Very experimental commit but gonna dev on my pc for a bit

image_utils.rb

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ImageUtils
     @@password = pass
     @@message  = msg
 
-    if msg.length > 400 then
+    if msg.length > 1024 then
       puts "Maximum length exceeded.  Exiting."
       exit
     end
@@ -34,9 +34,32 @@ class ImageUtils
     h = Digest::SHA512.hexdigest(@@password)
     s = @@pixelImg.getSalt
 
-    merge_to_i = h + s
+    @@hash = Digest::SHA512.hexdigest(self.interlaceHash(h, s))
+  end
 
-    @@hash = Digest::SHA512.hexdigest(h+s)
+  def interlaceHash(h1, h2)
+    puts h1
+    puts h2
+
+    h1 = self.getBits(h1)
+    h2 = self.getBits(h2)
+    
+    interlaced = 0
+
+    while h1.to_i > 0 and h2.to_i > 0 do
+      interlaced = (interlaced << 1) | (h1 & 1)
+      h1 = h1 >> 1
+      interlaced = (interlaced << 1) | (h2 & 1)
+      h2 = h2 >> 1
+
+#      puts interlaced
+#      puts h1
+#      puts h2
+    end
+
+    puts interlaced.to_s.inspect
+
+    return interlaced.to_s
   end
 
   def generateLookupTable
@@ -78,4 +101,16 @@ class ImageUtils
 
     return tbl
   end
+
+  def getBits(o)
+    msg_bytes = o.unpack("c*")
+
+    msg_bits = 0
+
+    for b in msg_bytes
+      msg_bits = (msg_bits << 8) | b
+    end
+
+    return msg_bits
+  end
 end