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Old February 8th, 2004, 08:49 AM
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Can you decipher this text?
TLETE CPGPH ARUIO HIRUO RTRHA CISSR ETARF YOAYS UOHTY.

English text, 45 characters, ciphered by hand, it is a simple cipher.

If you have the solution keep it to yourself for a while in order not to spoil this for others.

Good luck
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Old February 8th, 2004, 09:03 AM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
Simple cipher? Must be Caesar algorithm, right?
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Old February 8th, 2004, 09:46 AM
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RE: RE: Can you decipher this text?

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Simple cipher? Must be Caesar algorithm, right?


It can be either substitution cipher (this includes Caesar's cipher) or transposition cipher.

It shouldn't be too difficult to check if it is Caesar's cipher or not.
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Old February 8th, 2004, 05:24 PM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
It's not a Caesar Shift:
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umfuf dqhqi bsvjp ivsvp susib djtts fubsg zpbzt vpuiz
vngvg erirj ctwkq jwtwq tvtjc ekuut gvcth aqcau wqvja
wohwh fsjsk duxlr kxuxr uwukd flvvu hwdui brdbv xrwkb
xpixi gtktl evyms lyvys vxvle gmwwv ixevj csecw ysxlc
yqjyj hulum fwznt mzwzt wywmf hnxxw jyfwk dtfdx ztymd
zrkzk ivmvn gxaou naxau xzxng ioyyx kzgxl eugey auzne
aslal jwnwo hybpv obybv yayoh jpzzy lahym fvhfz bvaof
btmbm kxoxp izcqw pczcw zbzpi kqaaz mbizn gwiga cwbpg
cuncn lypyq jadrx qdadx acaqj lrbba ncjao hxjhb dxcqh
dvodo mzqzr kbesy rebey bdbrk msccb odkbp iykic eydri
ewpep naras lcftz sfcfz cecsl ntddc pelcq jzljd fzesj
fxqfq obsbt mdgua tgdga dfdtm oueed qfmdr kamke gaftk
gyrgr pctcu nehvb uhehb egeun pvffe rgnes lbnlf hbgul
hzshs qdudv ofiwc vific fhfvo qwggf shoft mcomg ichvm
iatit revew pgjxd wjgjd gigwp rxhhg tipgu ndpnh jdiwn
jbuju sfwfx qhkye xkhke hjhxq syiih ujqhv oeqoi kejxo
kcvkv tgxgy rilzf ylilf ikiyr tzjji vkriw pfrpj lfkyp
ldwlw uhyhz sjmag zmjmg jljzs uakkj wlsjx qgsqk mglzq
mexmx vizia tknbh anknh kmkat vbllk xmtky rhtrl nhmar
nfyny wjajb uloci boloi lnlbu wcmml ynulz siusm oinbs
ogzoz xkbkc vmpdj cpmpj momcv xdnnm zovma tjvtn pjoct
phapa ylcld wnqek dqnqk npndw yeoon apwnb ukwuo qkpdu
qibqb zmdme xorfl erorl oqoex zfppo bqxoc vlxvp rlqev
rjcrc anenf ypsgm fspsm prpfy agqqp crypd wmywq smrfw
skdsd bofog zqthn gtqtn qsqgz bhrrq dszqe xnzxr tnsgx
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Old February 8th, 2004, 08:29 PM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
You are right, it isn't Caesar cipher.
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Old February 9th, 2004, 04:24 AM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
I think it says; "I like Postal Cow and his articles are educational and insiteful, Go Postal.

See, that was not so hard
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Old February 9th, 2004, 07:15 AM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
decipher this:

"baš je smešna ova luda krava, što se šepuri po ovim forumima, misli da je najpametnija, i piše neke bezumne i isprazne clanke.. LUDA KRAVA!!"
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Old February 9th, 2004, 08:14 AM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
Doesnt a transposition cipher usually contain a keyword of some sort?? Even if it is a simple cipher, if that component is missing, it cant be done.
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Old February 9th, 2004, 08:17 AM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
That's amazing. How did you get 62 characters out of 45?
Are you sure you are Postal Cow and not Cipher Cow?

Hint: Do you like Matrix?

Edit: No keyword is needed.
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Old February 9th, 2004, 10:23 AM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
nice hint about matrix. also, it helped that all the words are of the same length. (i noticed that even before, when i tried to break by finding short words like "are" "you" and such)

btw, "acurioustishory" is not even a word.. or is it?
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Old February 9th, 2004, 10:35 AM
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Happy Birthday xs0
Zombie,

Ahh, luda is a bit harsh, I hope my translation was incorrect.

pošta krava
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Old February 9th, 2004, 10:42 AM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
Ouch, it's typo.

The last 5 characters are UOTHY but it should be UOHTY.
Now it should give sense.
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Old February 9th, 2004, 11:15 AM
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RE: Happy Birthday xs0
ah.. interesting indeed. and if think about it, we might not even have computers today if it cryptography wasn't so popular 50 or so years ago. think about ENIGMA, and the fight between UK and Germany in WWII.

that is when it all started..

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Ahh, luda is a bit harsh, I hope my translation was incorrect.

pošta krava


well, "luda" is from "mad cow". and "postal cow" would be "poštanska krava", which doesn't make any sense.

what else can "postal" mean (besides "usa postal services")? i know about a term "going postal" but i don't understand it..
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Old February 9th, 2004, 11:40 AM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
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know about a term "going postal" but i don't understand it..
postal workers have a history of going insane, they have one of the most repetitive jobs in the world (the mail never ends).. to go postal, is to go insane.
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Old February 9th, 2004, 12:02 PM
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RE: Can you decipher this text?
The Enigma Machine was really powerfull in WW2. I wonder if Allies broke this cipher before or after capturing The Enigma Machine.

What about: Postal Cow = PoÅ¡tovnÃ* kráva (in Czech)

Zombie: congrats for deciphering the text
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