inside. I believe it is from a song.

taiya · Post by **taiya** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:02 am

Dashboard confessional again - The sharp hint of new tears.

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:03 am

Nice work, NASAboy!!!

And just so you know, I've heard back from Tach and she said she doesn't know how long she'll be in one place. She's moving around a lot.

covedweller · Post by **covedweller** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:03 am

WOW. Many, many questions.

First up: Why in the heck would she go to Bakersfield?