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* We've tried using numerical translations into Kanji and Hebrew. No luck, though "2210" gives us "SEEK." | * We've tried using numerical translations into Kanji and Hebrew. No luck, though "2210" gives us "SEEK." | ||
* Various ROTing, and conversion to ASCII then ROTing proved...nothing but gibberish. | * Various ROTing, and conversion to ASCII then ROTing proved...nothing but gibberish. | ||
* Tried translating to EBCDIC: still gibberish | |||
* Assuming code is a series of 2 digit numbers: | |||
- Reasons to believe this: | |||
1) "484848" jumps out as a pattern | |||
2) the numbers are clearly clustered and not very random | |||
3) all 12 numbers range from 00-51 | |||
- Since numbers range 00-51 we've tried several simple translations using 2 alphabets | |||
(ex. A=00, B=01,...Z=25,A=26,...Z=51). | |||
- In some cases "484848" translates to "www", but the rest doesn't look like a URL (also tried | |||
tinyurl) | |||
- In other cases, it translates into a set of letters which can be scrambled to come up with "cube" | |||
but the rest is undecipherable. Note: letter on website refers to "XXX Cube" where XXX is blacked | |||
out. It looks like about 6 or 7 letters in length, so it could be a proper name. |
Revision as of 03:13, 17 December 2004
The Postcard Code
The code of 221545484848465100503215 is beneath the Semacode on the Perplex City Postcard, does this mean something? This page is going to be used as a workpad for the puzzle.
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Theories
- We've tried using numerical translations into Kanji and Hebrew. No luck, though "2210" gives us "SEEK."
- Various ROTing, and conversion to ASCII then ROTing proved...nothing but gibberish.
- Tried translating to EBCDIC: still gibberish
- Assuming code is a series of 2 digit numbers:
- Reasons to believe this: 1) "484848" jumps out as a pattern 2) the numbers are clearly clustered and not very random 3) all 12 numbers range from 00-51 - Since numbers range 00-51 we've tried several simple translations using 2 alphabets (ex. A=00, B=01,...Z=25,A=26,...Z=51). - In some cases "484848" translates to "www", but the rest doesn't look like a URL (also tried tinyurl) - In other cases, it translates into a set of letters which can be scrambled to come up with "cube" but the rest is undecipherable. Note: letter on website refers to "XXX Cube" where XXX is blacked out. It looks like about 6 or 7 letters in length, so it could be a proper name.