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QtheC
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If you use Vigenere http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/vigenere.php with "decrypt" selected, and enter
passphrase "A new generation of scientific mavericks is not content to merely tinker with life's genetic code. They want to rewrite it from scratch."
with message "T bad uiiiiileog qm apoargmjlj qlkjzvfdz mb nbb vcehjbq yc dhkshf hmiovz oeta npnr'y ciaixlj gzsj. Buhr dewt gw ksnfnhb nh wuha ojfeogy."
here is the result:
"T owh oeveriswat ch ingweneedh elpfindth ej ani torofox fo rdtowh oeveri swat chin'g weneedh elpf. Indt heja ni torofox fo rdto whoever."
So the answer is
To whoever is watching we need help. Find the janitor of oxford. |
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impulse
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Gaj eyga gaj lpsptk plp s kmqz qswr gaj wlf vmms nsaw.
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stingray
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Anyone have ideas on how to find the janitor from episode 008?
Left the clues, goldengate bridge / San Francisco.
And the impossible code, which was just a joke.
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Agapeyeff_cipher
Way to go on breaking the code QtheC!  |
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QtheC
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| stingray wrote: | | Way to go on breaking the code QtheC! |
teamwork... you and Deagol put me on the right track with "Vigenere" and your start on the decode... then I just looked for the text that was starting to appear in the article.
So now, it's up to others to look for the Janitor of Oxford - I'm off the job for the nonce... |
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voyboy
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deagol
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Ah dammit, right under my nose!  I even tried to guess "A new" and got "towh", then followed it up with "to what," "to where," "tow here," etc. grrr so close, but nice job you guys! |
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deagol
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| voyboy wrote: | but....I .......errrr......you just..........
HOW THE F@*% DO YOU GUYS FIGURE THIS S*#T OUT???????
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LOL voyboy, the plaintext was the subtitle of the Newsweek article. From there we use the nifty vignere decoder to obtain the key. Just following the instructions: "newsweek, life 2.0, find the key."
Now we just gotta find that janitor... |
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chershaytoute
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VB, I'm with you. I watch the purty videos and then go sit in the corner and watch these guys be geniuses and applaud lots...and offer to bake cookies now and again, so I can be appreciated, too! 
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impulse
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cainam
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| impulse wrote: | No news from that guy Kris called the janitor yet?  |
TBH I have no idea where to look.... |
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QtheC
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| cainam wrote: | | impulse wrote: | | No news from that guy Kris called the janitor yet? |
TBH I have no idea where to look.... |
I wrote some observations over on the 008 video thread ... there seems to be a series of places in london leading to an elevator, so maybe someone from London could figure that out. http://lonelygirl15.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=431464#431464
Other than that, I googled Janitor of Oxford and looked at the Cambridge Oxford site ... found some references to Library Janitors, but nothing that seemed likely.
I also tried some anagramming without any results.
So whatever the clue is, we are missing it and need more info. |
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impulse
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impulse
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cainam
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lol i went looking for him as soon as we solved the puzzle, i swear that site wasnt there yet.....that was the second, ol' janitor boy didnt sign up till yesterday  |
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