Level 7

[thesamet]

decode the message.

I have tried to look at the letters because it's in the air. However, I have made no progress and would like a hint.
Thank you.

I have tried to look at the letters because it's in the air. However, I have made no progress and would like a hint.
Thank you.

Isn't that about level 6 instead of 7?

However, the letters aren't what they seem.

Argh. Okay, I've decoded the first level of the message and obtained the hint for the next level. Using the same technique, I tried to decode the hint so I could plug in the URL and proceed, but there were non-printable characters in my "decoded" version of the hint. I tried just taking the printable characters, quoting the whole works and a few other things, but nothing is working. I feel like I'm missing something painfully obvious here -- any suggestions?

Is the message in the gray bar?

figured it out
hint1: effbot
hint2: (i * 7, 43)

I'm stuck on this one....

There are no tips. Should I use some external module? Standard python does not have image processing modules.

And if I should use an external module, what in the hell would I do with the image?

--
JP

Well, I needed an extern module, but I figured it out.

i have been looking at the letters for hours, but no idea what to do no source, 2 weird hints.. can somebody help me a bit?

duh

Argh. Okay, I've decoded the first level of the message and obtained the hint for the next level. Using the same technique, I tried to decode the hint so I could plug in the URL and proceed, but there were non-printable characters in my "decoded" version of the hint. I tried just taking the printable characters, quoting the whole works and a few other things, but nothing is working. I feel like I'm missing something painfully obvious here -- any suggestions?

I'm with the same problem... :-/

I need to think... think

Would it spoil things to have a clue so that i can dial the next level?

but there were non-printable characters in my "decoded" version of the hint.

Then you did something wrong. I never saw any non-printable characters when I did it.

?should i be making a 'graphical' representation of the final clue?

?should i be making a 'graphical' representation of the final clue?

No.