Asp Forum - Merry Christmas

Christian Neukirchen

12/24/2004 1:22:00 PM

Well, what more is there to say? :-)

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yMK";eval s.delete!(" \n").unpack("m*")[0]##
### Copyright (C) 2004 Christian Neukirchen

I wonder why this didn't come up sooner.

19 Answers

Jamis Buck

12/24/2004 1:39:00 PM

On 22:21 Fri 24 Dec , Christian Neukirchen wrote:
>
> Well, what more is there to say? :-)
>
> s="IyBUaGFua3MgZm9yIGxvb2tpbmcgYXQgbXkgY29kZ
> S4KIwojIENvcHlyaWdodCAoQykgMjAwMiAgQ2hyaXN0a
> WFuI E 5 l d Wtpc
> mNoZ W 4 gP G N obmV
> 1a2l y Y 2hlb k B nbWF
> pbC5 j b 20+CiM K I yBUa
> GlzI H Byb2dyYW 0 gaXM
> gZnJ l Z SBzb2Z0d2F y Z Tsge
> W91I G NhbiByZWRpc3 R yaWJ
> 1dGU g aXQgYW5kL29yCi M g bW9k
> aWZ5 I Gl0IHVuZGVyIHRoZ S B0ZX
> Jtcy B vZiB0aGUgR05VIEdlb m VyYW
> wgUH V ibGljIExpY 2 Vuc2
> UuCg p T VERPVVQuc3lu Y y A9IH
> RydW U KZDEsIGQyID0gM C 4xNS
> wgMC 4 wNgpzID0gIk1lcnJ 5 IGNo
> cmlz d G1hcywgLi4uIGFuZCB h IGhh
> cHB5 I G5ldyB5ZWFyIgptID0gJ X d7LC
> AuID ogISArICogMCBPIEB9CnUg P SAiI
> CIgK i BzLnNpemUKCnByaW50ICJcci A gI3t
> 1fVx y IjsKCigwLi4ocy5z a XplL
> TEpK S 50b19hLnNvcnRfYnkg e yByY
> W5kI H 0uZWFjaCB7IHxyfAogIH N sZWV
> wIGQ x CiAgbmV4dCBpZiBzW3JdID 0 9ICI
> gIls wXQogIG0uZWFjaCB7IHxrfAo gICA
> gdVt y XSA9IGsKICAgIHByaW50ICIgIC N 7dX1
> cciI KICAgIHNsZWVwIGQyCiAgfQogIHV bcl0
> gPSB zW3JdCiAgcHJpbnQgIiAgI3t1fVxyI g p9Cg
> pzbG VlcCBkMgpwcmludCAiICAje3V9IVxyI jsKc
> 2xlZ X A gMwpwc m l udCA
> iICA j e3V9IS A g LS1j
> aHJp c z JcbiI7 C g ojIG
> ZpbG x lciBzc G F jZSA
> jIyM j I yMjIyM j I yMjI
> yMjI y M j I yMjI
> yMK";eval s.delete!(" \n").unpack("m*")[0]##
> ### Copyright (C) 2004 Christian Neukirchen
>
> I wonder why this didn't come up sooner.
>
>

Clever! Thanks for the fun show. :)

- Jamis

--
Jamis Buck
jgb3@email.byu.edu
http://www.jamisbuck...

Roeland Moors

12/24/2004 1:48:00 PM

On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 10:21:43PM +0900, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
>
> Well, what more is there to say? :-)
>
> s="IyBUaGFua3MgZm9yIGxvb2tpbmcgYXQgbXkgY29kZ
> S4KIwojIENvcHlyaWdodCAoQykgMjAwMiAgQ2hyaXN0a
> WFuI E 5 l d Wtpc
> mNoZ W 4 gP G N obmV
> 1a2l y Y 2hlb k B nbWF
> pbC5 j b 20+CiM K I yBUa
> GlzI H Byb2dyYW 0 gaXM
> gZnJ l Z SBzb2Z0d2F y Z Tsge
> W91I G NhbiByZWRpc3 R yaWJ
> 1dGU g aXQgYW5kL29yCi M g bW9k
> aWZ5 I Gl0IHVuZGVyIHRoZ S B0ZX
> Jtcy B vZiB0aGUgR05VIEdlb m VyYW
> wgUH V ibGljIExpY 2 Vuc2
> UuCg p T VERPVVQuc3lu Y y A9IH
> RydW U KZDEsIGQyID0gM C 4xNS
> wgMC 4 wNgpzID0gIk1lcnJ 5 IGNo
> cmlz d G1hcywgLi4uIGFuZCB h IGhh
> cHB5 I G5ldyB5ZWFyIgptID0gJ X d7LC
> AuID ogISArICogMCBPIEB9CnUg P SAiI
> CIgK i BzLnNpemUKCnByaW50ICJcci A gI3t
> 1fVx y IjsKCigwLi4ocy5z a XplL
> TEpK S 50b19hLnNvcnRfYnkg e yByY
> W5kI H 0uZWFjaCB7IHxyfAogIH N sZWV
> wIGQ x CiAgbmV4dCBpZiBzW3JdID 0 9ICI
> gIls wXQogIG0uZWFjaCB7IHxrfAo gICA
> gdVt y XSA9IGsKICAgIHByaW50ICIgIC N 7dX1
> cciI KICAgIHNsZWVwIGQyCiAgfQogIHV bcl0
> gPSB zW3JdCiAgcHJpbnQgIiAgI3t1fVxyI g p9Cg
> pzbG VlcCBkMgpwcmludCAiICAje3V9IVxyI jsKc
> 2xlZ X A gMwpwc m l udCA
> iICA j e3V9IS A g LS1j
> aHJp c z JcbiI7 C g ojIG
> ZpbG x lciBzc G F jZSA
> jIyM j I yMjIyM j I yMjI
> yMjI y M j I yMjI
> yMK";eval s.delete!(" \n").unpack("m*")[0]##
> ### Copyright (C) 2004 Christian Neukirchen
>
> I wonder why this didn't come up sooner.
>

amazing :-)

--
Roeland

T. Onoma

12/24/2004 4:00:00 PM

:( I get

(eval):5: syntax error
@
^

On Friday 24 December 2004 08:21 am, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
| Well, what more is there to say? :-)
|
| s="IyBUaGFua3MgZm9yIGxvb2tpbmcgYXQgbXkgY29kZ
| S4KIwojIENvcHlyaWdodCAoQykgMjAwMiAgQ2hyaXN0a
| WFuI E 5 l d Wtpc
| mNoZ W 4 gP G N obmV
| 1a2l y Y 2hlb k B nbWF
| pbC5 j b 20+CiM K I yBUa
| GlzI H Byb2dyYW 0 gaXM
| gZnJ l Z SBzb2Z0d2F y Z Tsge
| W91I G NhbiByZWRpc3 R yaWJ
| 1dGU g aXQgYW5kL29yCi M g bW9k
| aWZ5 I Gl0IHVuZGVyIHRoZ S B0ZX
| Jtcy B vZiB0aGUgR05VIEdlb m VyYW
| wgUH V ibGljIExpY 2 Vuc2
| UuCg p T VERPVVQuc3lu Y y A9IH
| RydW U KZDEsIGQyID0gM C 4xNS
| wgMC 4 wNgpzID0gIk1lcnJ 5 IGNo
| cmlz d G1hcywgLi4uIGFuZCB h IGhh
| cHB5 I G5ldyB5ZWFyIgptID0gJ X d7LC
| AuID ogISArICogMCBPIEB9CnUg P SAiI
| CIgK i BzLnNpemUKCnByaW50ICJcci A gI3t
| 1fVx y IjsKCigwLi4ocy5z a XplL
| TEpK S 50b19hLnNvcnRfYnkg e yByY
| W5kI H 0uZWFjaCB7IHxyfAogIH N sZWV
| wIGQ x CiAgbmV4dCBpZiBzW3JdID 0 9ICI
| gIls wXQogIG0uZWFjaCB7IHxrfAo gICA
| gdVt y XSA9IGsKICAgIHByaW50ICIgIC N 7dX1
| cciI KICAgIHNsZWVwIGQyCiAgfQogIHV bcl0
| gPSB zW3JdCiAgcHJpbnQgIiAgI3t1fVxyI g p9Cg
| pzbG VlcCBkMgpwcmludCAiICAje3V9IVxyI jsKc
| 2xlZ X A gMwpwc m l udCA
| iICA j e3V9IS A g LS1j
| aHJp c z JcbiI7 C g ojIG
| ZpbG x lciBzc G F jZSA
| jIyM j I yMjIyM j I yMjI
| yMjI y M j I yMjI
| yMK";eval s.delete!(" \n").unpack("m*")[0]##
| ### Copyright (C) 2004 Christian Neukirchen
|
| I wonder why this didn't come up sooner.

--
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// trans.
/ \ transami@runbox.com
[8,16,20,29,78,65,2,14,26,12,12,28,71,114,12,13,12,82,72,21,17,4,10,2,95].
each_with_index{|x,i| $><<(x^'Begin landing your troops'[i]).chr}
-Tadayoshi Funaba

Shajith

12/24/2004 5:11:00 PM

> On Friday 24 December 2004 08:21 am, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> | Well, what more is there to say? :-)

*damn*, how'd you do that?!
Merry christmas to you too!:)
- Ct

Tim Heaney

12/24/2004 6:10:00 PM

"trans. (T. Onoma)" <transami@runbox.com> writes:

> :( I get
>
> (eval):5: syntax error
> @
> ^

Is it a cut-and-paste issue with your terminal? Try putting it all in
a file, say foo, and then running

ruby foo

from the command line or

load 'foo'

from the irb prompt.

I hope this helps,

Tim

T. Onoma

12/24/2004 7:26:00 PM

Michael Neumann

12/25/2004 11:03:00 AM

CT wrote:
>>On Friday 24 December 2004 08:21 am, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
>>| Well, what more is there to say? :-)
>
>
> *damn*, how'd you do that?!

Pretty easy (except drawing the tree :). Write the source-code first,
then base64 encode it, and insert newlines/whitespace to make the picture.

Merry christmas.

Michael

Christian Neukirchen

12/25/2004 12:37:00 PM

Michael Neumann <mneumann@ntecs.de> writes:

> CT wrote:
>>>On Friday 24 December 2004 08:21 am, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
>>>| Well, what more is there to say? :-)
>> *damn*, how'd you do that?!
>
> Pretty easy (except drawing the tree :). Write the source-code first,
> then base64 encode it, and insert newlines/whitespace to make the
> picture.

That's about how I did it. Except not manually, of course. :-)

# mkxmas.rb

template = <<EOF
s="*****************************************
********************************************
**** * * * * ****
**** * * ** * * ****
**** * * **** * * ****
**** * * ****** * * ****
**** * ******** * ****
**** * * ********** * * ****
**** * ************ * ****
**** * ************** * * ****
**** * **************** * ****
**** * ****************** * ****
**** * ********** * ****
**** * * ************ * * ****
**** * ************** * ****
**** * **************** * ****
**** * ****************** * ****
**** * ******************** * ****
**** ********************** * ****
**** * ************************ * ****
**** * **************** * ****
**** * ****************** * ****
**** * ******************** * ****
**** * ********************** * ****
**** ************************ ****
**** * ************************** * ****
**** **************************** ****
**** ****************************** * ****
**** ******************************* ****
**** * * ****** * * ****
**** * ****** * * ****
**** * * ****** * * ****
**** * ****** * * ****
**** * * ****** * * ****
**** * * * * ****
******************************************##
### Copyright (C) 2004 Christian Neukirchen
EOF

code = <<'EOF'
# Thanks for looking at my code.
#
# Copyright (C) 2002, 2004 Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

STDOUT.sync = true
d1, d2 = 0.15, 0.06
s = "Merry christmas, ... and a happy new year"
m = %w{, . : ! + * 0 O @}
u = " " * s.size

print "\r #{u}\r";

(0..(s.size-1)).to_a.sort_by { rand }.each { |r|
sleep d1
next if s[r] == " "[0]
m.each { |k|
u[r] = k
print " #{u}\r"
sleep d2
}
u[r] = s[r]
print " #{u}\r"
}

sleep d2
print " #{u}!\r";
sleep 3
print " #{u}! --chris2\n";

# filler space ########################
EOF

hexcode = [code].pack("m*").delete("\n")

footer = '";eval s.delete!(" \\n").unpack("m*")[0]'

hexcode += footer

hcnt = 0
0.upto(template.size) { |tcnt|
if template[tcnt] == ?* && hcnt < hexcode.size
template[tcnt] = hexcode[hcnt]
hcnt += 1
end
}

puts template

> Merry christmas.
>
> Michael

The basic way of bubbling up characters is shamelessly stolen from a
similar obfu I saw at perlmonks, btw. ;-)

Merry Christmas,
Christian Neukirchen

Dick Davies

12/27/2004 12:27:00 AM

* Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> [1237 12:37]:
> Michael Neumann <mneumann@ntecs.de> writes:
>
> > CT wrote:
> >>>On Friday 24 December 2004 08:21 am, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> >>>| Well, what more is there to say? :-)
> >> *damn*, how'd you do that?!
> >
> > Pretty easy (except drawing the tree :). Write the source-code first,
> > then base64 encode it, and insert newlines/whitespace to make the
> > picture.
>
> That's about how I did it. Except not manually, of course. :-)
>
> # mkxmas.rb

Now *that's* cool - always wondered how you fellas did these....

> template = <<EOF
> s="*****************************************
> ********************************************
> **** * * * * ****
> **** * * ** * * ****
> **** * * **** * * ****
> **** * * ****** * * ****
> **** * ******** * ****

--
'Good news, everyone! I've taught the toaster to feel love!'
-- Prof. Farnsworth
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns

Antonio Cangiano

12/27/2004 12:45:00 AM

Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> Well, what more is there to say? :-)

Very smart. :-)

Cheers,
Antonio
--
The saddest thing life is a waste of talent, and the choices you make
will shape your life forever. - The Bronx Tale

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Merry Christmas

Christian Neukirchen

Jamis Buck

Roeland Moors

T. Onoma

Shajith

Tim Heaney

T. Onoma

Michael Neumann

Christian Neukirchen

Dick Davies

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