06 Feb 2013, 3:36 pm
Principle of explosion? Although at the moment, mentioning the word, "explosion," may be a bit dangerous... 
But the message carries at most 6 bits of information at any time (and is even given a nice XOR checksum), so it should be relatively easy to decode (and is not longer than 24 chars).
06 Feb 2013, 3:38 pm
EXPLOSSIONZZZZ 
..yup, dangerous.
xD
...I think you underestimate just how lazy I truly am.
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06 Feb 2013, 3:39 pm
06 Feb 2013, 3:42 pm
So am I, but if the diligence is forced on the machine, then it can probably brute force the cipher in very little time.
Does it count as laziness if I study for a significant proportion of the day for completely impractical and off-topic subjects?
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06 Feb 2013, 3:45 pm
Ummm. Yes and no. A lot of people I've seen don't have the motivation to study at all!
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06 Feb 2013, 3:48 pm
Greetings!
Regarding lack of motivation to study at all: 
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06 Feb 2013, 3:52 pm
Greetings! And yeah...
Studying's not so bad however, as long as its within an area of interest.
Classtime now! 
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06 Feb 2013, 3:55 pm
06 Feb 2013, 3:55 pm
IT IS NAO!
Oh..and..
HINT:
byte[] iv = { 1, 2, 23, 234, 37, 48, 134, 63 };
DESCryptoServiceProvider des = new DESCryptoServiceProvider();
using (var fs = new FileStream("harrharr.txt", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
{
var cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(fs, des.CreateEncryptor(key, iv), CryptoStreamMode.Write);
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
formatter.Serialize(cryptoStream, new harrharr());
cryptoStream.FlushFinalBlock();
}
I'm like giving you the answer.
It's so easy.
Eeeennnnjooooy.
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06 Feb 2013, 4:03 pm
My poor, tortured OCR!
Back to the hex editor, then.
06 Feb 2013, 4:06 pm
it's like impossible without being able to copy that "text"
so I made it an image
I'm not evil enough.
*feels bad*
Here is a real easy one:
I suppose the '==' on the end is the hint.
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06 Feb 2013, 4:14 pm
Yum, pasta/tuna salad.
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06 Feb 2013, 4:25 pm
I shall not eat lunch until all puzzles have been devoured!
Of course, I am lazy, and it is true that there is nothing Perl cannot do, so...
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