The FBI Needs You to Solve this Code
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Well, my first thought is that it's not a code he wrote. Maybe it's a code he was working on, given his own interests. Someone apparently wanted to kill this guy, knowing his interests they came up with some complete jargon, sent it has way, and then arranged to meet him so they could teach him the solution. If they sent the code to him via computer or something that might explain why he jotted it down to bring with him for referance.
That of course doesn't actually help in solving the mystery, of why he was killed, but it is a thought. If I had it in for this guy and knew his interests that might be how I'd bait a trap for him if I wanted to lure him to a location to meet someone he only knew via BBS systems or whatever.
It's also possible given the time period that this was going on is that it's a keystroke record for something. If he was playing older games even for the time, he might have been dealing with a solve that simply told you how to move in the game. The ( ) brackets being a way of seperating each sequence. Of course I can't think of any game that would look quite like that off the top of my head. The thing to consider is that some games like say "Ultima IV" considered how many keystrokes you entered or "moves" before you beat the game, and gave a running count when you saved. A few nerds would sort of compete to see how few keystrokes they could beat some of these games with (I'm pretty sure this isn't Ultima IV) and even post formulas for them.
Any other ideas I have would just be plain wierd and useless to the situation at hand. To summarize them though, if they haven't already they might want to have some occultists look at it or whatever.
I'm horrible at codes, but it occurs to me that if all of these experts couldn't break that code, including presumably the guy who did that Kryptos statue if they ever asked him, maybe it's not a code.
It's probably far too late, but they might want to do something like see if they have a list of what video games he was playing. I can't think of anything that would make sense in connection to, but it might "click" if they spotted the right one.... as useless to finding his killer as that would be (again).
That of course doesn't actually help in solving the mystery, of why he was killed, but it is a thought. If I had it in for this guy and knew his interests that might be how I'd bait a trap for him if I wanted to lure him to a location to meet someone he only knew via BBS systems or whatever.
It's also possible given the time period that this was going on is that it's a keystroke record for something. If he was playing older games even for the time, he might have been dealing with a solve that simply told you how to move in the game. The ( ) brackets being a way of seperating each sequence. Of course I can't think of any game that would look quite like that off the top of my head. The thing to consider is that some games like say "Ultima IV" considered how many keystrokes you entered or "moves" before you beat the game, and gave a running count when you saved. A few nerds would sort of compete to see how few keystrokes they could beat some of these games with (I'm pretty sure this isn't Ultima IV) and even post formulas for them.
Any other ideas I have would just be plain wierd and useless to the situation at hand. To summarize them though, if they haven't already they might want to have some occultists look at it or whatever.
I'm horrible at codes, but it occurs to me that if all of these experts couldn't break that code, including presumably the guy who did that Kryptos statue if they ever asked him, maybe it's not a code.
It's probably far too late, but they might want to do something like see if they have a list of what video games he was playing. I can't think of anything that would make sense in connection to, but it might "click" if they spotted the right one.... as useless to finding his killer as that would be (again).
Why is it the between them that there is only one '1/2' value? Would that not suggest that only the character of which '1/2' represents occurs but once or is not a character but rather a noun?
Right, OK, use your example as you said. If F = 6 and U = 6 then on two lines they'd be above and below one another, correct?Mantonio said:
That menas it'd look like this:
ABCDEFGH
ZYXWVUTS
The joke was that he was just giving the FBI one big "Fuck You!" with the note.
Captcha: Dettol UsedIn.
Used in what, Captcha?!
The pages are not encrypted, I am pretty sure that this guy was an auto technician, the reason it looks encrypted is he is using abbreviations for industry language that he made up himself.
The first page has a bunch of redundant abbreviations because he is doing the same job on various cars and making notes for himself. The reason the part on page one is in parenthesis is because its not a standard job when in context with the rest of the job and would be billed to a seperate dept.
The second page looms different and complicates the matter because he is using part numbers, vin numbers, and in one case what appears to be a license plate number. In the second page there is vin number for what I believe to be a 1985 Nissan Stanza but cant get them in alignment and there are letter to number conversions but I have backed 11 numbers into a 17 digit vin and it fits. SE is utilized as is GLE and but what I thought were auto trim packages they are actually utilized as some kind of short hand.
I am pretty sure this guy was a mechanic and the first page were his duties for the day, and the second page is the parts and materials with a clear reference to motor oil and 6 quarts it appears. Guy was working on cars.
I think only a tech can do this type of thing and get away with it, but that appears to be what it is.
That is my opinion and I translated it all last night.
K
The first page has a bunch of redundant abbreviations because he is doing the same job on various cars and making notes for himself. The reason the part on page one is in parenthesis is because its not a standard job when in context with the rest of the job and would be billed to a seperate dept.
The second page looms different and complicates the matter because he is using part numbers, vin numbers, and in one case what appears to be a license plate number. In the second page there is vin number for what I believe to be a 1985 Nissan Stanza but cant get them in alignment and there are letter to number conversions but I have backed 11 numbers into a 17 digit vin and it fits. SE is utilized as is GLE and but what I thought were auto trim packages they are actually utilized as some kind of short hand.
I am pretty sure this guy was a mechanic and the first page were his duties for the day, and the second page is the parts and materials with a clear reference to motor oil and 6 quarts it appears. Guy was working on cars.
I think only a tech can do this type of thing and get away with it, but that appears to be what it is.
That is my opinion and I translated it all last night.
K
19,499,618,585?The Night Shade said:
And no, that's not a random string of numbers, that's the binary converted into decimal. And it took an annoying amount of time to convert without a calculator. I might've screwed up actually.
Anyway, on-topic, if they got their best code-crackers and the American Cryptogram Association to try and figure this out for over a decade and they got absolutely no results, what do they expect to get fromt the internet? Some genius cryptographer who can figure out a one-time pad on his own? Doubtful.
So what do the first three sets translate to? and is it radioactive or something?Kalezian said:
The guy is performing dealer preps, he is rotating tires, installing CD players, alarms, directing rental cars, in one case he appears to install an internal trunk release. He repairs a power front seat, does a recall repair on a sensor, installs breaks. He schedules first services with dates, notations for mileage. He does a first service and installs a cd player and alarm. He is rotating tires.
The second page are the parts he utilized inclusive of oil, and various references in different formats for vehicles inclusive of color, vin number, plate number, hell he is cutting rotors.
I guess I could be wrong, but if he was a mechanic which is what I was trying to find out, then that is what this would be.
The second page are the parts he utilized inclusive of oil, and various references in different formats for vehicles inclusive of color, vin number, plate number, hell he is cutting rotors.
I guess I could be wrong, but if he was a mechanic which is what I was trying to find out, then that is what this would be.
It says, if I am not mistaking:
- milk
- apples
- potato chips
- rice
- bread
- beer
- clothes to drycleaner
- milk
- apples
- potato chips
- rice
- bread
- beer
- clothes to drycleaner