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June 22, 2003
Sunday Puzzle
Someone asked for a harder secret message in the Links of the Day, and since the Sunday New York Times has the hardest crossword puzzle (and you know how I aspire to be just like the New York Times), I will make a hard puzzle for today's Links of the Day. There is a secret message hidden in it, and it is based off a scrambled alphabet. Below are three news headlines, all using the same scrambled alphabet (but shifted at different intervals). 1. LQRQG SGRDQS HTTBPBRDL LRA VHKXGA OHC KHQ R VRYHN BLLEG BK RDRIRVR 2. XYFJHJCJZBK ZBA XVYXWVHQ XVJCWK FZQ KJWIW HY CYXWBPZIWB PJXXJWK 3. WDYYNXTOUO ONJJIOUIR UD NSHCTXTCX VCHBTCYIXU UGCU AHICR VHTWIO AI PHDMIX So, by deciphering these headlines, you'll be able to recover the scrambled alphabet. How to set it against the actual alphabet to decipher the secret message and where is the secret is for you to figure out. If someone recovers the secret message, e-mail me it and the solution and I will write a whole post about how super-smart you are. If no one solves the puzzle in four weeks, then I will post the answer and write an excessively long post about how super-smart I am, enumerating all my intellectual accomplishments since I was two (and you'll all have to read it). The gauntlet has been laid. Godspeed. 24 Responses To "Sunday Puzzle"
Ug, I hate puzzles like that. I don't think in logical patterns like you're suppposed to. I think of really obscure things like:'maybe every 4th 'Q' is an 'X', except if it's position in the word is a prime number. Hmmm...something to do with Alabama? #2 - Posted by: Jennifer on June 22, 2003 07:00 PMJennifer, Muh ha ha ha ha! #3 - Posted by: Frank J. on June 22, 2003 07:03 PMGot the first one - are the 2nd two in English? Orion #4 - Posted by: Orion on June 22, 2003 08:24 PMYO MAMA SO FATR SHE SAT ON A RAINBOOW AND SKITLES POPED OUT! #5 - Posted by: YO MAMA on June 22, 2003 08:31 PMOrion, Is that last line code for how quick you can masturbate? #7 - Posted by: Joel Mackey on June 22, 2003 09:29 PMI don't know about the first two, but #3 is the chorus to Glen Campbell's hit song "By the time I get to Phoenix, I'll be tongue-tied." #8 - Posted by: Anna on June 22, 2003 09:56 PMim to lazy to think that much man #9 - Posted by: Joey D on June 22, 2003 11:30 PMim to lazy to think that much man #10 - Posted by: Joey D on June 22, 2003 11:30 PMArgh! First one down. The others are tougher? Sheesh! #11 - Posted by: Jay Solo on June 23, 2003 12:36 AMFirst one was easy, but I have a question...the others use the same alpha, only "shifted?" i.e. if a=b and b=c, if you shift by one, a=c, b=d? Or does it diminish my intelligence not to be familiar with the coding lingo? #12 - Posted by: Jennifer on June 23, 2003 01:16 AMNevermind. Damn hippies! #13 - Posted by: Jennifer on June 23, 2003 02:18 AMI gave this hint to someone else. When setting up the alphabet, persepective is important. #14 - Posted by: Frank J. on June 23, 2003 06:53 AMYeah, I have that done already...just working my way through possible Link solutions. ;-) Thanks for the hint, though. #15 - Posted by: Jennifer on June 23, 2003 07:15 AMI pretty sure my Little Orphan Annie decoder ring has me on the right track. Here's what I've got so far: Be Sure to Drink Your Ovaltine. #16 - Posted by: Kevin Aylward on June 23, 2003 09:42 AMA crummy commercial?..... son of a..... #17 - Posted by: Mike the Marine on June 23, 2003 10:14 AMMike, get out of the bathroom and let your brother in. #18 - Posted by: Bill H on June 23, 2003 10:27 AMRemember, to win, you have to e-mail me the answer (the secret message in the Links of the Day) plus an explanation of how you got it. #19 - Posted by: Frank J. on June 23, 2003 10:46 AMOne more reminder: You'll never solve this puzzle... ever! Muh ha ha ha! #20 - Posted by: Frank J. on June 23, 2003 12:10 PMI've solved all 3 (thanks to grep, regular expressions, and ispell wordlists) but can't figure out what the alphabet is. It's clearly not a simple shift. #21 - Posted by: Robert Williams on June 23, 2003 05:53 PM"Mike, get out of the bathroom and let your brother in." Bill...... are you my mom in disguise? I just had a rather chilling flashback. #23 - Posted by: Mike the Marine on June 23, 2003 06:05 PMNext on IMAO: 20 Questions. Gotta go. Guns to test, ammo to shoot. #24 - Posted by: Kim du Toit on June 24, 2003 12:20 AMPost a comment
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