Competition: Find a duplicate code map

[Grauniad]

By my estimation there may be as many as 2 x10¹⁰⁰ different code strings that may map onto each of the 2³²-1 code maps that can be generated. If you ever come across a duplicate, post both strings that generate the same map in this thread.

Any competition should have a prize, you say? Well, the accolade of your fellow forumers should be enough, no?

[Echo51]

Funny, i started on this a few days ago :P


My "app" just reported it has found one, sadly i was AFK so didn't notice what it was. Minor changes being done and i'll get results :D

[creeper killer]

anyone here a computer wiz?
they could write a program that plugs in all possible combinations and records the results

[Echo51]

Here we go, verified by hand and found in about 15 minutes with a poorly written flash app(~100 hashes per second at ~50k entries).

"82945"
and
"25302"
Both produce the same code map when entered into CW2 :)

[UpperKEES]

Nice job, Echo! :)

[lich98]

nice echo you get a prize! A FREE MAP!

[thepenguin]

echo, what is the flash hash function called?, (I'm looking for a java equivalent, to find a ton of duplicates, added on to my list of 1K things to do :P)

[Grauniad]

MD5 Hash.

[thepenguin]

MD5 Hash.

great.

wait, what? md5 hashes are not 32-bit hashes

[Echo51]

It is not include in AS3 by default, the one you want is available here: https://github.com/mikechambers/as3corelib/tree/master/src/com/adobe/crypto

[miquelfire]

MD5 Hash.

great.

wait, what? md5 hashes are not 32-bit hashes

You take the first 8 hex characters (4 bytes if your hash output that way) of the hash, so the rate of collision is much higher.

[thepenguin]

MD5 Hash.

great.

wait, what? md5 hashes are not 32-bit hashes

You take the first 8 hex characters (4 bytes if your hash output that way) of the hash, so the rate of collision is much higher.

much better, I get it now ...

[mopa42]

Oh boy! A programming challenge!

I found a whole bunch of duplicate codes. Here are some of the most interesting / funny / unique:

for some apple	think were apple
garden a game	the chair said
the car time	make big play
April 29, 1027	April 29, 2830
woodruff	inaccuracies
sketchable	calash's
difficulties designing	painful data
dead eating	defines nice
chairman attack	invents crater
Creeper submitted	suspending weather
zero blame	eaten Creeper

And even some triplicates!

absolute beautiful	woman foot's	posts statistics
fundamentally obscure	responses pass	essentially managing

The codes have this to say about Virgil:

bytes source	me Virgil
continue buys	Virgil product
satisfy owners	Virgil fastest

(Virgil is the fastest at turning sources into games into satisfied owners into continued buying of the product)
CW2 itself says that Virgil is a great developer!

Some of the codes, being four random words, are unintentionally hilarious. I spent far too much time just reading through the list laughing.
If you're curious I've attached the list of all ~45 thousand duplicates I found.

[UpperKEES]

Mopa, you keep amazing me....

Indeed some hilarious combinations! ;D

Great job! 8)

[thepenguin]

hey, mopa, I can't seem to be able to get the right hashes for this in java, how're you doing it?