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0Billion in Arms-Contest, come one come all.

Erinin
10-03-2004, 01:25
The AoH and Erinin ArmsĀ© recently had a civilian linguist submited a new encoding concept to the Erinin military. Rather then test in the conventional ways , we have decided to broadcast a message using this new encoding process.
The first nation (if any nation at all can) to crack the code will recieve $500,000,000,000 in Erinin Arms merchandise. Not a shabby take for a large nation and quite a boon for a smaller nation.
The entrance fee is a 100,000,000 purchase from Erinin Arms, should you win the 100,000,000 will be refunded.
While the assortment of weapons available is not the largest, what nations intelligence agencies could pass up the chance to demonstrate their prowess.
Also during the contest all items are 30%off, good luck.
*Encoded Message*
O A Z S D M F E K BB G T NN H Q I CCC AA C HH U GG RR OOO BBB
VV Y B EE SSS FF GGG WWW II TTTT P XXXX HHHH CC X PPPP LL DDDD R IIIII W YYYYY YY ZZZ.
*End Message*
1. AoH storefront Here (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=126381&highlight=)
NS Mall Mall Front (http://com3.runboard.com/bnationstatesforum.faohcentralcommand)
We have kept the message short as the encoding level of complexity actually increases with the length of the message.
This is a single sentence comprised of ten words.
*OOC: I was bored and thought that this might be fun*
Erinin
10-03-2004, 04:44
bump
OOC:my daughter made the code, I mean nobody here is smarter then a 8 year old.
kidding, she actually did one hell of a job.
10-03-2004, 04:47
Whoopsies: Guess one, off. I thought that said 10 LETTERS!
Darn
$100,000,000 wired
Erinin
10-03-2004, 04:50
OOC: No, she made me the 'Key', I wrote the messege, and for the record the IC post where i said the code gets harder with the length of the messege... it does....I couldnt make the messege any longer cause the Key was getting too hard to operate, I want to try to write something so my comp will do it.
Anywho, she did a good job, oh and by the way "I love my dad" isnt ten words.
Raginsheep
10-03-2004, 10:15
Is the code like a "one time pad" or something or is there actually a pattern, logical way of solving it?
Phoenixius
10-03-2004, 10:25
The PIA will have a go. $100mil sent.
Erinin
10-03-2004, 20:52
Is the code like a "one time pad" or something or is there actually a pattern, logical way of solving it?
I read up on codes as a hobby(which is where she got the idea), there is a logical to solve every code that is language based if you know the language, since this is a ten word english sentence, most real code crackers would have little trouble, myself, i would take months to crack it.