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Tough BCG... The Encryption solving Thread. Page 3

If the same letter (K) is code for two different letters then I don't know how on earth to go about cracking it, I'm afraid!

Ahh... does the number of letters to shift by increase/decrease with each letter? So the first one is shifted say 1 letter, the second one is shifted by 2 letters etc, something like that. *breaks out perl skillz*

EDIT1: Ok, that didn't produce any useful results.

EDIT2: Got it.

The number to shift by goes down by one every letter and resets at the start of each word. The number to shift by starts at -2.

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Ooh, clever!

Can't help but feel I should have better things to do on a saturday night than figure that out.

Your turn to present some cyphertext, Raymond.

Ah, is that how it works. Ok bare with me.

Quote: Raymond Terrific @ June 2 2013, 12:15 AM BST

EDIT2: Got it.

The number to shift by goes down by one every letter and resets at the start of each word. The number to shift by starts at -2.

I thought that but only tried a plus starting point & didn't really want to keep trying.

Quote: Raymond Terrific @ June 2 2013, 12:33 AM BST

Ah, is that how it works. Ok bare with me.

You don't HAVE to do it in the nude.

Yeah I wrote a script to calculate it, f**k working it out by hand each time.

Quote: billwill @ June 2 2013, 12:42 AM BST

You don't HAVE to do it in the nude.

Is it bear with me? That looks wrong. Gah I always get them confused.

I'll do it naked anyway if it's all the same to you :)

Quote: Raymond Terrific @ June 2 2013, 12:15 AM BST

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HOORAY!

Yes it's bear as in "to carry", mind you it can then confuse with the animal bear.

Quote: Nil Putters @ June 1 2013, 10:21 PM BST

This is fun

DUMYOZP ERQJKF IXMIK

This is BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE

Quote: Raymond Terrific @ June 2 2013, 12:15 AM BST

The number to shift by goes down by one every letter and resets at the start of each word. The number to shift by starts at -2.

I actually shifted it by +2 for the first letter, +3 for the second, +4 for the third and so on, resetting for each word. But yes, that's needed to reverse. Well cracked, you are accepted to MI5.

Quote: Nil Putters @ June 2 2013, 12:48 AM BST

This is BRITISH COMEDY GUIDE

Using Raymond's algorithm I get BRITISH COMEEY GUIDE, but I could be wrong.

Quote: Nil Putters @ June 2 2013, 12:50 AM BST

I actually shifted it by +2 for the first letter, +3 for the second, +4 for the third and so on, resetting for each word. But yes, that's needed to reverse. Well cracked, you are accepted to MI5.

Yeah, I was talking about going from the encrypted back to the plain text.

Ok, have a go at this:

EDIT: Wait, don't think I've done it right. Gimme a min.

Quote: billwill @ June 2 2013, 12:50 AM BST

Using Raymond's algorithm I get BRITISH COMEEY GUIDE, but I could be wrong.

Yes, ok. Luckily we're not keeping any major secrets.

And I believe zooo's had an error in it too, but I was too polite to mention it.

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