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A letter with no particular backstory
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Unicorn Meta Zoo #1: Why another podcast?Find the secret word in this encrypted image (part 2)This man needs helpMy Friend in KantoWhen life gives you lemons run away or face the ciphers of entrapmentDecrypting the KeyEye the bull's-eye!Need help with a cipherJohn got a new dog?A half successful police raidRiddle Number Five
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So, I was walking down the street when this paper materialized just in front of me, as if from thin air. I'm not sure if I can decipher it, maybe you can? It also smelled like fish a bit.
cipher cryptography
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So, I was walking down the street when this paper materialized just in front of me, as if from thin air. I'm not sure if I can decipher it, maybe you can? It also smelled like fish a bit.
cipher cryptography
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So, I was walking down the street when this paper materialized just in front of me, as if from thin air. I'm not sure if I can decipher it, maybe you can? It also smelled like fish a bit.
cipher cryptography
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So, I was walking down the street when this paper materialized just in front of me, as if from thin air. I'm not sure if I can decipher it, maybe you can? It also smelled like fish a bit.
cipher cryptography
cipher cryptography
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The paper says:
Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
$quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
$quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha
[These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite
How the deciphering works:
Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.
Here is the paper together with the plaintext:
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I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
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$begingroup$
The paper says:
Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
$quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
$quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha
[These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite
How the deciphering works:
Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.
Here is the paper together with the plaintext:
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
$endgroup$
– user477343
14 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The paper says:
Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
$quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
$quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha
[These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite
How the deciphering works:
Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.
Here is the paper together with the plaintext:
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
$endgroup$
– user477343
14 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The paper says:
Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
$quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
$quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha
[These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite
How the deciphering works:
Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.
Here is the paper together with the plaintext:
$endgroup$
The paper says:
Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
$quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
$quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha
[These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite
How the deciphering works:
Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.
Here is the paper together with the plaintext:
answered 2 hours ago
ReinierReinier
2,350718
2,350718
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I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
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– user477343
14 mins ago
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$begingroup$
I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
$endgroup$
– user477343
14 mins ago
$begingroup$
I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
$endgroup$
– user477343
14 mins ago
$begingroup$
I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
$endgroup$
– user477343
14 mins ago
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