OpenEuphoria

RE: Tough ciphers?

• Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Mar 14, 2002
• 398 views

> 1)
> twas brimmic and the smitho types did core and cilbme in the wabe
> amm lilso were the byrycrypes and the lyle raths yutcrabe beware
> the fabberwykx lo syn the faws that bite the teeth snag 

Is this technically a cipher? Sounds like a cipher of that stupid poem 
by that guy who lived a long time ago, or whenever it was, who wrote 
about the jabberwocky.

> 2)
> sbcwfk vwukpi fcrsx pfnukvsb vwzgre xzkrp zbtfv  wpgu sfgdj dperbfgp
> vpifz tpasx jkpva ikobcu ogpriv

The problem:
  "sbcwfk vwukpi fcrsx pfnukvsb vwzgre xzkrp zbtfv  wpgu sfgdj dperbfgp 
vpifz tpasx jkpva ikobcu ogpriv"
Load dictionary: 0 seconds
White Rabbit: 1 seconds
The Solutions (by number of valid words)
Total: 1
 02: [13] "couple spread lunch alfresco spying hyena yowls  pair climb 
magnolia sadly watch beast devour viands"
Total Program Time: 73 seconds

Not that it makes any sense! :)

> 3)
> cloudy berg slhvec bectr ui bect fvrakmy mgrak hvec  
> budnr vrgl buzcli ey bdaaeda nekydnlc geese punfuy  bett estdnlc

The problem:
  "cloudy berg slhvec bectr ui bect fvrakmy mgrak hvec budnr vrgl buzcli 
ey bdaaeda nekydnlc geese punfuy  bett estdnlc"
Load dictionary: 0 seconds
White Rabbit: 1 seconds
The Solutions (by number of valid words)
Total: 2
 09: [09] "snowed tik? ?n??is tisfk wu tisf ??kr??d ??kr? ??is tweak 
?k?n tw?snu id terrier ai?deans ?ii?i ?wa?wd  tiff i?feans"
 10: [09] "snowed tik? ?n??is tislk wu tisl ??kr??d ??kr? ??is tweak 
?k?n tw?snu id terrier ai?deans ?ii?i ?wa?wd  till i?leans"
Total Program Time: 8 seconds

Looks like some further tweaking is in order! YUCK!!!

I've spent too much time on this contest already. Hey, Rob, can teams 
enter? <blink>

> 4)
> abdzyx uydu za vywzce fbgh dbvtycf sjjx yu rbvj jkjc urbger fbg lzar
> urjf ljhj
> 
> ---
> Best I currently get on 4), after 12 minutes 10 secs  is(!):
> ftsonc rnsr of dnyohp atlu stdgnha weec nr itde eveh ritlpi atl mofi
> riea meue

Mine's still working after... DOH! I don't know how long, but WAAAAY 
past 12 minutes. However, I at least have some recognizable words! ;)