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Pillar of the Community
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"ANY base is sufficient to represent ANY number. Yes, but! We're using decimal system in everyday life, and indeed we can represent any number ... but we often need more than one digit. If I use a big enough base then all my (numbered, i.e. in a certain order) characters can be represented with a single "digit" i.e. symbol. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To represent 29 characters with a single digit would require ...
base 30? 26 letters plus 3 punctuations = 29
26 letters plus 10 numbers = 36. More than enough symbols.
CRUEL! Say it isn't so.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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But dare I say that, unlike the explanation provided by Wikipedia,
You started with the letters, A through Z, plus three numbers.
Perhaps you chose more more numbers than you needed.
This has to end soon.
My brain wants to explode!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2605 Posts |
My Coding ChartThe alphabet is in the middle, top is one way, bottom - the other. 
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
Even with the coding chart, I still don't get it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
686 Posts |
First character should be a 9, rather than a C?
l decided not to go with a quote, this is just a random sentence.
Thanks for the contest slav. I truly do believe it was clever. I know that Lars and myself would have enjoyed spending more time on it, before you gave it away. I am just swamped with work, and have been for over two weeks (100 hour weeks, no doubt).
It doesn't feel nearly as good breaking these codes after it's been given away, as it does when you've worked through it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
Can someone please explain it to the dummy in the room? (Me)
=)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
686 Posts |
For the first half of the code (the top half), use the grid he posted on the previous page in alphabetical order. For the second half of the code, use the grid in reverse alphabetical order.
Then you have to "zip" the code together (top, then bottom, then top, then bottom...) I believe that after you use the cipher, you get
LDCDDNTT OWT UT,TI SJS ADMSNEC.
EIE O OG IHAQOE HSI UTARNO ETNE
read it top, bottom, top, bottom and you get
L decided not to go with a quote, this is just a random sentence.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great job, jg! Quote:
First character should be a 9, rather than a C? Oops, I mistook the capital "I" for a lower case "l", it's the font's fault. Sorry!  Let me know if you're interested in the Marks, and if yes, PM me your mailing address. |
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Great Job! Await my contest on Sunday. :D
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ahh, very clever. Boy am I dumb. I only see black and white, never the grey area...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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slav - I appreciate the offer, but just hold onto them. Come up with another one sometime, and when someone earns them, ship them out!!
Thanks for the contest! And looking forward to yours (if I have time!) tzarmarko!
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Valued Member
United States
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I enjoyed reading this series of posts. I laughed out loud 4 times when the poetry was flying. Good contest but too tough for my brain. You are not alone LTmets44!
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