Zeros and Ones: Bits in the wind Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

rambudo: This cache has served it's purpose and has been removed by other forces.

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This puzzle required looking at the source code of the description and finding a GC code to the original Zeros and Ones cache. Then making a Grille Cypher by cutting out the "1"s in the original and lining them up with this puzzle.

Then converting the Zeros and Ones that are revealed from ASCII encoded binary to text to get the coordinates.

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Hidden : 3/16/2013
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle to find the cache.

We live in a digital world. Every day we interact with digital devices that enhance our lives. Whether it is a computer, a cellular telephone, a clock or our GPSrs. We are surrounded by these digital devices. So what is makes a device digital? A digital device represent signals by discrete bands of analog levels, rather than by a continuous range. For most devices we use today, that means Zeros and Ones. It is possible to have other values, but in electronics it is far more difficult to have a single 4 state device then it is to have two 2 state devices.

Many of our digital devices talk to each other using radio communication. This method of transmission is very noisy. With many devices trying to speak at the same time, it can become hard to hear what is being said. Not to mention the endless supply of background noise from other digital devices, many analog devices or even the sun. Whenever you get on a plane, and you are asked to turn off your electronic devices, they have good reason to ask. While one or two devices will certainly not cause any issues, the 200+ devices from everyone on board will cause major interference. Most devices do not have a continuous stream of bits to transmit. They will establish a protocol and spread the bits around, so that even if a portion of the information is corrupted in transmission, the bulk of the data is intact.



This puzzle requires a decoder key.


0111100001101001000111000010001010101100
0000110000000001001001111010001110011110
0111110110101011100000011000100010000000
0110010001000011100000101000000100111100
1001111000101010000110101001100100000100
1011110001101111010001101100010000010000
0101011000101011011000000101000011011111
0011110010011100001010111000111000000010
0001111000001100101100010100000001010101
1001001100100100001010000100011101010110
1100000100010000011011100101011100101100
1010111100000100110111010111000111000000
1001100000011110000101000101110001110000

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint 1: ]Gur xrl ybbxf fvzvyne gb gur chmmyr nobir [Hint 2: ]Tevyyr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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