crack the code
Monstresquipedalia
12-12-2005, 22:58
If you can crack this, you must be a .8.6.3.16.7.13.7. genius!
Prize: The title of .8.6.3.16.7.13.7. genius
.12.20.19.21.19., .15.24.20.26. & .12.10.21.20.18.17.! 25.20. .10.26.5.5. .3.
.24.18.13.14.5.9.!
P.S. The '.8.6.3.16.7.13.7.' is intended as a hint, if you haven't realized that yet, don't bother with this puzzle.
The South Islands
12-12-2005, 22:58
*not bothering with puzzle*
Minoriteeburg
12-12-2005, 22:59
*brain just melted*
McVenezuela
12-12-2005, 23:13
If you can crack this, you must be a .8.6.3.16.7.13.7. genius!
Prize: The title of .8.6.3.16.7.13.7. genius
.12.20.19.21.19., .15.24.20.26. & .12.10.21.20.18.17.! 25.20. .10.26.5.5. .3.
.24.18.13.14.5.9.!
P.S. The '.8.6.3.16.7.13.7.' is intended as a hint, if you haven't realized that yet, don't bother with this puzzle.
Is it: "Jesus, Mary & Joseph, we have a winner" ?
McVenezuela
13-12-2005, 00:52
Ah, c'mon, don't leave me hanging. I have a compulsion about puzzles. :)
The Black Forrest
13-12-2005, 00:55
Ah, c'mon, don't leave me hanging. I have a compulsion about puzzles. :)
I am not so sure that you have solved it. Explain your reasoning.....
the answer to everything in life is 7. no need to ask why..it just is :D
McVenezuela
13-12-2005, 01:21
I am not so sure that you have solved it. Explain your reasoning.....
The value for the numbers relies on their position in a given word, so the numbers themselves don't always represent the same letter unless they occur at an identical position in a given word.
For example, in the "hint" word, you simply subtract 2 to get the letter F (8-2=6, F is the sixth letter of the alphabet). There was some variation in the code that may indicate that the letter "x" isn't included as a possible first letter, but I'm not sure about that. There were a couple of letters I didn't work out, but by the time I'd gotten to that point, it was only 2 or 3 numbers left with no latitude as to which letters they could be.
It's a bit similar to a code that was used in a ciphered document said to have been authored by Roger Bacon, except that Bacon's cipher used biliteral combinations instead of one-for-one letter replacement.
I'm not 100% sure that I cracked it, but I'm about 90% sure.
Zarathoft
13-12-2005, 01:35
P.S. The '.8.6.3.16.7.13.7.' is intended as a hint, if you haven't realized that yet, don't bother with this puzzle.
That was a hint? I tried to read it like some messed up decimal number...
McVenezuela
13-12-2005, 01:37
That was a hint? I tried to read it like some messed up decimal number...
It's "f*cking". At least it is if I worked this out correctly...
The Black Forrest
13-12-2005, 01:39
It's "f*cking". At least it is if I worked this out correctly...
Ok, now I think you solved it as that is what I got as well. Just didn't have a good translation for the phrase.....
Good show! :)