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So the letters have to be converted.
Are the letters converted to numbers?
Do the numbers also have to be converted in some way?
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Is part of hint 1 binary?
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Hint # 1.1
The numbers above do not offer you a key to anything. They are just random numbers of certain properties.  Wish you would have added that 15 minutes ago! |
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So the letters have to be converted.
Are the letters converted to numbers?
Do the numbers also have to be converted in some way? There's no digits in the coded sentence, just letters and punctuation. Quote:
Is part of hint 1 binary? Yes, sir! Quote:Wish you would have added that 15 minutes ago! Sorry! |
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Sorry! Oh, no you aren't, you evil inflictor of mental anguish and pain! |
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Is the coding sequence based on a progression from Base 2 (binary) to Base 8 (octal) to Base 16 (hexidecimal)?
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And this is the point in every contest when train of thought derails and explodes.
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Great! Another code that I have no chance of breaking.  Come on Larsdog.. Haven't you figured this one out yet?  |
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Oh, no you aren't, you evil inflictor of mental anguish and pain! Quote:
Is the coding sequence based on a progression from Base 2 (binary) to Base 8 (octal) to Base 16 (hexidecimal)? Nope, we're not on a date to go through different bases! |
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Hint # 2
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Was the code purposely written in the two lines of those specifics lengths?
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Was the code purposely written in the two lines of those specifics lengths? I'd have to say yes. One remark, though, the computer assigns different width to different characters, so not the physical length matters but rather the number of characters. |
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You say it's a random sentence. Is it grammatically correct?
Does every character represent exactly one printable character, space, or punctuation mark?
Does hint #2 indicate that the code needs to be interleaved so that the next step to decoding is CS4N3J...?
You say the 10 digit numbers are random of certain properties. What's random and what's not?
Is it important they are 10 digits? Start and end with 1? Are pairs of 5 digits, the first pair ends with zero, the second with one? It's hard to make any sense of a clue if we don't know what is significant about it.
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You say it's a random sentence. Is it grammatically correct? To my best knowledge yes. Quote:
Does every character represent exactly one printable character, space, or punctuation mark? Yes. Quote:
... the next step to decoding is CS4N3J...? I don't believe it's the best next step, but it could be. Quote:
You say the 10 digit numbers are random of certain properties. What's random and what's not? The first number is of certain defining property. Within this property it's a random number. The second number is of a similar (yet a bit different) property. Within it it's a random number. Edit: And don't forget the dot-dot-dot!Quote:
Is it important they are 10 digits? Start and end with 1? Are pairs of 5 digits, the first pair ends with zero, the second with one? It's hard to make any sense of a clue if we don't know what is significant about it. No specifics are important. The number of digits, the number of certain digits, the order, etc. were taken randomly. I just made them of the same length (by a random choice). Edited by svslav
08/29/2012 2:19 pm
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Hmm. Interesting! Now back to what I was doing ... |
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