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FaviFake: add link to read volume 0 service pack 1

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add link to read volume 0 service pack 1

FaviFake at 12:21, 28 February 2026

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FaviFake: AI WAS USED TO GENERATE THIS SECTION. I reviewed it and heavily edited it but it seems correct. The details are from my chat with ibid, the guy who recorded randall's answer to the peptides WI? incident. you can ask me for details!

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AI WAS USED TO GENERATE THIS SECTION. I reviewed it and heavily edited it but it seems correct. The details are from my chat with ibid, the guy who recorded randall's answer to the peptides WI? incident. you can ask me for details!

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 ==volume 0 service pack 1==
 [[File:volume 0 service pack 1 cover.png|thumb|The cover of the volume 0 service pack 1]]
-A little-known aspect of ''xkcd: Volume 0'' is the existence of a limited supplementary booklet commonly known as the '''xkcd volume 0 service pack 1'''. The booklet is a limited edition supplement to ''Volume 0'', not a distinct alternate edition of the book itself. This booklet was not commercially distributed, but instead handed out in person by Randall Munroe at a fan meetup. Readers discovered that solving the cipher embedded in the book's red text revealed details for a real-world meetup, including a specific time and location. This puzzle was collaboratively solved by members of the xkcd community, primarily through discussions on the official xkcd [[Forums]], archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20140204001654/http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45552 ''Puzzles from the xkcd book (big puzzle SOLVED!)''] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20141229211052/https://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=57850 ''OFFICIAL! MEETUP: San Francisco, CA - June 26, 2010'']. These thread documents much of the community's process in deciphering the puzzle and later discovering the details of the meetup. At least one portion of the cipher was not have been solved as intended, instead being determined via brute force after other parts were completed.
+A little-known aspect of ''xkcd: Volume 0'' is the existence of a limited supplementary booklet commonly known as the '''xkcd volume 0 service pack 1'''. The booklet is a limited edition supplement to ''Volume 0'', not a distinct alternate edition of the book itself. This booklet was not commercially distributed, but instead handed out in person by Randall Munroe at a fan meetup. Readers discovered that solving the cipher embedded in the book's red text revealed details for a real-world meetup, including a specific time and location, at the San Francisco {{w|Golden Gate Park}} on June 26, 2010.
-Once the puzzle was solved, approximately 100 fans attended the meetup at the San Francisco {{w|Golden Gate Park}} on June 26, 2010. At this event, [[Randall Munroe]] distributed copies of the "Service Pack 1" booklet as a reward for participants. Several videos of the meetup have been preserved online:
+This puzzle was collaboratively solved by members of the xkcd community, primarily through discussions on the official xkcd [[Forums]], archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20140204001654/http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45552 ''Puzzles from the xkcd book (big puzzle SOLVED!)''] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20141229211052/https://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=57850 ''OFFICIAL! MEETUP: San Francisco, CA - June 26, 2010'']. These thread documents much of the community's process in deciphering the puzzle and later discovering the details of the meetup. At least one portion of the cipher was not have been solved as intended, instead being determined via brute force after other parts were completed. Once the puzzle was solved, approximately 100 fans attended the meetup. At this event, [[Randall Munroe]] distributed copies of the "Service Pack 1" booklet as a reward for participants. Several videos of the meetup have been preserved online:
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPi5HBW1jw XKCD Randall Munroe surprising his fans at the MEETUP]

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 ==volume 0 service pack 1==
 [[File:volume 0 service pack 1 cover.png|thumb|The cover of the volume 0 service pack 1]]
-A little-known aspect of ''xkcd: Volume 0'' is the existence of a limited supplementary booklet commonly known as the '''xkcd volume 0 service pack 1'''. The booklet is a limited edition supplement to ''Volume 0'', not a distinct alternate edition of the book itself. This booklet was not commercially distributed, but instead handed out in person by Randall Munroe at a fan meetup. Readers discovered that solving the cipher embedded in the book's red text revealed details for a real-world meetup, including a specific time and location. This puzzle was collaboratively solved by members of the xkcd community, primarily through discussions on the official xkcd [[Forums]].
+A little-known aspect of ''xkcd: Volume 0'' is the existence of a limited supplementary booklet commonly known as the '''xkcd volume 0 service pack 1'''. The booklet is a limited edition supplement to ''Volume 0'', not a distinct alternate edition of the book itself. This booklet was not commercially distributed, but instead handed out in person by Randall Munroe at a fan meetup. Readers discovered that solving the cipher embedded in the book's red text revealed details for a real-world meetup, including a specific time and location. This puzzle was collaboratively solved by members of the xkcd community, primarily through discussions on the official xkcd [[Forums]], archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20140204001654/http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45552 ''Puzzles from the xkcd book (big puzzle SOLVED!)''] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20141229211052/https://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=57850 ''OFFICIAL! MEETUP: San Francisco, CA - June 26, 2010'']. These thread documents much of the community's process in deciphering the puzzle and later discovering the details of the meetup. At least one portion of the cipher was not have been solved as intended, instead being determined via brute force after other parts were completed.
-A surviving record of this effort is preserved via the Wayback Machine at [https://web.archive.org/web/20140204001654/http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45552 Puzzles from the xkcd book (big puzzle SOLVED!)]. This thread documents much of the community's process in deciphering the puzzle. At least one portion of the cipher was not have been solved as intended, instead being determined via brute force after other parts were completed.
+Once the puzzle was solved, approximately 100 fans attended the meetup at the San Francisco {{w|Golden Gate Park}} on June 26, 2010. At this event, [[Randall Munroe]] distributed copies of the "Service Pack 1" booklet as a reward for participants. Several videos of the meetup have been preserved online:
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPi5HBW1jw XKCD Randall Munroe surprising his fans at the MEETUP]

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 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9txkRcfc1w XKCD 2010 Meetup - Cupcakes 2]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0McdR9lvqLg Facebook 6/26/10: XKCD event]
 ==Cypher==

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 {{TOC}}
-'''''xkcd: volume 0''''' is a book by [[Randall Munroe]] released on August 24, 2010. It features a collection of comics personally chosen by Randall from the initial 600 entries of the webcomic. These comics were assembled from high-resolution original scans and include the original or, sometimes, a different title text. The book and its [[#volume 0 service pack 1|service pack 1]] are available to read in full on the Internet Archive at [https://archive.org/details/2009Xkcd ''xkcd: volume 0''] and [https://archive.org/details/xkcdvol0sp1v2/mode/2up ''volume 0 service pack 1''].
+'''''xkcd: volume 0''''' is a book by [[Randall Munroe]] released on August 24, 2010. It features a collection of comics personally chosen by Randall from the initial 600 entries of the webcomic. These comics were assembled from high-resolution original scans and include the original or, sometimes, a different title text.
 {{Quote|<nowiki></nowiki>''xkcd: volume 0'' is the first xkcd book! It features selections from the first 600 comics, including various author and fan favorites. It was lovingly assembled from high-resolution original scans of the comics (the mouseover text is discreetly included), and features a lot of doodles, notes, and puzzles in the margins.
 |''[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://web.archive.org/web/20100701115034/http://store.xkcd.com/ Source]}}
-The book is published by {{w|Breadpig}}, a company founded by Randall's friend Alexis, and their portion of the profits will go to build a school in Laos through the charity {{w|Room to Read}}.
+The book and its [[#volume 0 service pack 1|service pack 1]] are available to read in full on the Internet Archive at [https://archive.org/details/2009Xkcd ''xkcd: volume 0''] and [https://archive.org/details/xkcdvol0sp1v2/mode/2up ''volume 0 service pack 1'']. The book is published by {{w|Breadpig}}, a company founded by Randall's friend Alexis, and their portion of the profits will go to build a school in Laos through the charity {{w|Room to Read}}.
 ==volume 0 service pack 1==

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 {{DISPLAYTITLE:''xkcd: volume 0''}}{{book navigation}}[[File:xkcd_volume_0.jpeg|260px|right|thumb|The cover of the book]]
-{{incomplete|Explain how the pages are counted in the book, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140204001654/http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45552 as discussed in the xkcd furums]! (They're ternary-like, except when 2 is reached, it always overflows onto the digit with the next highest magnitude and increments it by 1, etc). Also, help decode each part of the [[#Cipher]] and reorganise it into a more readable format (possibly a table, if somebody is up to the task).)}}
+{{incomplete|1=Explain how the pages are counted in the book, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140204001654/http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45552 as discussed in the xkcd furums]! (They're ternary-like, except when 2 is reached, it always overflows onto the digit with the next highest magnitude and increments it by 1, etc). Also, help decode each part of the [[#Cipher]] and reorganise it into a more readable format (possibly a table, if somebody is up to the task).)}}
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 *Please help decode each part of the Cipher, and reorganise it into a more readable format (possibly a table, if somebody is up to the task).)}}{{TOC}}
-'''''xkcd: volume 0''''' is a book by [[Randall Munroe]] released on August 24, 2010. It features a collection of comics personally chosen by Randall from the initial 600 entries of the webcomic. These comics were assembled from high-resolution original scans and include the original or, sometimes, a different title text. The book is available to [https://archive.org/details/2009Xkcd read in full on the Internet Archive].
+'''''xkcd: volume 0''''' is a book by [[Randall Munroe]] released on August 24, 2010. It features a collection of comics personally chosen by Randall from the initial 600 entries of the webcomic. These comics were assembled from high-resolution original scans and include the original or, sometimes, a different title text. The book and its [[#volume 0 service pack 1|service pack 1]] are available to read in full on the Internet Archive at [https://archive.org/details/2009Xkcd ''xkcd: volume 0''] and [https://archive.org/details/xkcdvol0sp1v2/mode/2up ''volume 0 service pack 1''].
 {{Quote|<nowiki></nowiki>''xkcd: volume 0'' is the first xkcd book! It features selections from the first 600 comics, including various author and fan favorites. It was lovingly assembled from high-resolution original scans of the comics (the mouseover text is discreetly included), and features a lot of doodles, notes, and puzzles in the margins.

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 ==volume 0 service pack 1==
+[[File:volume 0 service pack 1 cover.png|thumb|The cover of the volume 0 service pack 1]]
 A little-known aspect of ''xkcd: Volume 0'' is the existence of a limited supplementary booklet commonly known as the '''xkcd volume 0 service pack 1'''. The booklet is a limited edition supplement to ''Volume 0'', not a distinct alternate edition of the book itself. This booklet was not commercially distributed, but instead handed out in person by Randall Munroe at a fan meetup. Readers discovered that solving the cipher embedded in the book's red text revealed details for a real-world meetup, including a specific time and location. This puzzle was collaboratively solved by members of the xkcd community, primarily through discussions on the official xkcd [[Forums]].
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 At least one known scan exists, created by a private owner and shared informally. (I'll upload it to wikipedia when i have time.)
-==Transcript==
+==Cypher==
-===Front cover===
+These various cyphers contained clues for several puzzles.
-:[A bit above the middle of the page, there is the title of the book with the subtitle in a smaller font size below it. Neither the title nor the subtitle are capitalized.]
+The combination of them led to a final cypher: EE98511873CD4542DA101CBC735646B09BE32BE0D0E0C9A6CB4D62AE8662384F) And was successfully decoded by the [[Forums]].
-:xkcd
+EE985118 is from the Caesar cypher shift.
-:volume 0
+LYIKGUEHDOCR Provided a polyalphabetic shift
-:[In the bottom right of the page stand Megan, on the right, and Cueball, on the left, holding hands. Cueball looks away from Megan, to the left, and Megan looks away from Cueball, to the right.]
+The checksum "E" from the XOR poem was then used as a bitwise mask. Each byte of the resulting data was XOR'd with this value to flip specific bits and align the data with standard text encoding.
 ==Comics featured in the book==
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 ==See also==
 * pg 1 [[10: Pi Equals]]

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 *The article is missing a lot of information and links about the book.
-*IF YOU HAVE THE BOOK, explain how the pages are counted in the book! (They're ternary-like, except when 2 is reached, it always overflows onto the digit with the next highest magnitude and increments it by one...
+*Explain how the pages are counted in the book, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140204001654/http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45552 discussed in the xkcd furums]! (They're ternary-like, except when 2 is reached, it always overflows onto the digit with the next highest magnitude and increments it by one...
-*Please help decode each part of the Cipher, and reorganize it into a more readable format (possibly a table, if somebody is up to the task).)}}{{TOC}}
+*Please help decode each part of the Cipher, and reorganise it into a more readable format (possibly a table, if somebody is up to the task).)}}{{TOC}}
 '''''xkcd: volume 0''''' is a book by [[Randall Munroe]] released on August 24, 2010. It features a collection of comics personally chosen by Randall from the initial 600 entries of the webcomic. These comics were assembled from high-resolution original scans and include the original or, sometimes, a different title text. The book is available to [https://archive.org/details/2009Xkcd read in full on the Internet Archive].
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 |''[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://web.archive.org/web/20100701115034/http://store.xkcd.com/ Source]}}
-The book was discussed int the [[Forums]]: https://web.archive.org/web/20140204001654/http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45552
+The book is published by {{w|Breadpig}}, a company founded by Randall's friend Alexis, and their portion of the profits will go to build a school in Laos through the charity {{w|Room to Read}}.
-The book is published by {{w|Breadpig}}, a company founded by Randall's friend Alexis, and their portion of the profits will go to build a school in Laos through the charity {{w|Room to Read}}.
+==volume 0 service pack 1==
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 {{cob}}
 ==Cypher==
 The book also contains many puzzles within it, usually in red.