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Code from WIRED MAGAZINE
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chulo333
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Code from WIRED MAGAZINE
codebreakers needed!

The newest issue of Wired magazine is edited by JJAbrams and he filled the whole magazine with puzzles. Most of them have been solved, but there's one code in particular that's proving to be a problem. There's a rag tag group of us trying to solve it at http://bradicali.blogspot.com/ and We've made some progress, but we've hit a bit of a wall and don't know where to go from here.

It's the May issue of WIRED and it's a 2 page spread with numbers.
http://i43.tinypic.com/zxl752.jpg
and
http://i42.tinypic.com/2m4d4i9.jpg

There's also an article about it at: http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2009/04/lost_wired_puzz.html

Some of you might recognize the lotto ticket numbers from Lost (which JJAbrams produced). I'm guessing that this puzzle is not related to lost and instead the numbers are used as more of a nod to JJ. I think the numbers themselves could possibly be a key to cracking the code.

The left hand page has been (partially?) solved.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Basically, the 4 rows of numbers transcribed to letters and the results were run through a Vigenere Decoder using the key, "WIREDMAGAZINE" (which is written in tiny letters by the page number). The results read "USE LETTERS BACKWARDS FROM END" (spaces added by me and line breaks ignored).

We've tried everything to decipher the page on the right, but we're running out of ideas. I know there's some really fantastic code breakers hanging out in the TimeWasters section and was wondering if anyone had any insight on cracking this.

Another thread was started in News & Rumors http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27740 but the thread veers off on solving other puzzles in the magazine (which are a separate puzzle from this one). Plus I think this code is valid for the TimeWasters forum.

So, any thoughts on this?

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