On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, comex wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Warrigal <ihope12...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ih...@normish:~$ echo 'SGVsbG8sIHdvcmxkIQ==' | base64 -d; echo
>> Hello, world!
>> ih...@normish:~$ echo 'Q0ZKOiB7VGhpcyBDRkogZXhpc3RzLn0=' | base64 -d; echo
>> CFJ: {This CFJ exists.}
>> ih...@normish:~$
>>
>> Gratuitous arguments: I consider these encoded messages to be
>> practically unambiguous, as this seemed like the obvious way to decode
>> them,
>
> Gratuitous: So did I, but Goethe evidently didn't understand the
> message, prima facie evidence for it being insufficient for players in
> general to understand. On the other hand, the message most likely
> /is/ understandable by Murphy, the only officer responsible for acting
> in response to the purported CFJ.
I figured it might be a fairly easy encoding to "break", but only glanced
in passing. It would be interesting to see what "reasonable effort" in
terms of decyphering. As I mentioned before, the previous cases that
worked were either automatic via "most" readers, or natural-lanugage
"close to english" obvious. -G.
