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dmax
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turning it into ascii

65323764100119321183710332373612232421149910912264324432
86120321201206410312232112120118321156532943812194984432
873811632115653212298371083211942999932
8832118643211932114100115329410332351001174511446

I think that's right - did it manually.

What interested me was the end of the first two lines. 44 is the commas but 32 is a space. Was there really a space on the received mail? If so, were there other spaces at the end of the 3rd and 4th lines that were missed in a cut and paste? (Or were they added in when it was cut/pasted to unf?)

Now, what to do with these numbers? Taking them step by step...
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Was there really a space on the received mail? If so, were there other spaces at the end of the 3rd and 4th lines that were missed in a cut and paste? (Or were they added in when it was cut/pasted to unf?)


Really is a space, but only on the first line. At least on the first line it was pointed out. Here is another copy:

Subject: step by step




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A %@dw v%g %$z *rcmz@ ,
Vx xx@gz pxv sa ^&y^b,
W&t sa zb%l w*cc
X v@w rds^g #du-r.

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dmax
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space

Now I know about the space before the comma.
That got me thinking about the ASCII conversion - where does a space really mean something?

But then, as I did find/replace on the lines, it showed these spaces at the end of the lines.
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I found this and I have no idea what to do. Don't even know if it will work and what results we will get or even if it means anything. So hopefully someone will know what to do.

The Wyatt poem is using charset=iso-8859-1 with a font of Tempus Sans ITC. Could that mean there is another message encoded or am I totally not understanding this stuff?

Here is the Unicode Character Name chart for ISO-8859-1. Or see the title page for Unicode Character Name Charts.

If that doesn't help, below is an article to convert the charset of ISO 8859-1 to UTF-16. Again, I have no idea what to do.

You can use the HTMLDecode method to decode the charset data into a string. After decoding into the string (which in in fact a unicode string), you can use the Methods in UnicodeEncoding to to whatever you want with it.

public static void Main()
{
string str = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode("البيت");
UnicodeEncoding utf16 = new UnicodeEncoding(true,true);
Console.WriteLine(utf16.GetByteCount(str));
Byte[] bytes = utf16.GetBytes(str);
for(int i=0;i<bytes.Length;i++)
Console.Write((bytes[i]<10?"0":"")+bytes[i].ToString("X"));
}

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/C_Sharp/Q_20475849.html
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About the 2 Words and T,
maybe it meens WORD TO WORD, maybe we should ROT a word each time?

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Thought I should clarify this. The "T" in "Throughout" is NOT in bold. It's only done in a larger font. You can verify this in the source. So I think the hint is the two "words" and NOT the "T".

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Re: turning it into ascii

dmax wrote:
I think that's right - did it manually.


You don't have to: ASCII Translator </shameless plug>

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dmax
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Re: turning it into ascii

moa-Night wrote:
dmax wrote:
I think that's right - did it manually.


You don't have to: ASCII Translator </shameless plug>
Thanks. I tried the one at Unf tools but it wouldn't connect.

I figured there was something out there that could automate it, but couldn't quite get to it.
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grumpyboy wrote:
Thought I should clarify this. The "T" in "Throughout" is NOT in bold. It's only done in a larger font. You can verify this in the source. So I think the hint is the two "words" and NOT the "T".


Great catch. Thank you. Now it makes sense.....Yea, right Shocked . Sorry to be sarcastic. Not towards you, towards me. I just don't understand this stuff. Mad

So what does the two "words" mean for our hint? Maybe words next to words? Put all the letters/symbols together (and exclude the spaces) just like djsdbsfhobupobu in "a step behind" or does that show that the space in "*rcmz@ ," really is a letter making the 4 lines all one string?
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Converting the symbols to their keybord letters, the ROT. I'm still not seeing anything, but maybe you can:

ROT-0 A ebdw veg efz hrcmzb , Vx xxbgz pxv sa fgyfb, Wgt sa zbel whcc X vbw rdsfg cdu-r.

ROT-1 B fcex wfh fga isdnac , Wy yycha qyw tb ghzgc, Xhu tb acfm xidd Y wcx setgh dev-s.

ROT-2 C gdfy xgi ghb jteobd , Xz zzdib rzx uc hiahd, Yiv uc bdgn yjee Z xdy tfuhi efw-t.

ROT-3 D hegz yhj hic kufpce , Ya aaejc say vd ijbie, Zjw vd ceho zkff A yez ugvij fgx-u.

ROT-4 E ifha zik ijd lvgqdf , Zb bbfkd tbz we jkcjf, Akx we dfip algg B zfa vhwjk ghy-v.

ROT-5 F jgib ajl jke mwhreg , Ac ccgle uca xf kldkg, Bly xf egjq bmhh C agb wixkl hiz-w.

ROT-6 G khjc bkm klf nxisfh , Bd ddhmf vdb yg lmelh, Cmz yg fhkr cnii D bhc xjylm ija-x.

ROT-7 H likd cln lmg oyjtgi , Ce eeing wec zh mnfmi, Dna zh gils dojj E cid ykzmn jkb-y.

ROT-8 I mjle dmo mnh pzkuhj , Df ffjoh xfd ai nognj, Eob ai hjmt epkk F dje zlano klc-z.

ROT-9 J nkmf enp noi qalvik , Eg ggkpi yge bj ophok, Fpc bj iknu fqll G ekf ambop lmd-a.

ROT-10 K olng foq opj rbmwjl , Fh hhlqj zhf ck pqipl, Gqd ck jlov grmm H flg bncpq mne-b.

ROT-11 L pmoh gpr pqk scnxkm , Gi iimrk aig dl qrjqm, Hre dl kmpw hsnn I gmh codqr nof-c.

ROT-12 M qnpi hqs qrl tdoyln , Hj jjnsl bjh em rskrn, Isf em lnqx itoo J hni dpers opg-d.

ROT-13 N roqj irt rsm uepzmo , Ik kkotm cki fn stlso, Jtg fn mory jupp K ioj eqfst pqh-e.

ROT-14 O sprk jsu stn vfqanp , Jl llpun dlj go tumtp, Kuh go npsz kvqq L jpk frgtu qri-f.

ROT-15 P tqsl ktv tuo wgrboq , Km mmqvo emk hp uvnuq, Lvi hp oqta lwrr M kql gshuv rsj-g.

ROT-16 Q urtm luw uvp xhscpr , Ln nnrwp fnl iq vwovr, Mwj iq prub mxss N lrm htivw stk-h.

ROT-17 R vsun mvx vwq yitdqs , Mo oosxq gom jr wxpws, Nxk jr qsvc nytt O msn iujwx tul-i.

ROT-18 S wtvo nwy wxr zjuert , Np pptyr hpn ks xyqxt, Oyl ks rtwd ozuu P nto jvkxy uvm-j.

ROT-19 T xuwp oxz xys akvfsu , Oq qquzs iqo lt yzryu, Pzm lt suxe pavv Q oup kwlyz vwn-k.

ROT-20 U yvxq pya yzt blwgtv , Pr rrvat jrp mu zaszv, Qan mu tvyf qbww R pvq lxmza wxo-l.

ROT-21 V zwyr qzb zau cmxhuw , Qs sswbu ksq nv abtaw, Rbo nv uwzg rcxx S qwr mynab xyp-m.

ROT-22 W axzs rac abv dnyivx , Rt ttxcv ltr ow bcubx, Scp ow vxah sdyy T rxs nzobc yzq-n.

ROT-23 X byat sbd bcw eozjwy , Su uuydw mus px cdvcy, Tdq px wybi tezz U syt oapcd zar-o.

ROT-24 Y czbu tce cdx fpakxz , Tv vvzex nvt qy dewdz, Uer qy xzcj ufaa V tzu pbqde abs-p.

ROT-25 Z dacv udf dey gqblya , Uw wwafy owu rz efxea, Vfs rz yadk vgbb W uav qcref bct-q.
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ROT-5 F jgib ajl jke mwhreg , Ac ccgle uca xf kldkg, Bly xf egjq bmhh C agb wixkl hiz-w.


A-HA!!!! This is a rot-encoded message from an obviously sleep-deprived, cottonmouthed Snoop Dogg to the ARGanauts, clearly instructing us to agb the wixkl in the hizz-ow.

Yeeeeeah boyee.

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And telling us to spell the word dog as "dawg" and bitch as "beeyotch."

This is known as ROT-ODB
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Maybe it has to be ROT-ed twice?? This due to the 2 words clue??

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ROT

double-encryption, also known as "superencryption," does not add security to a ROT cipher, as it is the same end result...

For example, if you were to take your plaintext, ROT-5 encode it, and then ROT-5 encode it again, you would not achieve extra security, as this would be the same as ROT-10 encoding it.

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Re: ROT

danman_d wrote:
double-encryption, also known as "superencryption," does not add security to a ROT cipher, as it is the same end result...

For example, if you were to take your plaintext, ROT-5 encode it, and then ROT-5 encode it again, you would not achieve extra security, as this would be the same as ROT-10 encoding it.

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Hmm.. Thanks..

Guess you guys should've tied down the PM and tortured him with feathers to get the answer to this puzzle. Twisted Evil

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