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Data Corruption Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 7/2/2013
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

This is a puzzle cache, so the cache is not at the above location which is for the IHDR - Reading's "ring" road.


From Wikipedia:
Data corruption refers to errors in computer data that occur during writing, reading, storage, transmission, or processing, which introduce unintended changes to the original data. Computer storage and transmission systems use a number of measures to provide data integrity, or lack of errors. In general, when data corruption occurs, the file containing that data may become inaccessible, and the system or the related application will give an error. For example, if a Microsoft Word file is corrupted, when a person tries to open that file with MS Word, they may get an error message, thus the file would not be opened. Some programs can give a suggestion to repair the file automatically (after the error), and some programs cannot repair it. It depends on the level of corruption, and the built-in functionality of the application to handle the error. There are various causes of the corruption.

Note that the page appears slightly differently if you use Firefox as your browser, if you are struggling to get going then try with a different browser. This is not part of the puzzle, just differences between the rendering engines that make it harder for Firefox users.


You will know if your coords are correct or not, but the checker will tell you exactly where to look as GZ is very busy.

Congratulations to smudge42 for first to solve followed seconds later (!) by peeebeee

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur zbeny bs guvf fgbel vf gb nyjnlf znxr onpxhcf. Fbzrgvzrf lbh pna ercnve gur qnzntr ohg vg vf bsgra dhvpxre gb erfgber n xabja tbbq irefvba.

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)