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prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2004-03-11 01:52 pm

What the...

Poking through my downloads folder, I found this PDF file. It has a date-modified earlier than my ownership of this computer, so no hints there, and Googling on its filename returns no obvious clues as to its origin.

Strange. Anyone?

I should add: If it's from the RPG campaign I'm in and I'm so numb that I have no recollection of how or when I obtained it, either of the GMs may clue-by-four me at their discretion.

[identity profile] cortezopossum.livejournal.com 2004-03-11 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
Looks like a potential cipher... I'm going to print it out and work on it as if it's some kind of Cryptiquote.
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[personal profile] cnoocy 2004-03-11 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
Enjoy.
(You should perhaps be warned that this document is a major piece of evidence in the evolving consensus that I am evil.)

[identity profile] rikchik.livejournal.com 2004-03-11 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You are so not evil.

[identity profile] cortezopossum.livejournal.com 2004-03-12 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well... looking this over there's definitly some patterns in it so it can't be 'too' complex of a cipher. I've converted most of the symbols into a more typable form. This is the first paragraph as I re-encoded it.

CN CQ' R'AQ' KCNIK S'L(AD)QIQ' R'BN TBNIL [WCSILCP]. N(AD)S S(AD)L IU' R'I WDMNQ BNM' W(EF)MN'Q' OCK N(AD)S S(AD)L IU' R'DTQDKU'Q' CQ' BQ' NLE IU' WILQIMIL JBW'CNQ BQ' IU' TXMA.

I saw some of the pages people were talking about in regards to what this is all about -- apparently this was but a small part of a much larger puzzle. Oh well -- didn't look too far because I didn't want to accidently reveal the answer too soon.
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[personal profile] cnoocy 2004-03-12 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
It is part of a larger puzzle, but it's solvable as a stand-alone item. (Let me know if you want to try more of the 2003 hunt... I can point you to the right starting point. Also let me know if you want hints.)

[identity profile] cortezopossum.livejournal.com 2004-03-14 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
Oog... well, it took a while but I got the thing fully translated. The encoding scheme you used was similar to something I would have come up with -- that made things easier. I won't reveal the answer in case someone else reading these comments is playing around with it, but suffice to say all the sentences sounded very 'British'.

I doubt I'll work on the rest of the puzzle. This one part already consumed too much of my time :-) It was an interesting challenge though -- thanks!
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[personal profile] cnoocy 2004-03-14 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
Anytime.