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Author Topic: The Doctor's Cipher.  (Read 36432 times)

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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #120 on: August 13, 2015, 09:15:32 am »

Question: what would happen if someone who wasn't currently playing ER won the prize?
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #121 on: August 13, 2015, 09:22:08 am »

You would get the prize as soon as you started playing, presumably. :)
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #122 on: August 13, 2015, 10:44:43 am »

Question: what would happen if someone who wasn't currently playing ER won the prize?
They would get 50 tokens. I suppose they could either then start playing, or just hand them out like a snooty patron, paying money to those that amuse them.

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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #123 on: August 24, 2015, 02:38:58 pm »

... wait a minute. The symbols are part of the greek alphabet.
So... each symbol is a letter in the greek alphabet! Which means nothing.
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You and freeformschooler ought to have a crypt-off.
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #124 on: August 24, 2015, 03:34:15 pm »

The 5x5 thing could be relevant if it really was in greek, as at least one of ancient and modern greek has 24 letters, and with 1 for space, it COULD just be digrams corresponding to words which must be translated. This doesn't seem particularly likely, but still.

If anyone needs help translating greek, I can give a bit.
« Last Edit: August 25, 2015, 05:59:07 am by NJW2000 »
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #125 on: August 24, 2015, 03:37:20 pm »

If we knew where the words were broken up it would be much easier.
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« Reply #126 on: August 24, 2015, 03:55:02 pm »

I ran the code through string.split splitting at lots of different combinations this one Δλ looks promising.
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[ 'θΩΩλΔΔΔθΩΩ',
  'λΔθθθθθλΔΩФΔΩλΩθθλλΔΔθλλФ',
  'ФθθΩΩФλФ',
  'λФθλΔФθθФΩλΔΔθ',
  'ФФФΩΩθФФФΩΔΔ',
  'ФΔθФΔΔΩθФΩ',
  'ФΔΩθΩΔΔθλλФλΔθФ',
  'ΩФΩФΩλλ',
  'θθθΩФΔθФθΔФλΩθ',
  'λФΔΩθλ',
  'θΔФΔθΔθθΩθФΔФΔΩΩθλθФΔΔΔФλθΩΩΔФФλΩθΩΩ',
  'ФΔΔΩθλΔθФΔФ',
  'λθФλФΔΩθΩΔΔΔΩФΩλΔθΔΩθθλФФΩλλΔθθθΩλλФθФθλθθΩθΩθФΔΩΔ',
  'θΩθθθλФΩθλФФΔΩΩΩΩθФΔΔΔФλθΩΩΔФФФΩθΩΩФФΩΔΔΩλФ',
  'λФΔΩΩФΩ',
  'ФΔΩθΩΔΔΩΩФΔΩλΩФ',
  'θλФФΩλΩλΩθθθΩФΩθΩФλθΩΩθΩθФΔθθΩλΔΔΩθΔФФΩθΔ',
  '',
  'ΩΩ',
  'ФΔθθΩΩФΩФΔΩΩΩΩΩФΔΔ',
  'λθθΔθΔФλΩΩθФ',
  'ФΔΔΩλФΔθλλλΩΔΩФλλΔθλΩλλФΔΔθΔΩΩΩΩФΩλΔΩΔΩΩλλФ',
  'ФΔΔΩλФΩΩФΩФΔФФΩΩλФΔθΔθΔΔΔθФΔθΩФλθθΩθΔΩФΔФΔΩλ',
  'θΔΩθθФФФΩΩθФ',
  'ФΔΔ',
  'ФΔθФ',
  'ΩΔΩФλλ',
  'λΩФλΔΔθθλΩΩΩΩФΩλΔθΔΩΩθλФ',
  'θΔΔΩλΔΔθФΩΔΩ',
  'θФλФΔθΔθΔΔθλλФθФθФθλФΩΔФΩθθФΔΩФλλФΔ',
  'ФλλλΩФλΩΔФФλΩθΩΩ',
  'ФΔΔΩλФΔΩФΩλΩΔΩФλλ',
  'ФΩλλФΔΩΔФΩΩΔθФ',
  'ΔθΔΩΩθФΔФФΩΔΔθλФΔθλФФ',
  'λθФλФΔΩθΩΔΔΩθФΔθΩФλθθΩθΩθФΔθθθλΔΔθΔθФФΩΩФλλ',
  'ΩθθλФΔθθΩФФΩθΩΩ',
  'ФΔΔ',
  'ФΔθλФλθθФΩΔФФΩλФΩΩФλλФΔθθθθФΔθФθλΔΔΩФλθλΔΩФ',
  'θθθФΔΩΔΔФθΩΩθΩ',
  'ФλθθΔΩλλФΔФФΩΩθФФФΩΔΔ',
  'ФΔΩФ',
  'θθФΩΩ',
  'ФλФΔθΔΩθλΔθθθθФ',
  'ΔΔΔФλФФΩθλФΩθΩ',
  'ФΔФλΩФλθΔθθΩθθΩΩ',
  'ФΔΔ',
  'ФΔΩФ',
  'θΩλθФ',
  'θλФΔθΔ',
  'ФΔθθΔθФ',
  'θΩθΔ',
  'ΔΔΩФΩθθθθλΔΔФФθθΩФФΩ' ]
as you can see there is only one  place where it repeats that shows up as "",
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #127 on: August 24, 2015, 04:02:23 pm »

okay so, the glyphs used are lower case lambda, upper case delta, uppercase phi, and uppercase omega.
EDIT:oops missed one lower case theta
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #128 on: August 24, 2015, 04:03:41 pm »

Wait, actual greek letters? :o
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #129 on: August 24, 2015, 04:17:38 pm »

Yah they are real Greek letters, I thought we new this.
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #130 on: August 24, 2015, 11:18:32 pm »

I feel like I'm so close to a breakthrough. That probably means I'm nowhere close to figuring it out, lol.
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #131 on: August 25, 2015, 05:38:17 am »

I have no idea where to really look I feel like the lower and uppercase letters mean something but I have no idea what
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #132 on: August 25, 2015, 05:40:40 am »

They're all symbols used in Maths/physics, I think, so it might just have been the format PW felt was most natural for him, being a mathematician.
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #133 on: August 25, 2015, 05:43:37 am »

That seems unlikely in my opinion. We have basically zero leads and this I something very solid
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Re: The Doctor's Cipher.
« Reply #134 on: August 25, 2015, 05:56:50 am »

Alright I am going to go ahead and tell you that I mainly care about cracking the code not the huge prize. So could this be the encryption method cipher
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