I had a goofy idea last night. One of my favorite types of puzzles are the types where you get to break substitution ciphers (basically, the alphabet gets jumbled around). For example:
This is a sentence.
becomes:
Guvf vf n fragrapr.
So, once a week (maybe on Friday or Saturday), I'll post an encoded message (and MT shall make this so terribly easy), and whoever leaves the first comment or trackback with the correct decoding wins (or maybe I'll assign points to first, second, third, etc.). I'll keep track of the top scorers and if this takes off, maybe I'll offer a prize each month or so.
So, any thoughts? Does this sound like it might be fun? Can you tell I'm a horrible nerd? :)
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You wnat to mkae a vrey hrad ctypro? Mix up yuor ltetres fsirt.
The guys from nullsoft recently did some crypto challenge too. Take a look at their homepage (http://www.nullsoft.com/)
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO SAY "THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG." IF YOU WONDER WHY I PUT THAT IN HERE, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE CIPHER ITSELF. I WOULD HOPE YOU MIGHT BE MILDLY AMUSED. ANYWAYS, I AM STILL FAIRLY ANGRY ABOUT THE WHOLE MASSIVE AOL SPAM FORGED EMAIL THING THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND CAUSING ME TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND BOUNCED EMAILS IN RESPONSE. NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT IT THOUGH.