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And I'll be cheering you (the US, that is) on.
Assuming humanity does start living in space or on other bodies, we will need a body of space law. I would rather it come from a country with at least a tradition of Rule of Law and fair play than a place like China, which has more often than not had Rule of Warlord.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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(11) Our instinct assembles command
SOLUTION:
Our instinct
assembles = (anagram indicator)
command = definition
instruction
Stage 1:
There are secrets being stored within the user profile. Something inside the profile is much more than meets the eye. The GIF file representing the avatar is hiding multiple steganographic clues. You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside.
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs
# Stage 3:
# The x86 instructions are obviously meaningless. The hard coded offsets and duplicate instructions
# give it away. Using an assembler you will find that it compiles down to the following machine code:
4F
75 72
20 69 6E
73 74
69 6E 63 74 20 61 73
73 65
6D
62 6C 65 73
20 63 6F
6D
6D
61
6E
64
Let me say that this is a regular cryptic crossword puzzle. The only difference is that we will start early and begin the solving process with the puzzle hidden. This will give individuals with unique skills a chance to find and solve the puzzle first. Once every hour I will return to the site and reveal the next stage. Eventually the plain text puzzle will be completely visible to everyone. You can wait until the plain text puzzle is revealed or attempt to solve early. The choice is yours.
modified 26-Jan-21 5:51am.
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You guys have too much time on your hands (but I like the idea !) 
Randor wrote: multiple steganographic clues
@Corinna-John, Corinna, where are you when we need you ?
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This looks like another weird game... well, maybe tomorrow, if my boss bores me with too few work... 
This statement is false.
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Still hanging around here sometimes ?
And still steganographicking ? 
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Randor wrote: You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside.
Doesn't work, Windows says it is not a valid zip.
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I concur: the gif is not openable as a zip.
It means my guess from the advance clue given yesterday is wrong 
I had thought that "Something inside my profile is much more than meets the eye." (11) (The Lounge[^]) was going to be MACROSCOPIC
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Thanks. Due to the unique way the zip file is constructed some archive programs might fail. I've tested and several of the online unzippers are working for the archive.
Let me Bing that for you!
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No, I still cannot see anything remotely intelligible. And the number of sponsored ads getting in the way just makes it more confusing. I leave the rest to those far cleverer than me.
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I never did have the patience needed for treasure hunts!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Participation in the 'treasure hunt' is completely optional. The plain text CCC will be revealed within an hour or two.
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This [^] online unzip is working if you would like to attempt to solve early. Or you can wait until the next stage is openly revealed.
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that "thinks" for a while, then shows a tick mark - then repeats (indefinitely?). Still says "Extracting...". At no stage can I click on "Your files" to see the extracted info, or indeed do anything else...
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Hi Richard I used ezyzip.com and it extracted a file instruction.asm with the following in
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Thanks, I just got it from the link Randor gave me. But with all those fixed jump addresses it will not compile, so I am clueless as to what it means.
However, to be fair to @Randor, it is clever, and he must have given it a lot of thought.
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The fact that the x86 instructions might be gibberish is useful information and could be an indicator that it's simply another layer of indirection. 
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It's obviously: CONSPIRACY THEORY.
The fact that the number of letters doesn't fit is entirely consistent with conspiracy theory 'logic'! 
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With that much directives we will be here all day
Nice one!
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Have you solved it ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I believe I did...
Now seeing the solution - I did!
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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The answer is easy now, which probably explains why you hid it.
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Yes,
But the real question here is... was it in your dictionary?
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Randor wrote: was it in your dictionary?
Oddly enough I did not need to look.
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What's the answer ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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