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01 What is the Murray Telegraph?

...- Google Books A detailed description of how it works has not been handed down. Only the description listed here exists, from which an attempt was made to derive a coding. The first attempt by Helmar Fischer has gained acceptance in the geocaching scene; however, it is...
Murray Telegraph
327 March 24, 2022
00 What is Wig Wag?

Wigwag (flag signals) – Wikipedia Wig Wag is a form of flag signaling, but it uses only one flag. The system was developed in the 50s of the 19th century by Albert J. Myer. There are three movements: wave to the leftwave to the rightwave to the front
Wig Wag Flags
102 March 24, 2022
00 What is the Gauss Weber Telegraph?

Gauß-Weber-Telegraf – Wiki Göttingen (wiki-goettingen.de) In 1833, Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Eduard Weber invented the world's first electromagnetic telegraph. Weber (matidavid.com) An approximately 1.2 km long double wire line led from the induction-operated sign...
Gauss Weber Telegraph
260 March 24, 2022
00 What is the Wheatstone Cooke Telegraph?

Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph – Wikipedia The Cooke and Wheatstone 5-needle telegraph was an early electric telegraph system invented in the 1830s by English inventor William Fothergill Cooke and English scientist Charles Wheatstone. It was the first telegraphy system to be used...
Wheatstone Cooke Needle Telegraph
857 March 24, 2022
05 What is the Base58 Encoding?

Binary-to-text encoding - Wikipedia Base58 describes a method from the computer field for encoding positive integers. The alphabet of Base58 results from that of Base62 coding by omitting the characters 0 (zero),O (capital o),I (capital i),l (small L),(plus),/ (slash). The...
Base Code
157 March 24, 2022
01 How does the GC Wizard decrypt/encrypt with the Pokemon Code?

Decrypt The entered text is decrypted immediately. Encrypt The entered text is immediately decrypted letter by letter.
Pokemon
126 March 24, 2022
07 What is the Base91 Encoding?

http://base91.sourceforge.net/ Base91 is an advanced method for encoding binary data as ASCII characters. It is similar to UUencode or base64, but more efficient. The overhead generated by Base91 depends on the input data. It is at most 23% (compared to 33% for base64) and can be as low as...
Base Code
753 March 24, 2022
08 What is the Base122 Encoding?

http://blog.kevinalbs.com/base122 Base122 is a space-saving UTF-8 binary-to-text encoding developed as an alternative to base-64 in data URIs. Base-122 is ~14% smaller than corresponding base-64 encoded data. Base-122 is currently an experimental encoding that is subject to...
Base Code
765 March 24, 2022
00 What is Grid/Squared Paper?

Often "squared paper" is missed again and again, if one would have to paint any grids in a multi again - for whatever reason (fill in boxes, paint a checkerboard, …). Grid/squared paper offers a very flexible possibility here: Boxes Intersections Lines The...
Square paper
117 March 24, 2022
00 What is ZC1 – Zentralcode 1?

TR 440 – Wikipedia The TR440 was the only technically competitive mainframe computer manufactured in Germany at its time. In particular, its subscriber operating system was unique worldwide around 1970 - no other computer could offer anything comparable at the time. This predestined it to be the...
ZC1
102 March 24, 2022
00 What is ILLIAC?

ILLIAC - Wikipedia ILLIAC (Illinois Automatic Computer) is the name of a series of mainframe computers built between 1951 and 1974, taking its name from the University of Illinois, where the first computer in the series was built. In the late 1940s, development work for computers was...
ILLIAC
215 March 24, 2022
00 What is TTS?

The Teletypesetter System (TTS) was used for quick and remote typesetting. The individual components of the system can be used to control various typesetting machines. The method of remote data transmission is similar to that of the teletypewriter. The letters to be typeset were entered via an...
TTS
162 March 24, 2022
01 What are Base encodings?

Base encodings are methods for encoding binary data into printable strings. The GC Wizard provides the following encodings: Base16Base32Base58Base64Base85 (ASCII85)Base91Base122
Base Code
135 March 23, 2022
08 And now – how do I obfuscate the final zone?

...mentioning the coordinates in either pictures, descriptions, or text. What is a problem, however, for the final zone. It should exist. Hiding the Final-Zone Yes - this is also possible - with LUA. But to be honest, if you take the trouble and read the LUA source code carefully, you will find...
Wherigo Tools
670 March 23, 2022
06 Text Deobfuscator

Depending on the development systems used, texts can also be encrypted. Currently, two different encryption methods are used: a complex substitution/transposition cipher - Urwigoa simple substitution/transposition cipher - Earwigo Web Builder and Wherigo Kit respectively. Urwigo In a LUA...
Wherigo Tools
881 March 23, 2022
05 Urwigo Hash Breaker

In a LUA file you can find the following LUA code for an input: function _WKlqK:OnGetInput(input) if input == nil then input = "" end if _Urwigo.Hash(string.lower(input)) == 13166 then _lj9.Visible = false _lj9:MoveTo(nil) _WlWcy.Visible = true ...
Wherigo Tools
1120 March 23, 2022
04 What does the GC Wizard offer for the analysis of Wherigo cartridges?

For the analysis of Wherigo cartridges, the GC Wizard offers the following functions, provided that the LUA file is known: Analysis of the file and display of the existing objects, i.e.MediaZonesCharacterObjectsTasksVariablesTimerInputs and answersAnalysis of answers.If inputs are made in the...
Wherigo Tools
635 March 23, 2022
03 How does the multi decoder work?

The multi-decoder makes it possible to run through several decodes at once. This saves time, e.g. all rotations can be checked. Only those results are displayed where there is a valid input, i.e. numbers are required for the back calculation of the letter values. In the advanced input, it is...
General Code Solver
1443 December 22, 2021
How does the GC Wizard encrypt or decrypt with a Book Cipher?

What is a Book Cipher? With the book cipher, the text to be encoded is replaced character by character or word by word with digits. The digits are to be considered as coordinates, i.e. they stand for the number of the paragraph, line, word or letter, depending on the text...
Book Cipher
1279 October 30, 2021
02 How is the number of days calculated?

Count days calculates the number of days between two dates.The following factors are taken into account: With leap daysWith summer time / winter time (of the local time zone)Only Gregorian calendarWithout leap seconds The following fields are available for input Start dateEnd dateShould...
Date and Time functions
62 October 27, 2021