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Astald
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 		Dorkmaster already beat you to it celina.

PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:23 pm
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txtigerman
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 		It looks more like Polish than Russian.

I don't think it's a cypher. I've run it every way I can think of and get garbage.

**Edit**
Wait I just thought of something. Why would the priest hide his messages from an American soldier?

Has anyone thought of running this stuff through an Enigma machine?

PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:24 pm
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Arana
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celina63 wrote:
Food for thought, and given the game's propensity towards crossdressers...

I give you the pic of Martin Halder:
http://www.lastcallpoker.com/user/fathermueller/gra_martinhalder/

Now compare to the pic of the girl in Polaris's cipher:
http://www.lastcallpoker.com/user/polaris/gra_pherkadandyildun/

DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY!

Wouldn't be uncommon for this period in history... boys were often dressed as girls in order to smuggle them out, and also since women often got slightly better treatment.

C


I think that you called it. Unfortunately, "mandalayhalder" doesn't find a card either.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:28 pm
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Ranger D
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 		This is the raw morse code I visually translated from the wav. I double checked it, so I'm like 99% sure it's accurate.

Code:
-- .- .--- --- .-. ..- -. -.- .-- -.. ..-- --. .-. .. -. --- .--- ... .-- . - .-.. .- -. . - ---. -.- .-. .- ... .--. --- .-.. .- --. .- ..-- -. . .. --.. .-- . ... - -. -.-- -- .. ... --- ..-- --.. -. .. -.- .- -- ... .-- . -.. . -. .. --.. .-- . ... - -. -.-- -- .. ... --- ..-- --.. -. .. -.- .- -- ... .-- . -.. . -. .. .-.- -- .. --- --.. .- .... .-- .- ---. . -. -. -.-- .... ..-. .- ---- .. ... - .- -- .. -.-. . -. -. --- ... - .-.- .... - ---. -.- .--. .-. . -.. .-.. .- --. .- ..-- .. .... ... ... ... .-. - ---. -.- .-.- .-- -. ..-- .-. -. -... . .-. --. . .-- -- . - .-. --- .--. --- .-.. .


You'll get different results depending on what web morse code translator you run it through.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:30 pm
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jamesi
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ahecht wrote:
I got:
Code:
. .- .--- --- .-. ..- -. -.- .-- -.. ..-- --. .-. .. -. --- .--- ... .-- . - .-.. .- -..- ---. -.- .-. .- ... .--. --- .-.. .- --. .- ..-- -. . .. --.. .-- . ... - -. -.-- -- .. ... --- ..-- --.. -. .. -.- .- -- ... .-- . -.. . -. .. .-.- -- .. --- --.. .- ... .-- .- ---. . -. -. -.-- .... ..-. .- --- .. ... - .- -- .. -.-. . -. -. --- ... - .-.- .... - ---. -.- .--. .-. . -.. .-.. .- --. .- ..-- .. .... ... ... ... .-. - ---. -.- .-.- .-- -. ..-- .-. -. -... . .-. --. . .-- -- . - .-. --- .--. --- .-.. .


Which translates to (* is unknown character):
Code:
EAJORUNKWD*GRINOJSWETLAX*KRASPOLAGA*NEIZWESTNYMISO*ZNIKAMSWEDENI*MIOZASWA*ENNYHFAOISTAMICENNOST*
HT*KPREDLAGA*IHSSSRT*K*WN*RNBERGEWMETROPOLE


I ran it though an automatic decode, which gave a slightly different answer (÷ and ÿ are cyrillic letters, which exist in russian morse code but not english, but don't show up in the forum correctly)
Code:
eajorunkwdþgrinojswetlanet÷kraspolagaþneizwestnymisoþznikamswedeniÿmiozahwa÷ennyhfaøistamicennostÿ
ht÷kpredlagaþihsssrt÷kÿwnþrnbergewmetropole

According to the program, it's also at 19WPM, which is pretty fast.

Other than the obvious metropole, I noticed WEST, SWEDEN, and what could almost be BERGEN. EAJOR could also be MAJOR if it was cut off at the beginning.


By hand, and with verification from Leftbrained, I got this:

MAJORUNKWDÜGRINOJSWETLANETÖKRASPOLAGAÜNEIZWESTNYMISOÜZNIKAM
SWEDENIÄMIOZAHWAÖENNYHFA(Ch)ISTAMICENNOSTÄHTÖKPREDLAGAÜIHSSSRTÖKÄWNÜRNBERGEWMETROPOLE

(The page break is mine for window width) [EDIT] Didn't see it, so added it Wink ---Gisk
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Speaker
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Quote:
MAJORUNKWDÜGRINOJSWETLANETÖKRASPOLAGAÜNEIZWESTNYMISOÜZNIKAM
SWEDENIÄMIOZAHWAÖENNYHFA(Ch)ISTAMICENNOSTÄHTÖKPREDLAGAÜIHSSSRTÖKÄW NÜRNBERG EW METROPOLE

Nurnberg is the German for Nuremberg

Sweden apparently should be Schweden in German tho... and it leaves the ew between nurnber and metropole
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Dorkmaster
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Speaker wrote:
and it leaves the ew between nurnber and metropole


Maybe the metropole was so gross that... Laughing
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jamesi wrote:


By hand, and with verification from Leftbrained, I got this:
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MAJORUNKWDÜGRINOJSWETLANETÖKRASPOLAGAÜNEIZWESTNYMISOÜZNIKAM
SWEDENIÄMIOZAHWAÖENNYHFA(Ch)ISTAMICENNOSTÄHTÖKPREDLAGAÜIHSSSRTÖKÄWNÜRNBERGEWMETROPOLE




Looks like Polish or something similar.
Not knowing Polish, I can just recognize some quite obvious words:
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major
swetlane (possibly accusative or dative for Svetlana?)
sweden
nurnbergew metropole ("the metropole of Nuremberg" I guess)

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 		haven't seen it mentioned here, but william has an update. Preacher, too.

I hate being at work on update days!
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Lyria
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 		I've been poking around Google and found

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"znikam" seems to mean "disappear" in Polish? so maybe this is indeed Polish? or part of it is?


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 		Mariamystery.jpg But Maria Halder doesn't seem to work.


AnthonyViet also updated.
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jamesi
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thunderclap8 wrote:
haven't seen it mentioned here, but william has an update. Preacher, too.

I hate being at work on update days!


From William's update: Pictures

The writing on the picture of the girl? Martin.
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krystyn
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 		I so just called my mom (the dead Nadine Devenish), because she speaks Polish. If you smart brainy sorts haven't solved the Morse by the time she gets home, I'll have her take a look at it.
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txtigerman
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 		New info on Maurice's page as well. Update for Lucy too.

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 		--- -- --. Is it possable that some of this is not only polish but in morse code short hand as well? text messengers and haXorz were not the first to use U as you ya know.
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