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[–] 17281503? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Added explanation: uuencode and uudecode are old programs to encode and decode binary files for posting on Usenet newsgroups. Back in the days before automated software, such as NewsRover, one had to download all the parts of a file, put them together manually, and then run uudecode on the saved file. Usenet only allows plain text, and there is a size limit to messages. That's why the code is seemingly random ASCII characters and is broken in parts for larger files.