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Has anyone tried deobfuscating http://www.wanted-master-software-developers.com/js/jquery.pack.js?

It's the only file that lacks the "you don't have to reverse engineer this file" warning at the top.

OK, so apparently (and this is again from hints on the web, not my doing) all you need to do to pass that whole part 1 of the test
is to go to http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/ and the URL will change to http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=
so you paste the word coLLAborATE at the end: http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=coLLAborATE and you get to the next step.

For an explanation of the in between parts see http://edschweppe.livejournal.com/88912.html

OK, so apparently (and this is again from hints on the web, not my doing) all you need to do to pass that whole part 1 of the test
is to go to http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/ and the URL will change to http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=
so you paste the word coLLAborATE at the end: http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=coLLAborATE and you get to the next step.

For an explanation of the in between parts see http://edschweppe.livejournal.com/88912.html

OK, so apparently (and this is again from hints on the web, not my doing) all you need to do to pass that whole part 1 of the test
is to go to http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/ and the URL will change to http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=
so you paste the word coLLAborATE at the end: http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=coLLAborATE and you get to the next step.

For an explanation of the in between parts see http://edschweppe.livejournal.com/88912.html

Part 2 is at: http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=coLLAborATE

The code.png contains 6 colors. If you interpret it linearly and separate it into blocks delineated by green-blue, you'll notice that many of these blocks appear several times throughout the file.

Someone in the Google group has decoded the CSS classnames in the source (substitution cypher), the result then leads to part 3: http://www.wanted-master-software-developers.com/?you=me

Part 2 is at: http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=coLLAborATE

The code.png contains 6 colors. If you interpret it linearly and separate it into blocks delineated by green-blue, you'll notice that many of these blocks appear several times throughout the file.

Someone in the Google group has decoded the CSS classnames in the source (substitution cypher), the result then leads to part 3: http://www.wanted-master-software-developers.com/?you=me

TDD = Time Division Duplex (W-CDMA) 3G-Cell Standard? WIMAX?
1-18-2008 = Product Launch or Product Annoucement Date or IPO date?

First Hint: eyAnOicgPT4gJycsICcgJyA9PiAnLScsICdzXG4nID0+ICdzLmNvbVxuJyB9 (3548, 4648)
All ASCII, not ROT-13, no idea what the (3588,4648) mean.
Passing integer values to f(d) causes blue blocks to appear, but not fall.


Second Clue: http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=coLLAborATE

Solving the first puzzle yields the keyword "coLLAborATE". http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=coLLAborATE is the next puzzle.

http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/images/code.png

(as found in http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/css/strawberry-rhubarb.css )

http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/images/code.png

(as found in http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/css/strawberry-rhubarb.css )

I don't have the function that passes the tests that they wanted yet, but here's a collection of everything so far:

First off, the craigslist posting leads to:
http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/?key=
Then, the main.css file has two bits of non-css info in it. At the very bottom, there's: /*
34w4wa
*/
Then at the top, we have: /*
([Dollar,Daily Universal Register] % 100).([Flavian II => Severus] / 2 - 1).([Sherman Anti-Trust,Van Gogh] / 9).([Tycho Brahe,Stellar] / 12)
*/
There's a hint at the bottom of the page, as well:
sticky falling bricks of truth

I have nothing on 34w4wa. Daily Universal Register, as was noted elsewhere, used to be the name of the Times of London. Dollar, who knows? Flavian II was the Patriarch of Antioch. Setpimius Severus was a Roman general, and Roman emperor. Sherman Antitrust Act was the first US Government action to limit cartels and monopolies. Van Gogh was of course a painter. Tycho Brahe was an awesome astronomer, and stellar, again, I don't know.

It's an array of four things, with dots between them - an IP address. Perhaps something with dates?

The date format tells us it's an American-related quiz. The US dollar was adopted in 1785, while the Daily Universal Register was also begun in 1785. 1785 mod 100 = 85.

Flavian II died in 518. Severus reigned from 193-211, when HE died. 518-211 = -307, /2 ~=-154 - 1 = -155.

So far, 85.155...

Sherman Antitrust and Van-Gogh's death were both in 1890. 1890/9 = 210

So 85.155.210...

Tycho Brahe died 1601...I don't know about stellar, but other dates have coincided so 1601/12.to_i = 133

85.155.210.133 doesn't appear to have a web server on it, but that 155 is really suspect, as is the 133 (not an integer). Brahe was BORN in 1546, and 1546/12 = 129.

85.155.210.129 isn't answering either. Again, the 155 bothers me.

Flavian II died 518, but 518/2 -1 = 258, which isn't exactly a meaningful number for an IP address, eh?

I got my Severus wrong, as there was a Severus that succeeded Flavian II in 512, 14 years after Flavian II became patriarch. 14/2 - 1 = 6.

85.6.210.129 has no website on it either, but it's feeling better. Maybe that 129's a red herring...I feel like the 85 and 210 are right as rain though.

A google search for 'tycho brahe stellar' returns a couple of hits for an article listing 1572 as a date, and 1572/12=131. Turns out SN1572 was known as Tycho's Nova.

85.6.210.131 still gives me nothing though.

I stopped by http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/ for a look-see.

If the talent they're looking for involves figuring out undocumented code with function names like "f" and variable names like "d", I think I'll pass.

Kudos for having testable code, though.

Its a find-and-replace that turns the title:
Wanted: Master Software Developers

Into:
http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/

... and the test continues...

Just base64 decode the string that appears to be made of random chars. You get:

{ ':' => '', ' ' => '-', 's\n' => 's.com\n' }

Apply that to the subject in the contact details. You get:

http://wanted-master-software-developers.com/

That was pretty easy. The test then seems to move to web programming and I'm not interested.