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- From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
- Subject: Re: Might & Magic (Genises) - I need help!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.062021.21166@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Keywords: help,cryptograms
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- Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
- References: <H.eg.r4NJvEgU2go@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> <1660@tecsun1.tec.army.mil>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:20:21 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- In article <1660@tecsun1.tec.army.mil> carleton@tecsun1.tec.army.mil (Daniel Carleton) writes:
- >It says Answer: Preamble and asks for the code. The paragraph above is an
- >encrypted message. All of the letters have been replaced by other letters,
- >for instance, the word 'Terra' Could be 'Xfuuz', with all 'r's replaced by
- >'u' , and so on. All you have to do is decode the top phrase, figure out
- >which letters replaced the original, and encode the word 'Preamble' with
- >the same technique. I can't give you the exact answer, the code is randomly
- >changed each time you get to the control room. A may have been replaced by 'X',
- >the first time, but the next, 'A' may be replaced by 'u'. By the way, the
- >word 'Preamble' is a clue to the content of th paragraph.
-
- Spoiler Warning:
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- mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget) writes:
- ^^
- He's not in the USA.
-
- The message is the preamble to the US constitution. For people not in the USA,
- the cryptogram is terribly unfair....
- --
- "On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Leftover Turkey!
- On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Turkey Casserole
- that she made from Leftover Turkey.
- [days 3-4 deleted] ... Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
- -- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait)
-
- Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)
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