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Posted 03/10/2009 1:10 pm
Let me see if I can explain this.
Using an Excel Spreadsheet, enter A,B,C...Z,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,!,@,#,etc...across the top. 26 letters, 10 numbers, 10 symbols with the symbols following the same order as numbers. This is an assumption but a wise one to start with. Each letter, number and symbol will be in it's own cell in Excel. You will have 46 cells filled up. The first row of the actual cipher is the same as the first row. The only tricky part, other than the keyword, is which way does the second row shift, left or right, one, two or more spaces. Like this:
A B C D
B C D E
C D E F
or
A B C D
) A B C
( ) A B
I used the second example. Some will go like this:
A B C D
D E F G
G H I J
But I thought that would be too difficult, so I just did a single rotation. But I did do it the opposite of the Wikipedia example, which shifted left, I shifted right.
Next, the DOWN letters, which are the actual letters to the clue go down alphabetically but you don't need the symbols since all symbols represent a letter. Like this:
A
B
C
D
E
etc...
Since we know that the first word and the last word are the same, then the letter "M" and "N" must be in the same ROW to represent the same letter on the left. We now know it is M but before we knew that, we just knew they were in the same row. The second symbol "!" and "D" will also be in the same row. The same for the next three symbols. Without the keyword, it would still be extremely difficult to solve, but you would have some idea of how to configure the cipher box.
If anyone would be interested in seeing the actual cipher box I made in Excel, just let me know and I will email it to you.
Using an Excel Spreadsheet, enter A,B,C...Z,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,!,@,#,etc...across the top. 26 letters, 10 numbers, 10 symbols with the symbols following the same order as numbers. This is an assumption but a wise one to start with. Each letter, number and symbol will be in it's own cell in Excel. You will have 46 cells filled up. The first row of the actual cipher is the same as the first row. The only tricky part, other than the keyword, is which way does the second row shift, left or right, one, two or more spaces. Like this:
A B C D
B C D E
C D E F
or
A B C D
) A B C
( ) A B
I used the second example. Some will go like this:
A B C D
D E F G
G H I J
But I thought that would be too difficult, so I just did a single rotation. But I did do it the opposite of the Wikipedia example, which shifted left, I shifted right.
Next, the DOWN letters, which are the actual letters to the clue go down alphabetically but you don't need the symbols since all symbols represent a letter. Like this:
A
B
C
D
E
etc...
Since we know that the first word and the last word are the same, then the letter "M" and "N" must be in the same ROW to represent the same letter on the left. We now know it is M but before we knew that, we just knew they were in the same row. The second symbol "!" and "D" will also be in the same row. The same for the next three symbols. Without the keyword, it would still be extremely difficult to solve, but you would have some idea of how to configure the cipher box.
If anyone would be interested in seeing the actual cipher box I made in Excel, just let me know and I will email it to you.
Absolutely amazing! Congrats!
Just not a silver winner
I still dont know whats going on
