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MrToasty

So apparently we have the key already (the repeated sequence).

**Posted:** Sun May 19, 2013 8:46 pm

enaxor · I Have No Life Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 2395

**Posted:** Sun May 19, 2013 10:15 pm

MrToasty

Well, he did 'begin again' so maybe the first attempt was interrupted?

**Posted:** Sun May 19, 2013 10:19 pm

vapor

Just thought I'd share this. I'm finding the Wikipedia list of standard Crayola colors easier to use because the list is sortable. Not sure if it helps. I see some inconsistencies, like the fact that Wikipedia list Black as #000000 and Unmellow Yellow as #FFFF66. That's Wikipedia for you.

8 hex values tweeted, then "##########################" then "Begin Again" before the sequence repeats. Except now there's a ninth hex value in the sequence. Hmmmm.

**Posted:** Sun May 19, 2013 11:24 pm

OmegaLimit · Boot Joined: 02 Feb 2011 Posts: 56 Location: Maysville, KY

Another avenue for cracking the code

**Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 12:05 pm

sapagoo

That color cipher is really basic.
And the example it gives is horrid because the starting key is so much bigger than the scaling factor.
Basically, they start with 4287743357 and multiply 14336 by the letter you want encrypted (A=26, E=22, space = 0).

If they used this method, then determining the scaling factor and the starting key should be simple.

**Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 5:30 pm

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**Posted:** Tue May 21, 2013 3:51 pm

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drizjr · Unfictologist Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700

The tweeted color hex codes

**Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 3:13 am

MrToasty

So, more patience I guess then?

**Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 10:37 am

Gently · Boot Joined: 07 Nov 2012 Posts: 50

**Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:17 pm

MrToasty

**Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:30 pm

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**Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 2:38 pm

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bambusar · Unfettered Joined: 02 May 2012 Posts: 684

I am thinking if hex color codes ruartist twitted are letters of alphabet that are missing from first sentence.
It is obvious that cipher is simple substitution since II and EE letters cause that hex color is also doubled in cipher text. So one hexnumber decipheres to exactly same letter every time.

**Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 4:16 pm

spoonhead99

Re: The tweeted color hex codes

**Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 4:49 pm

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Gently · Boot Joined: 07 Nov 2012 Posts: 50

@ bambusar - Great theory! It had occured to me too that the 26 #'s RU tweeted might indicate that we're getting a whole alphabet here. I guess we'll wait and see.

Minor correction to your work: it's YOU WILL MEET HER BY THE SEA
but I don't think that jeopardizes your alphabet theory any, in that it still works out to 26 letters minus the repeats.

Here's bambusar's (awesome) work with corrections:

**Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 5:04 pm