Codebreaker
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:16 pm
What familiar word or phrase is contained within this mess?
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A group for contestants and lovers of the Channel 4 game show 'Countdown'.
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/
That was depressingly fast. Will try harder for the next one.Joseph Krol wrote:Is it CHARLIE REAMS?
Is it "What do you call a deer with no eyes?"Ben Wilson wrote:Okay, got a new (harder) one for you. Identify the following phrase:
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I'm stoopid; that's why I can't decrypt it.Ben Wilson wrote:If that's your genuine answer, then no. If you're trying to be a smart arse, still no.
Rather gratifying that no one's got this yet, so I'll offer up a little clue- it's a three-word phrase, and I've split the words accordingly. It is a 1-1 code in that every letter is represented by one character and there is a logical order to the characters- you just have to jump through a few hoops to get there.Ben Wilson wrote:Okay, got a new (harder) one for you. Identify the following phrase:
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Aha! There's only 3820 14-letter words to work through for the first word.Ben Wilson wrote:Rather gratifying that no one's got this yet, so I'll offer up a little clue- it's a three-word phrase, and I've split the words accordingly. It is a 1-1 code in that every letter is represented by one character and there is a logical order to the characters- you just have to jump through a few hoops to get there.Ben Wilson wrote:Okay, got a new (harder) one for you. Identify the following phrase:
23547B3D2F4943 72F47 2F3D11
Whoever said it was 14 letters long?Adam Gillard wrote:Aha! There's only 3820 14-letter words to work through for the first word.Ben Wilson wrote:Rather gratifying that no one's got this yet, so I'll offer up a little clue- it's a three-word phrase, and I've split the words accordingly. It is a 1-1 code in that every letter is represented by one character and there is a logical order to the characters- you just have to jump through a few hoops to get there.Ben Wilson wrote:Okay, got a new (harder) one for you. Identify the following phrase:
23547B3D2F4943 72F47 2F3D11
I've never done these things before and clearly I've misunderstood when you said it was a one-to-one mapping between characters and letters.Ben Wilson wrote:Okay, got a new (harder) one for you. Identify the following phrase:
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it's a three-word phrase, and I've split the words accordingly. It is a 1-1 code in that every letter is represented by one character
Whoever said it was 14 letters long?
I'm struggling to think of a less appropriate one tbf to Adam.Ben Wilson wrote:Yeah, I couldn't think of a more appropriate word than 'character' at the time