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REDRUM

If you remember "The Shinning", the first time you saw the bloody word REDRUM you probably thinked "What the Hell is that?" Well, then you know that you need a little help from a looking-glass to make sense of it. Now it's time to use vim like a mirror to reveal the message.

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nac uoy ro ,rorrim a ni siht daer ot evah uoy ,redrum eht hctac ot tnaw uoy fI
); miV esu

.omodrojam eht ...si redrum ehT
End file
If you want to catch the murder, you have to read this in a mirror, or you can
use Vim ;)

The murder is... the majordomo.

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1,2c1,2
< nac uoy ro ,rorrim a ni siht daer ot evah uoy ,redrum eht hctac ot tnaw uoy fI
< ); miV esu
---
> If you want to catch the murder, you have to read this in a mirror, or you can
> use Vim ;)
4c4
< .omodrojam eht ...si redrum ehT
---
> The murder is... the majordomo.

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#65 faul_sname / @faul_sname - Score: 43 - 12/24/12 @ 23:52
:%s/$/|/g<CR>qqxf|p0q99@qrTkdlk99@qruk99@qrIZZ

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#66 Andrew Hlavats / @farthestworld - Score: 43 - 02/24/13 @ 19:01
:%s/$/|/g<CR>qqxf|p0q99@qrTkdlk99@qruk99@qrIZZ

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Created by: @joe_di_castro

66 active golfers, 171 entries

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