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Or: $Form = GUICreate("GUI", 280, 168, -1, -1)

^^One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart. Also, one day the Sun will explode.

The Big Rip is the name given to a theory in physics where the expansion of the universe accelerates to the point where even atoms get ripped apart. The first signs of the big rip will be when stars start to disappear from the night sky. Believe me you will be waiting around longer than the end of the universe if you try to randomly brute force even quite a short big rip encoded message. It works using the simplest possible method of all - namely the barrel lock. While most barrel locks are one dimensional, this one is three dimensional. Is this an encryption program? It was iintended as a coding exercise more than anything else. It fails as a universal encryption program because this version only works on multiline text documents written in AscII which contain the full delimiter string @CRLF. The text does not need to be arranged in a square. Anyone thinking of trying a 'meet in the middle attack' should look at what happens when you try to encode a message where all bits are set. It simply doesn't work. Is this a weakness? Well you decide. There are no instructions and all the controls are hidden (I want you to try and figure it out). Just something to put off a would-be hacker who happens to find your lost portable storage device. It might buy you a bit of extra time to cancel your credit card pin. Thanks to Guiness for help with the muliline password control. That's one unique feature you don't see every day. LINK REMOVED Thanks for looking.

Hello Everyone, for personal usage i developed a rtmp stream finder which utilises the well programmed winpcap udf. Currently it is preconfigured to work with www.putpat.tv but the code is easily portable to any other requirement just adapt the dumprtmp function to read the traffic comming via port 80 in and out of your box. #NoTrayIcon #Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** #AutoIt3Wrapper_Change2CUI=y #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Comment=by JRSmile #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Description=Putpat.tv downloader #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion=0.1 #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_LegalCopyright=by JRSmile 2012 #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** ; rtmpcap derived from httpcap file capture v1.0e Copyleft GPL3 Nicolas Ricquemaque 2009-2011 #include <Array.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <ComboConstants.au3> #include <Winpcap.au3> $winpcap = _PcapSetup() If ($winpcap = -1) Then MsgBox(16, "Pcap error !", "WinPcap not found !") Exit EndIf $pcap_devices = _PcapGetDeviceList() If ($pcap_devices = -1) Then MsgBox(16, "Pcap error !", _PcapGetLastError()) Exit EndIf $int = SelectInterface($pcap_devices) $pcap = _PcapStartCapture($pcap_devices[$int][0], "host " & $pcap_devices[$int][7] & " and tcp port 80", 0, 65536, 2 ^ 24, 0) If IsInt($pcap) Then MsgBox(16, "Pcap error !", _PcapGetLastError()) _PcapFree() Exit EndIf Do If IsPtr($pcap) Then ; If $pcap is a Ptr, then the capture is running $time0 = TimerInit() While (TimerDiff($time0) < 500) ; Retrieve packets from queue for maximum 500ms before returning to main loop, not to "hang" the window for user $packet = _PcapGetPacket($pcap) If IsInt($packet) Then ExitLoop HttpCapture($packet[3]) WEnd EndIf Until False _PcapStopCapture($pcap) _PcapFree() Exit Func HttpCapture($data) Local $ipheaderlen = BitAND(_PcapBinaryGetVal($data, 15, 1), 0xF) * 4 Local $tcpoffset = $ipheaderlen + 14 Local $tcplen = _PcapBinaryGetVal($data, 17, 2) - $ipheaderlen ; ip total len - ip header len Local $tcpheaderlen = BitShift(_PcapBinaryGetVal($data, $tcpoffset + 13, 1), 4) * 4 Local $tcpsrcport = _PcapBinaryGetVal($data, $tcpoffset + 1, 2) Local $tcpdstport = _PcapBinaryGetVal($data, $tcpoffset + 3, 2) Local $tcpsequence = _PcapBinaryGetVal($data, $tcpoffset + 5, 4) Local $tcpflags = _PcapBinaryGetVal($data, $tcpoffset + 14, 1) Local $httpoffset = $tcpoffset + $tcpheaderlen + 1 Local $httplen = $tcplen - $tcpheaderlen If $httplen = 0 Then Return False Local $http = BinaryToString(BinaryMid($data, $httpoffset, $httplen)) dumprtmp($http) EndFunc ;==>HttpCapture Func SelectInterface($devices) ; auto selects an ethernet pcap interface or prompt user for choice Local $ipv4 = 0, $int = 0, $i, $win0, $first, $interface, $ok, $which, $msg For $i = 0 To UBound($devices) - 1 If $devices[$i][3] = "EN10MB" And StringLen($devices[$i][7]) > 6 Then ; for ethernet devices with valid ip address only ! $ipv4 += 1 $int = $i EndIf Next If $ipv4 = 0 Then MsgBox(16, "Error", "No network interface found with a valid IPv4 address !") _PcapFree() Exit EndIf If $ipv4 > 1 Then $win0 = GUICreate("Interface choice", 500, 50) $interface = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 10, 15, 400, Default, $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST) $first = True For $i = 0 To UBound($devices) - 1 If $devices[$i][3] = "EN10MB" And StringLen($devices[$i][7]) > 6 Then If $first Then GUICtrlSetData(-1, $devices[$i][7] & " - " & _PcapCleanDeviceName($devices[$i][1]), $devices[$i][7] & " - " & _PcapCleanDeviceName($devices[$i][1])) $first = False Else GUICtrlSetData(-1, $devices[$i][7] & " - " & _PcapCleanDeviceName($devices[$i][1])) EndIf EndIf Next $ok = GUICtrlCreateButton(" Ok ", 430, 15, 60) GUISetState() While True $msg = GUIGetMsg() If $msg = $ok Then $which = GUICtrlRead($interface) For $i = 0 To UBound($devices) - 1 If StringLen($devices[$i][7]) > 6 And StringInStr($which, $devices[$i][7]) Then $int = $i ExitLoop EndIf Next GUIDelete($win0) ExitLoop EndIf If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then Exit WEnd EndIf Return $int EndFunc ;==>SelectInterface Func dumprtmp($http) Local $line = StringSplit($http, @CRLF) Local $counti For $counti = 1 To $line[0] If StringInStr($line[$counti], "<medium>rtmp://") Then If StringInStr($line[$counti], "</medium>") Then $med = StringStripWS($line[$counti], 8) $med = StringTrimRight(StringTrimLeft($med, 8), 9) call_rtmpdump($med) EndIf EndIf Next EndFunc ;==>dumprtmp Func call_rtmpdump($path) $exec = 'rtmpdump.exe -r "rtmp://tvrlfs.fplive.net:1935/tvrl" -a "tvrl" -f "WIN 11,3,376,12" -W "http://files.putpat.tv/putpat_player/263/PutpatPlayer.swf" -p "http://www.putpat.tv/" -y "' & StringMid($path, 157, 37) & '?token=' & StringMid($path, 37, 120) & '" -o ' & StringMid($path, 175, 15) & '.flv' ConsoleWrite($exec & @CRLF) if not existsinqueue(StringMid($path, 175, 15) & '.flv') then FileWriteLine("queue.bat", $exec) EndFunc ;==>call_rtmpdump Func existsinqueue($name) Local $file = FileOpen("queue.bat", 0) If $file = -1 Then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.") Exit EndIf While 1 Local $line = FileReadLine($file) If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop If StringInStr($line, $name) Then Return True WEnd Return False FileClose($file) EndFunc ;==>existsinqueue Regards, JR rtmpcap.au3 Winpcap.au3 rtmpcap.exe rtmpdump.exe

sparker366, Less of the "her" please - I have a perfectly serviceable "Y" chromosome! M23

I like the traditional system because it allows the more important words to stand out in a title. The only reason I see for not liking this system is that the rules appear to be ambiguous and therefore hard to code for. After adding the (optional) common British English exceptions I listed previously, I'm now thinking of adding another option - common international name exceptions. I have come up with the following list: af, av, da, de, de la, de los, del, di, van de, van der, von I think this should cover most, although not all, scenarios, eg: Leonardo da Vinci. Wernher von Braun, Paco de Lucía I think many of these non English words or word combinations are generally written as lower case in titles regardless of whether they form part of a name or not. Unfortunately the above list will not cater for Vincent van Gogh because 'van' is also an English word. Are there any more I'm missing?

ahahah, you're welcome. but my name is Telmo

try something like this: $Formwidth = 280 $Formheight = 168 $Form = GUICreate("GUI", 280, 168, @DesktopWidth/2 - $Formwidth/2, @DesktopHeight/2 - $Formheight/2)

jackraymund, read the help file section operators. strings are converted to numbers using "Number" The "Not" operator has a higher precedence than "="

Like this #cs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AutoIt Version: 3.3.0.0 Author: Forsaken #ce ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> GUICreate("Auto", 335, 100) GUICtrlCreateLabel("Key", 8, 10) $key1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 35, 8, 120) GUICtrlCreateLabel("Time", 8, 44) $time1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 35, 40, 120) $startbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Start", 190, 8, 60) guisetstate() local $start = false While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg() Select Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE GUIDelete() Exit Case $msg = $startbutton if guictrlread($startbutton) = 'Start' then adlibregister('_sender',guictrlread($time1)*1000) guictrlsetdata($startbutton,'Stop') else adlibunregister('_sender') guictrlsetdata($startbutton,'Start') endif EndSelect WEnd func _sender() send(guictrlread($key1)) ConsoleWrite('Sending ' & guictrlread($key1) & @LF) endfunc kylomas

Here is a different fahion #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> HotKeySet("{ESC}", "_ExitLoop") ; Make a function to change state to true Global $ExitLoop = False ; A global variable to hold state Func _ExitLoop() ; Make a function to change state to true $ExitLoop = True EndFunc ;==>_ExitLoop GUICreate("Auto", 335, 100) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) GUICtrlCreateLabel("Key", 8, 10) $key1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 35, 8, 120) GUICtrlCreateLabel("Time", 8, 44) $time1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 35, 40, 120) $startbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Start", 190, 8, 60) While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $startbutton $send1 = GUICtrlRead($key1) $sleep1 = GUICtrlRead($time1) $ExitLoop = False ; Before entering your endless loop, set state to false While Not $ExitLoop; Only Send if state is false Sleep($sleep1) Send($send1) WEnd Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE GUIDelete() ExitLoop EndSwitch WEnd

Kradon, Your script will not respond well (if at all) if you have a loop/sleep within the message loop. Also, your guisetstate() should be after you define your controls. Lastly, sleep is in millisecs so you probably want to multiply the value from your time control by 1000 to get seconds. The following will "send" a key on a second interval defined by $time1. The code is rough and there is no input validation, but, hell, you're bored anyway... #cs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AutoIt Version: 3.3.0.0 Author: Forsaken #ce ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> GUICreate("Auto", 335, 100) GUICtrlCreateLabel("Key", 8, 10) $key1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 35, 8, 120) GUICtrlCreateLabel("Time", 8, 44) $time1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 35, 40, 120) $startbutton = GUICtrlCreateButton("Start", 190, 8, 60) guisetstate() local $start = false While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg() Select Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE GUIDelete() Exit Case $msg = $startbutton adlibregister('_sender',guictrlread($time1)*1000) EndSelect WEnd func _sender() send(guictrlread($key1)) ConsoleWrite('Sending ' & guictrlread($key1) & @LF) endfunc kylomas edit: additional info - I almost forgot - you delete your gui and then do exitloop. this leaves your script "hanging". Use "exit" to exit the script.

Use a hotkey to exit your script.

You can try capturing [Ctrl+Break] and proceed as said by JLogan3o13

Conclusion The impression I get is that this system is very strong. I can only liken it to doing a massive Rubix cube blindfold: since a normal rubix cube has a known outcome. Considering that it took Google 30 years to crunch through all the possible solutions from all starting possitions of the rubix cube, I never much feared for my money. However encryption is not my expertise, so who knows? With this project I learned something valuable about handling complicated algorithms, yet the overall concept is in reality very simple. I wouldn't go as far to say it is impossible to crack, just that it may take forever. The original idea for this project started here:

The challenge is now officially closed, with nobody having discovered the solution which I will now reveal. 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But it could be finite, merely giving the illusion of infinity. This possibility has plagued philosophers and scientists since the beginning of recorded history. But now modern science is starting to drag this abstract issue into the realm of the real, the tangible and the observable. How the universe got its spots looks at how science is coming up sharp against the mind- boggling idea that the universe may be finite. Such a revelation would provide the ultimate twist to the Copernican revolution, for we would find out exactly where we are in the cosmos. Its impact would be even more radical than the discovery that the Earth is round or that the Earth is expanding. Through a decade of observation and thought-experiment, we have started to chart out the universe in which we live, just as we have mapped the oceans and the continents of our planet. Now, in the dawn of the new millenium, details of this grand cosmic map are coming into focus. Through a kind of cosmic archaeolegy and without leaving Earth, we can look at the pattern of hot spots left over from the big bang and begin to trace the ‘shape of space’. Beautifully written in a colloquial style, How the Universe Got its Spots explores our aspirations to observe our universe and contemplates our deep connection with it. While relating her own personal and intellectual journey through space abd time, the author gently takes in such gravity-defying concepts as black holes, time- warps, invisible ‘strings’ and chaotic flows. It is a fantastic voyage, impressing on us the extraordinary fact that we are progeny of this universe and that our ability to understand it is an inheritance. £16.99 IN UK ONLY Janna Levin is an Advanced Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Phisics at the Universty of Cambridge. She was born in the United States and lived in Chicago and New York. She received a BA in physics and astronomy from Bernard College, Columbia University, a PHD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and subsequently worked at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, and the Center for Particle Astrophysics at the University of California, Berkly, before moving to England. Weidenfield & Nicolson The Orian Publishing Group Orion House 5 Upper Saint Martin's Lane London WC2H 9EA Author Photo by Louise Dignand ‘Janna Levin is one of the most tallented and original of the your cosmologists and her book combines a tour of the frontiers of cosmology with an intimate account of her struggles to reconcile the demands of a scientific career with the demands of the heart. No other scientist has yet had the courage to write such an honest and personal account of what it is like to live the life of a scientist’ LEE SMOLIN, AUTHOR OF THE LIFE OF THE COSMOS AND THREE ROADS TO COSMIC GRAVITY ISBN 0-297-64651-6 [Extract] In the last twenty years or so, a clear pattern has emerged in the world of chess— the overall superiority and depth of the Russian chess masters. This book was prepared originally in 1947 by Irving Chernev, one of our countries leading experts, in an effort to point out the causes and factors contributing to this decisive supremacy of the Soviet aces over American and other players. Chernev has put together a remarkable anthology of games—chosen from among thousands of top-flight matches involving Russian masters. Fully annotated and dia­ grammed, they provide a unique, analytical view of the emergence of Soviet domin­ ance, while illustrating the winning styles of about 40 prominent players. There are over 50 modern, instructive games by such greats as Botvinnik, Keres, Boleslavsky, Kotov, Ragizin, Tolush,and many others. For this new edition, Chernev has included an additional section containing analysis of six games played in recent years by Smyslov, Petrosian, Taland Bronstein. Inci­ dentally, all were virtually unknown when this book was first published—indicating the continuing progress and development of Russian chess mastery. Here are examples of the artistic endgame, the brilliant queen scarifice, the extended combination (one splendid combination by Botvinnik is carried out successfully for over twenty moves!), the imaginative attack, the beautiful trap, etc. in games which help to make clear why the Russians have attained the top rank in international play. These games offer a treasure-trove of ideas in chess strategy; a study of them will be of inestimable value to chess players of every level. Enlarged version of the work first published in 1947; 6 additional games. New preface for this edition by the author. Total of 637 diagrams. viii + 215pp. 5 3/8 × 8. Dover 0-486-21165-7 And finally the password: RubinsteinsSchachpartienentdeckt ichfürmichziemlichspät.Ichwar bereitsMeisterkandidat.DerReichtum anschöpferischenIdeen,dieRubin- steinhinterließ,beeindrucktemichda- malssehrstark.