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Holy mackerel! Bloody hell, and I need to study for a test today... :(
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let's get cracking!
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I've got the first part, up until it changes to words. It's most likely a double encryption, because this is what I got. Quote:BGTHBCFBIKLOUJMMJUIYHNJZHYJGNSAWQSDEVFBUJMAXDVGYHNJZTFBHAX
DVGTFBHVFBUJIHYJGNJUKMCFBMJUIMJUIYHNJZHYJGNJUKMHYJGNOILKUJ
ITFBHBGTHBBGTHBTFBHOILKDEMJUIHYJGNZSCFBHYJGNYHNJZCFBJUKMMJ
UIAXDVGTFBHYHNJZHYJGNCFBVFBMJUITGBHTHYJGNCFBMJUIOILKOILKYH
NJZHYJGNOILKCFBDEJUKMCFBBGNHTFBHVFBZSCFBCFBUJMTFBHBGNHHY
JGNUJMDEUJIHYJGNHYJGNQSEHYJGNVFBWDRFVTFBHBGNHHYJGNHYJGNUJM
OILKHYJGNCFBBGNHJUKMCFBOILKHYJGNWAXTFBHBGNHJUKMTFBHBGNHHY
JGNAXDVGYHNJZDEWAXYHNJZUJIDEWAXUJIOILKDEBGNHTGBHTHYJGNYHNJZDE
BGNHJUKMMJUIYHNJZHYJGNZAQSDEVFBOILKMJUIHYJGNQSEHYJGNVFBWDR
FVOILKTFBHTFBHZAQSMJUIHYJGNBGNHNHYJWSXDVSDWAXDSEFCCDCDVYHN
SCFBHWSXDVWAXDSCFBHJILSAXZQAZAQJILSAXZCDYGNJILYHNYHNRGYHN
YHNWAXDEFTSDWAXYHNRGYHNJILJUKIGTHBSCFBHJILSAXZYGNJILYHNYHNS
DWAXGTHBYGNYHNJILCDCDVSDWAXNHYJWSXDVWAXDWSDEDSEFCWSXDVNHYJX
DVGNRGYHNJUKIJILXDVGNSDWAXSCFBHJILSAXZNHYJNJILWSDEYHNNHYJNJ
ILWSDEYHNCDVJILCDYHNNHYJWAXDJUKIQAZAQWSDENHYJCDNHYJSCFBHJI
LSAXZJUKINHYJCDNHYJCDSAXZJUKINHYJJUKIWAXDXDVGNRGYHNJUKIJIL
XDVGNSDWAXCDSAXZJUKIWAXDNHYJNHYJNJILWSDEYHNCDVJILCDYHNNHYJ
WAXDJUKISEFTHTHUJMSWDEHULSEFTHGHTFBAQIUKJSWDEUHNKCDEFMJUJNHULY
HJUEDCKILHULAQEDCCDEFUHNKSWDECDEFYHNJZAQSWDEQAWAQSWDESAWDXCDEF
YHNJZHULCDEFCDEFYHNJZGHTFBSWDEHULSWDESWDXGHTFBDVGGHTFBSWDES
WDEUHNKYJILPAQCDEFIUKJSEFTHGHTFBKILGHTFBHULUHMYHNJZAQSWDESAWD
XSWDXUHNKYJILPSWDESWDXGHTFBGHTFBMJUJNHULSWDESWDXMJUJNYHJUED
CEDCAQSWDESAWDXYHJUMJUJNOILKTFBHXDVGNJKUHMZAQSYHNJZHYBGNHSA
WDXZAQSYHNJZJKUHMYHNJZCFBUJMZAQSUJMTFBHOILKZAQSZAQSJUKRFGT
ZAQSYHNJZTFBHZAQSHYZAQSCFBUJMUJMHYZAQSOILKXDVGNJKUHMYHNJ
ZCFBRFGTUJMHYBGNHSAWDXRFGTBGTHBCFBTFBHUJMGTHBWAXCFBQAZAQUJ
MJKUHMZAQSJUKTFBHXDVGNZAQSYHNJZJKUHMQAZAQTFBHZAQSZAQSTFBHX
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FBHZAQSHYZAQSOILKOILKHYUJMZAQSCFBBGNHGTHBQAZAQCFBJUKBGNH
CFBWAXUJMJKUHMOILKCFBBGNHGTHBAXDVGJKUHMJKUHMGTHBRFGTBGTHBZA
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MJUKHYBGNHZAQSTFBHZAQSYHNJZJKUHMQAZAQUJMRFGTJKUHMCFBBGNHGT
HBZAQSHYBGNHCFBUJMUJMWDRFVRFGTBGTHBZAQSTFBHWSXDWCDVGHTFBH
ULQAWCDEFYHNJZGHTFBIUKJRFGTCDVMJUKHULWAXGHTFILJUKISWDXNHY
JYHNJZHJYGNJUKIDENHYJOILKNHYJWAXDEDFRYGNYHNJZDEJUKISAWDXDENH
YJJILJUKISWDXTGBHTHJYGNDEJUKISAWDXOILKEDFRVFBBGTHBVFBDEOILKH
JYGNSWDXJILJUKISWDXNHYJYHNJZHJYGNJUKIJUKIWAXDNHYJOILKEDFRV
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YGNYGNJILTGBHTUJMHJYGNYHNJZEDFRZSCFBZSCFBDEJUKISAWDXOILKNHY
JDEUJMUJMYGNJILVFBVFBWDRFVDEJUKISAWDXOILKWAXDZSCFBHJYGNNHY
JYHNJZDEJUKISAWDXNHYJWAXDOILKWAXDZSCFBHJYGNAXDVGYHNJZHJYGN
VFBHJYGNOILKNHYJDEUJMUJMVFBEDFRJUKIJUKIDEJUKISAWDXJILYGNWAXD
JUKIJUKIHJYGNYGNNHYJDEWAXDJUKIUJMWAXDOILKNHYJDEJUKITGBHTUJMJI
LYGNUJIJILJUKISWDXSWDXHJYGNHJYGNBGTHBTGBHTEDFRNHYJOILKNHYJDE
UJMUJMAXDVGWAXDVFBUJIDEJUKISAWDXMJUKJILZSCFBDEUJMDEJILVFBJIL
MJUKNHYJHJYGNVFBJILUJMUJMNHYJYHNJZDEOILKNHYJDEZSCFBHJYGNA
XDVGYHNJZWAXDDEJILZSCFBHULSWDEJUKMAXDVGYHNJZHJYGNSWDECDBGT
HBIKLOEDCEDCIKLOBGTHBZAQSYHNJZHJYGNYGNHULWSXDWEDCHJYGNZAQS
YHNJZHJYGNKILHJYGNUYJHHULWSXDWEDCHULSWDERFTUYJHHJYGNYGNUH
NKSWDEJUKMZAQSYHNJZHULZAQSBGTHBHULUYJHUYJHHJYGNUYJHWSXDWH
JYGNMJUKUHNKKILHJYGNCDRFTSWDEUHNKAXDVGAXDVGYHNJZHULZAQSCDZA
QSCDUYJHZAQSYHNJZHJYGNSWDEZAQSYHNJZHJYGNKILHJYGNUYJHZAQS
YHNJZHJYGNYHNJZUHNKKILKILUHNKKILUHNKMJUKHULSWDEHULYGNYGNCDJ
UKMHJYGNSWDEZAQSHULDVGUHNKCDJUKMHJYGNJUKMWSXDWTHUJMYGNYHNJZ
HULSWDEYGNHJYGNSEFTHTHUJMSWDEHULSEFTHHJYGNCDUYJHHJYGNKILCDYG
NUYJHHULSWDEJUKMHJYGNKILUYJHUHNKSWDEZAQSYHNJZHJYGNZAQSKILIK
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EHJYGNHULUYJHTHUJMZAQSYHNJZCDSWDESAWDXCDYHNJZHULDVGHJYGNZA
QSUHNKRFTHJYGNHJYGNBGTHBCDZAQSHULUYJHJUKMHJYGNHJYGNBGTHBW
SXDWHJYGNEDCUHNKAXDVGZAQSYHNJZHJYGNAXDVGHULDVGHJYGNUYJHHU
LSWDEJUKMWSXDWKILHJYGNHULRFTHJYGNKILUYJHUHNKMJUKSEFTHTHUJMYG
NUHNKSWDEUYJHYGNCDUHNKIKLOUYJHSEFTHCDSWDEJUKMHULUYJHBGTHBUHN
KUYJHUYJHCDWSXDWEDCHJYGNCDDVGHJYGNYHNJZHULJUKMNHYJNJUKJI
LWAXCDEFAQWAXGTHBJILRFTGGTHBSAWDXTFBHCDEFSAWDXTFBHTFBHGTHBJI
LCDEFCDEFWSXDVAQIUKJIUKJTFBHXDVGNGTHBCDEFAQXDVGNGTHBIUKJAQCD
EFTGBHTGTHBWAXTFBHXDVGNGTHBIUKJGTHBJILIUKJWDRFVCDEFTFBHZAQSTF
BHJUKSAWDXGTHBCDEFAQCDEFIUKJGTHBQSEGTHBRFTGGTHBTFBHYJILPRFTG
CDEFWSXDVGTHBJUKGTHBCDEFWSXDVGTHBJUKGTHBYJILPJILIUKJJILEDCY
JILPJILWDRFVIUKJJILZAQSGTHBJILJUKCDEFWSXDVJILCDEFAQRFTGNHY
JNJUKTFBHCDEFGTHBWAXCDEFAQRFTGSAWDXCDEFWSXDVGTHBXDVGNGTHBEDCA
QRFTGTHBCDEFWSXDVAQIUKJAQEDCEDCEDCTFBHIUKJGTHBAQCDEFJILEDCCDE
FTFBHSAWDXGTHBCDEFWSXDVGTHBJUKZAQSTFBHJUKSAWDXGTHBCDEFYJILP
WSXDVGTHBJUKGTHBAQIUKJJILRFTGRFTAQCDEFGTHBTFBHYJILPRFTGJILRF
TGGTHBRFTGGTHBQSEGTHBJUKTGBHTGTHBJILTGBHTEDCGTHBCDEFTFBHGTHBJUK
GTHBGTHBSAWDXGTHBAQCDEFYHJUNHYJNJILSAWDXJILAQRFTGWAXEDCJILAQ
JUKGTHBIUKJJILAQGTHBNHYJNJILYHJUEDCJILRFTGGTHBAQJUKGTHBJIL
EDCAQIUKJGTHBGTHBIUKJWSXDVGTHBGTHBIUKJJILAQGTHBAQCDEFTFBHRFTG
WAXGTHBJILEDCJUKGTHBJILGTHBWDRFVAQEDCTFBHTFBHRFTGTHBGTHBYHJU
NHYJNZAQSJUKTFBHXDVGNXDVGNWDRFVNHYJNJILNHYJNGTHBJUKYJILPTF
BHJUKRFTAQRFTGCDEFTFBHWSXDVGTHBJUKTGBHTYHJURFTGWAXWSXDVGTHBG
THBYHJUNHYJNGTHBWDRFVGTHBTGBHTJUKTFBHYJILPIUKJIUKJWSXDVGTHB
WSXDVJILGTHBJILCSEFBYHJUGTHBIUKJCDEFAQTFBHRFTGJILTGBHTTFBHY
HJUCDEFCDEFWSXDVGTHBYJILPTFBHJUKRFTJILRFTGGTHBYJILPWSXDVGTH
BRFTGAQCDEFTFBHEDCGTHBWSXDVGTHBJUKYJILPWSXDVJILCDEFAQCDEFWS
XDVTFBHYHJUSAWDXWSXDVCDEFYJILPJILIUKJCDEFWSXDVGTHBJUKAQSAW
DXWSXDVCDEFYJILPJILWDRFVCDEFTFBHCDEFJILWAXRFTEDCGTHBAQCDEFIU
KJWSXDVGTHBYJILPTFBHYHJUEDCGTHBRFTGCDEFTGBHTGTHBEDCAQGTHBQSE
GTHBXDVGNGTHBAQCDEFYJILPJILIUKJEDCAQRFTGTHBJILGTHBJILAQEDCWDR
FVJUKTFBHYHJUCDEFAQRFTGGTHULCDEFYHNJZTFBHRFGTSAWDXYHNJZC
DEFHULWSXDWTFBHRFGTCDEFCDEFYHNJZGHTFBWAXHULWSXDWKIJUKIGHTFB
CDEFIUKJWAXHULXDVGNGHTFBCDEFYHNJZGHTFBJUKIKIIUKJHULAXDVGCDE
FYHNJZGHTFBXDVGNWAXEDCGHTFBHULCDVEDCTHUJMIUKJCDEFHULJUKIGTH
BKIJUKISAWDXCSEFBRFGTKIGHTFBCDEFEDCTHUJMKIJUKICDEFYHNJZGHTFBED
CTFBHWAXQAWRFGTMJUKMAXDVGKICDEFYHNJZCDEFYHNJZGHTFBEDCKISAWDX
YHNJZCDEFIUKJCDEFRFGTCDVJUKIGHTFBGTHBTFBHMJUKMJUKHULEDCEDCCD
EFYHNJZGHTFBMJUKMHULMJUKMGHTFBCDVHULJUKIGTHBMJUKMHULSAWDXGHT
FBIUKJHULJUKIGTHBMJUKCDVHULSAWDXXDVGNGHTFBJUKICDEFIUKJHULED
CEDCMJUKKIEDCGHTFBGTHBHULEDCMJUKMYHNJZHULWSXDWGHTFBCDEFKIDFC
VGHTFBGTHBHULJUKIGTHBTFBHCDVGTHBGHTFBCDVGHTFBGTHBIUKJTFBHX
DVGNGHTFBAXDVGYHNJZGHTFBCDVGHTFBWSXDWGHTFBCDEFAXDVGGHTFBGHT
FBJUKIHULCDEFGHTFBTHBUHMCDEFWSXDWHULIUKJGHTFBGTHBXDVGNTFBHC
DVCDEFRFGTHULCDVTHUJMHULJUKIGTHBXDVGNRFGTIUKJGHTFBRFGTXDVGNT
FBHMJUKWSXDWHULJUKISAWDXCDEFYHNJZGHTFBIUKJCDEFRFGTMJUKMKIGTH
BKICDEFTHUJMTFBHMJUKKICDEFIUKJEDCHULXDVGNXDVGNGHTFBGTHBKIJUKI
CDEFTFBHXDVGNGHTFBEDCKIQAWGHTFBHULMJUKKIIUKJCDEFHULJUKIGTHBKI
MJUKMHULJUKIKIWAXQAWGHTFBGTHBMJUKEDCKIJUKIWAXYHNJZGHTFBGTHBXD
VGNTHUJMCDEFYHNJZTFBHRFGTSAWDXYHNJZCDEFIUKJWSXDWHULWAXQAWMJU
KCDVTFBHXDVGNCDEFYHNJZGHTFBWAXHULWSXDWEDCGHTFBHULJUKIGTHBKI
CDEFIUKJEDCKIMJUKMMJUKMGHTFBGTHBCDEFYHNJZCDVTFBHRFGTSAWDXYHNJ
ZXDVGNTHUJMXDVGNKIJUKIGTHBIUKJMJUKKIJUKISAWDXGHTFBCDVIUKJGTHB
TFBHAXDVGJUKIKIJUKICDEFTFBHCDEFYHNJZGHTFBGTHBHULCDVQAWRFVDG
HTFBIUKJRFGTIUKJ If its now encrypted in qwerty... I dunno, I still have not found an easy way to decode qwerty. I'll dig out some charts I made and see if it is any help.
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Holy fast decryption, batman! i can't believe you even got that far so fast.
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marsjams13 wrote:Holy fast decryption, batman! i can't believe you even got that far so fast. *GRINS* Well I copied and saved it to a text file, printed it out...12 pages double spaced, to allow space to write in translation...started on the first line, got about half way through it and said 'This is freakin' rediculous!' Googled morse code decoder and found this. It was a bit faster going after that. *GRINS*
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According to wikipedia, on the subject of morse code, the '.' can also be represented by 'dit' and the '-' by 'dah'. Which leaves a bunch of 'di's unaccounted for. Hm. I also tried running the translated morse code though a decoder ring type decoder, trying all 26 possible shifts, but it yielded nothing. Just some thoughts... EDIT: I'm pretty sure that the bottom part is just more morse code. I know I said above that there's three words used, but if you look carefully, 'di' never appears at the end of a line, making me believe di and dit both represent a dot, while dah signifies the dash. Using that, and some fancy, painstaking chracter replacement in MS Word, I came up with Quote:.- -..- -.. ...- --. .... ..- .-.. .. ..- -.- .--- -.- .. .. ..- -.- .--- -.-. -.. . ..-. -.- .. . -.. -.-. . -.. -.-. -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-- .... -. .--- --.. .... ..- .-.. -.-. -.. . ..-. .. ..- -.- .--- -.-. -.. . ..-. .-. ..-. --. - -- .--- ..- -.- -- -.- .. --. - .... -... .... ..- .-.. -..- -.. ...- --. -. -.- .. .... ..- .-.. .--- ..- -.- .. --. - .... -... -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-- .... -. .--- --.. .... ..- .-.. -.-. -.. . ..-. '.. ..- -.- .--- -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-- .... -. .--- --.. --. .... - ..-. -... -.-. ... . ..-. -... .-. ..-. --. - --. .... - ..-. -... .. ..- -.- .--- -.-. -.. . ..-. -.- .. - ..-. -... .... .--- ..- -.- .. -.- .. .. ..- -.- .--- .--- ..- -.- .. '-.-. -.. . ..-. -.- .. -.-. -.. . ..-. --. .... - ..-. -... -.- .. -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-- .... -. .--- --.. --. .... - ..-. -... -.-. -.. ...- .- -..- -.. ...- --. .... ..- .-.. - .... ..- .--- -- -.- .. -.-. -.. . ..-. .- -..- -.. ...- --. - ..-. -... .... .--- ..- -.- .. '-.-. -.. . ..-. -..- -.. ...- --. -. .... ..- .-.. -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-. -.. . ..-. --. .... - ..-. -... -.-. -.. ...- .. ..- -.- .--- - ..-. -... .... - ..-. -... .... .--- ..- -.- .. -.- .. --. - .... -... -.-. -.. ...- --. .... - ..-. -... .... ..- .-.. -..- -.. ...- --. -. -.-. -.. . ..-. .... ..- .-.. .-- ... -..- -.. .-- - ..-. -... .... .-. ..-. --. - -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-- .... -. .--- --.. --. .... - ..-. -... .-- .- -..- - ..-. -... .... . -.. -.-. - ..-. -... .... .-. ..-. --. - -.-. -.. ...- --. .... - ..-. -... --. - .... -... . -.. -.-. .... ..- .-.. .--- ..- -.- .. -.-. -.. . ..-. --. .... - ..-. -... -.-. -.. ...- .--- ..- -.- .. .. ..- -.- .--- .... ..- .-.. ... .- .-- -.. -..- .... ..- .-.. -.- .. .--- ..- -.- .. . -.. -.-. .... ..- .-.. .. ..- -.- .--- -.-. -.. . ..-. .--- ..- -.- .. -.- .. ... .- .-- -.. -..- -.-- .... -. .--- --.. -.-. -.. . ..-. .- -..- -.. ...- --. -.-- .... -. .--- --.. .... ..- .-.. -.-. -.. . ..-. --. .... - ..-. -... .. .-.. .--. --. .... - ..-. -... -.-. -.. ...- -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-- .... -. .--- --.. --. .... - ..-. -... -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-. -.. ...- .-. ..-. --. - -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-- .... -. .--- --.. -.- .. -.-. -.. . ..-. -.- .. .. ..- -.- .--- .... ..- .-.. . -.. -.-. -..- -.. ...- --. -. - ..-. -... .... .. ..- -.- .--- -.-. -.. . ..-. -.-. -.. . ..-. -.- .. -..- -.. ...- --. -. --. .... - ..-. -...*-. --- - . ---..., .--. .-. --- -... .- -... .-.. ., ..- -. ... - .- -... .-.. ., - .-. .- -. ... .-.. .- - .. --- -. ---..., .- -, .-.. . .- ... -, --- -., -..., .- -. -.., .--., -.-. --- .-. .-. ..- .--. - Or, run thought heartbreak's generator... Quote:AXDVGHULIUKJKIIUKJCDEFKIEDCEDCCDEFYHNJZHULCDEFIUK JCDEFRFGTMJUKMKIGTHBHULXDVGNKIHULJUKIGTHBCDEFYHNJZHULC DEFIUKJCDEFYHNJZGHTFBCSEFBRFGTGHTFBIUKJCDEFKITFBHJUKIKIIUK JJUKICDEFKICDEFGHTFBKICDEFYHNJZGHTFBCDVAXDVGHULTHUJMKICD EFAXDVGTFBHJUKICDEFXDVGNHULCDEFCDEFGHTFBCDVIUKJTFBHTFBHJUK IKIGTHBCDVGHTFBHULXDVGNCDEFHULWSXDWTFBHRFGTCDEFCDEFYHNJZG HTFBWAXTFBHEDCTFBHRFGTCDVGHTFBGTHBEDCHULJUKICDEFGHTFBCDVJU KIIUKJHULSAWDXHULKIJUKIEDCHULIUKJCDEFJUKIKISAWDXYHNJZCDEFAXDV GYHNJZHULCDEFGHTFBILPGHTFBCDVCDEFYHNJZGHTFBCDEFCDVRFGTCDEFYH NJZKICDEFKIIUKJHULEDCXDVGNTFBHIUKJCDEFCDEFKIXDVGNGHTF NOTEPROBABLEUNSTABLETRANSLATIONATLEASTONBANDPCORRUPT Which is more nonsense. But take a look at the last line there. Quote:NOTEPROBABLEUNSTABLETRANSLATIONATLEASTONBANDPCORRUPT Or, with spaces added in... Quote:NOTE PROBABLE UNSTABLE TRANSLATION AT LEAST ON B AND P CORRUPT Breakthrough!
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CpVb006 wrote:Quote:PROBABLE UNSTABLE TRANSLATION AT LEAST ON B AND P CORRUPT That certainly seems to echo Mr. Webster's belief that the information was corrupted, according to Eva. Interesting...
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I'm pretty sure it's able to be, well, repaired though, and the letters B and P are the key.
Possibly some sort of B = P code?
I'm going to try it out.
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I ran some character frequency checks (thanks for the idea Peter.)
If it is a simple substitution cypher these character frequencies should line up pretty closely with letter frequency in the English language.
etaoinsrhldcumfpgwybvkxjqz
Lining the frequencies up directly by number of occurrences didn't result in anything from the little bit I worked on. It might need some tweaking as several of the letters are relatively close in number.
Character in text-Number of times it occurs A-227 B-371 C-257 D-480 E-253 F-398 G-423 H-691 I-300 J-578 K-309 L-207 M-126 N-318 O-34 P-17 Q-116 R-78 S-228 T-370 U-398 V-145 W-213 X-205 Y-289 Z-154
Also, just glancing through I spotted a few letter groupings that popped up several times. They might help, might not, but here they are.
Character grouping-Number of times it occurs WAX-47 GTHB-118 NHYJ-38 MJU-42 SAWDX-36
Good luck people.
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Eva, this is a tough cypher to crack, but I think it will be eventually. We will prove your usefulness yet!
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has anyone considered the Rule of Four Code that is mentioned in the undex?
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i still have that book sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read. . .what is the code?
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benedict wrote:has anyone considered the Rule of Four Code that is mentioned in the undex? Peter and I talked about it briefly. It might work, but you need a starting point and directions for which way to go. I've been going through the cyphertext and there are alot of similar letter groupings so I'm assuming it is a simple substitution cypher. Just need to figure out what the cypher is.
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what about using the dandelion clock sequence from the Middleton-On-Sea haul?
i don't have the time now, but the letters seem to float off in this order (and someone needs to double-check this because i wasn't sure on a few of them):
kywdulqxfvmzhotrpgsijneabc
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Thats an interesting theory Ben. Good thinking. All though I don't think it will work. The letter H is far and away the most frequent letter in the cyphertext, it almost has to be E, but I could be wrong, it has happened before...once or twice...;)
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marsjams13 wrote:i still have that book sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read. . .what is the code? The Rule of Four code was used to decode a section of text when they blocked the text, basically took out all spaces and made each line the same number of characters long, then they had a given starting point within the text, and compass directions, north, south, east and west signifying move four characters up, down, left and right and that was your next letter. Edit: Its weird having the quote button at the top of each post...
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just a quick observation... looking more carefully at the original code, i noticed that there were several ' scattered throughout. for example, the first line this occurs (2 times) is right by Country: UK
-. .... -.-- .--- -.-. -.. -. .... -.-- .--- ... -.-. ..-. -... .... .--- .. .-.. ... .- -..- --.. .--- ..- -.- .. '-. .... -.-- .--- -.-. -.. -. .... -.-- .--- -.-. -.. ... .- -..- --.. .--- ..- -.- .. '-. .... -.-- .--- .---
however, these ' seem to be lost in translation... i wonder if it would help to insert them back in?
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Nice eye, Ben. Those are going to be a pain to re-insert.
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It'll be worth it to hopefully figure out what 'S' or 'T' is, though.
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