Calling All Spies

[ori]

In any case, there is no listed time limit.

now there is:

10/07/09 NEWS STORY
Cryptography Contest Deadline Approaches...
If you haven't broken our code yet, you've got until 11:59pm Eastern Time, on Sunday, October 11th, 2009 to contact us before this event goes from current events to ancient history!

 

[Knuk]

The alone "U" helped me to decode it

 

[whb]

Heh, that was easy. I get why they did it(historical relevance and all) but I still prefer more complicated challenges. Stuff like this:

072.101.108.108.111.044.032.104.111.119.032.097.114.101.032.121.111.117

I'm fine thanks, but I don't see how ASCII codes are any more complicated than any other kind of substitution cypher.

 

[Steph]

If you want a real challenge, try to decipher this! This is a real text, and a real challenge I posted some time ago in a forum.

2^x#5 lEÅ w%T5 eHmHnGb @ ~N6z| 17Ez| eH6 lYJ6+ Z lT nE£ nG6;Gb ~Nr$6‘ 4$t \
~M,U`CmG = @ eRM x7Ejx| r#1 nE52$7OÅ 37^Mo 4%,( jE2+ nR7O X 2#5v$7^H8 Z t^81jT 8qR51 4$Û6 1Út( lU51Gb Z 81Y7Tb eH6 @ eTB81 ~B5 9N5:^6 Q xlH6,Yj = @ x^2 Q ~TB1Tb \
w&1 4%,( ~N6z| lEÅ jRe1 17Ez 4#1 2TÅ S eYNj 2^x#5 - lT¥ 17DzGb 8zGm ~CiU6OÅ lTt lT nE£ eHmHnGb ô r&x2c+ = nY6c%1;Tb xjUw#6z = @ x^2 Q zTm%b \ ~N6z| ~C7O 5#1U7Em% 1^HeF6‘ 4D5 lÙMt#5| = wU1 nT4 ~Cm @ y$C6+ lT lEÅ 8qF51 817Ù2%b 4%+ z^J517T = 2^x#5 z^Hj’2 ~V52ØU7O jY5x$6‘ 7U5| \ lT x#{o1 ~Mq nT4 4Ft wØ 5Øo1 \
4$Ú nR7O i%T1RÅ wØ ! eÚ7R \ ! e7Úo1R5(Å y^Mb nUt#5 nE£ w^J5Å 1U ! 27T - ˆ 4%+ `B£ Q w&62$5 4#1 t#2O 4$Ú6 17Ez| 2%TqR6‘ ˆ 2^x#5 3YNo1 \
~M5eH61J5#1LjT = lT 2%Å S lEr( ! w^n‘ = w&1 ~N5jG lT¥ 8n‘Y62 Z ! 2#x:$6‘ - iÙjR51jT = lT z7Rq1 5%T7R6‘ - lT¥ z‘5^jR2v( Q 4Û$6 jE5s#v( nE£ jTt%1RÅ = w&1 lT 81Gm z^Hj‘Æ zD1d ! eRM n61+

 

[Vortilex]

That looks like something I'd see when I messed up the XML or something along those lines. If you're giving hints, is that a substitution code or is that another type of code?

 

[Steph]

It's a kind of substitution

 

[Vortilex]

That helps, because at least I may know how to decipher it.

 

[Steph]

If you say so

 

[jinif]

so what did it say? anything exciting?

I am not one for deciphering

 

[Asthix]

I just heard about a statue in the cafeteria at CIA HQ that contains a cipher that has never been completely broken. That sure would be something to see.

 

[Vortilex]

The question is: will they let you see it I bet nobody knows how to decipher my code, but I can't post it because it won't let me

 

[darkedone02]

OH COME ON!!! we all know that the blu and red spies don't work together! they busy backstabbing each other.

 

[Blunt_Axe]

I just heard about a statue in the cafeteria at CIA HQ that contains a cipher that has never been completely broken. That sure would be something to see.

Yes it is called Kryptos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos