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[S2] [Cards set] #193 I'm so sorry
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Sophiecat
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Joined: 08 Apr 2006
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Gladys Pool wrote:
Can someone link the Smiley Dictionary they used for this, as I can't seem to find one with all of these on?


You don't need a Smiley dictionary.

Just look on Wikipedia at the history of Smilies and some of the people involved.
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Gladys Pool
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Joined: 27 Feb 2007
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 		Okay, I got the answer, but still doesn't give me any help of deciphering the message? Would like to be solve this card as intended, anyone able to point me in the right direction?

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FairmontKing
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Joined: 05 Sep 2006
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Location: Michigan, USA

 		This is not my favorite substitution cipher tool, but it's useful for when you don't know where the spaces go:

Link

Use the 'substitute' function to quickly try different substitutions.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:12 pm
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beglee
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Joined: 21 Oct 2005
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 		Here are the steps i used to solve this card:

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I figured that the card was a substitution cypher, where each different "smilie" or "emoticon" is substituted for a different letter.


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I transcribed the smilies to Notepad, one after the other on a single line, e.g. 8(- 8[' B) -B) 'B]- 8]' ....


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I replaced each smilie with a different letter using the replaceAll function, replacing each unique smilie with a different letter, e.g. replaceAll 8(- with A, 8[' with B and so on. This replaces the string of emoticons with a string of letters, ABCDEFG.... , which allows you to use the substitution tool in the next step.


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Here is the substitution tool I used to help me decode the message, copying in the string of letters from the previous step.


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Note: The location of spaces was unknown.
Note: I only deciphered the very end of the message (excluding the last 4 characters, which are still a mystery) using information found on Wikipedia that I looked up after decoding the rest of the message.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:48 am
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The V.G.P.S.
Boot

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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 		For those who are still struggling the following link may help;


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http://www.teuton.org/~stranger/code/emoticon/obfuscated.html


PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:42 am
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X9Tim
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Joined: 29 Sep 2006
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The V.G.P.S. wrote:
For those who are still struggling the following link may help;


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http://address_removed_to_protect_the_innocent


The VGPS' clue is so complete, you will get the answer in a couple of minutes given this! (I kinda wish I hadn't looked Embarassed)

A less helpful clue would be
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In the substitution, some chars are not letters. And the order of letter frequency is slightly odd!


I think Arcy's comment "Well that wasn't nearly as hard as I expected..." completely confused me, as I think it IS hard! Confused

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The V.G.P.S.
Boot

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The reason we posted the above was to assist those who had, perhaps, "solved" this card by guesswork from the info. on wiki (hands up anyone?) but wanted to work out the answer by decyphering the emoticon code on the card. Wink

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edvedd
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Joined: 25 Feb 2007
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It's a bit strange, how a part in the middle of the code message is complete gibberish. That section seems to intersect the message, although it doesn't totally mess it up. Why is it there anyway?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:21 pm
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beglee
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Joined: 21 Oct 2005
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 		edvedd:

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Theres no gibberish in the middle (although there are 4 undecipherable emoticons at the end). I think the bit in the middle that you are referring to is the word "ASCII". Is that the part you are confused about? If so, see here

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Agent Lex
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Joined: 11 May 2006
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Location: No longer London, still in England
beglee wrote:
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(although there are 4 undecipherable emoticons at the end)

If you haven't been to the link, don't read!
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They don't decipher to characters, they're commands in that language. They basically collect the characters into a set, count how many there are, join them into a single string and print.


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Phill4269
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Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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Location: London

 		The decoded message is quite clear with no gibberish!

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All of the command groups must have spaces between them. The last line needs to be 4 groups with a space between.


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