The “foo” encoding

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Introducing the mysterious foo encoding... based on the common computer programming template variables foo, bar, and baz. This encoding is truly unknown, as a simple sentence of characters returns an unreadable mess of foos and bars and bazes.



Let's say I input the following into my personal encoder: Noodle pie is delicious.



The program spits out the following, which is "foo-encoded":



baz-foo-baz-br- bar-baz-fo-bar- bar-baz-foo-foo- bar-foo-bar-baz- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-fo-foo-baz- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-foo-baz-fo- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-fo-baz-fo- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-baz-fo-bar- bar-foo-fo-baz- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-baz-fo-fo- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-foo-baz-fo- bar-fo-baz-fo- bar-foo-bar-baz- bar-foo-bar-baz- baz-fo-bar-br-


So how does this mysterious encoding work? That's for you to figure out!



EXTRA NOTE: The encoded messages may contain the following phrases: foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. No, they are not mistakes, they are meant to be there.



HINT:




Sirius. Two. There's your hint.




EXTRA CHALLENGE: Create an encoder/decoder for the foo encoding.






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    Welcome to Puzzling.SE! This looks like a fun puzzle. I see you already have a couple of badges, good for you. You can get another easy one by taking the tour. Is your fourth term br supposed to be a bar? same with 7th term fo should be a foo?
    – Chowzen
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    @Chowzen The program utilizes the keywords foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. I will edit accordingly.
    – connectyourcharger
    4 hours ago










  • @connectyourcharger Could you double-check the sixth group? It's not that I'm confident it's wrong or anything, but it surprises me a bit.
    – Gareth McCaughan♦
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Introducing the mysterious foo encoding... based on the common computer programming template variables foo, bar, and baz. This encoding is truly unknown, as a simple sentence of characters returns an unreadable mess of foos and bars and bazes.



Let's say I input the following into my personal encoder: Noodle pie is delicious.



The program spits out the following, which is "foo-encoded":



baz-foo-baz-br- bar-baz-fo-bar- bar-baz-foo-foo- bar-foo-bar-baz- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-fo-foo-baz- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-foo-baz-fo- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-fo-baz-fo- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-baz-fo-bar- bar-foo-fo-baz- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-baz-fo-fo- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-foo-baz-fo- bar-fo-baz-fo- bar-foo-bar-baz- bar-foo-bar-baz- baz-fo-bar-br-


So how does this mysterious encoding work? That's for you to figure out!



EXTRA NOTE: The encoded messages may contain the following phrases: foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. No, they are not mistakes, they are meant to be there.



HINT:




Sirius. Two. There's your hint.




EXTRA CHALLENGE: Create an encoder/decoder for the foo encoding.






cipher computer-puzzle







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    Welcome to Puzzling.SE! This looks like a fun puzzle. I see you already have a couple of badges, good for you. You can get another easy one by taking the tour. Is your fourth term br supposed to be a bar? same with 7th term fo should be a foo?
    – Chowzen
    4 hours ago






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    @Chowzen The program utilizes the keywords foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. I will edit accordingly.
    – connectyourcharger
    4 hours ago










  • @connectyourcharger Could you double-check the sixth group? It's not that I'm confident it's wrong or anything, but it surprises me a bit.
    – Gareth McCaughan♦
    16 mins ago












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Introducing the mysterious foo encoding... based on the common computer programming template variables foo, bar, and baz. This encoding is truly unknown, as a simple sentence of characters returns an unreadable mess of foos and bars and bazes.



Let's say I input the following into my personal encoder: Noodle pie is delicious.



The program spits out the following, which is "foo-encoded":



baz-foo-baz-br- bar-baz-fo-bar- bar-baz-foo-foo- bar-foo-bar-baz- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-fo-foo-baz- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-foo-baz-fo- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-fo-baz-fo- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-baz-fo-bar- bar-foo-fo-baz- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-baz-fo-fo- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-foo-baz-fo- bar-fo-baz-fo- bar-foo-bar-baz- bar-foo-bar-baz- baz-fo-bar-br-


So how does this mysterious encoding work? That's for you to figure out!



EXTRA NOTE: The encoded messages may contain the following phrases: foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. No, they are not mistakes, they are meant to be there.



HINT:




Sirius. Two. There's your hint.




EXTRA CHALLENGE: Create an encoder/decoder for the foo encoding.






cipher computer-puzzle







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Introducing the mysterious foo encoding... based on the common computer programming template variables foo, bar, and baz. This encoding is truly unknown, as a simple sentence of characters returns an unreadable mess of foos and bars and bazes.



Let's say I input the following into my personal encoder: Noodle pie is delicious.



The program spits out the following, which is "foo-encoded":



baz-foo-baz-br- bar-baz-fo-bar- bar-baz-foo-foo- bar-foo-bar-baz- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-fo-foo-baz- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-foo-baz-fo- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-fo-baz-fo- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-baz-fo-bar- bar-foo-fo-baz- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-foo-fo-baz- bar-baz-fo-fo- baz-fo-fo-bz- bar-fo-baz-foo- bar-foo-baz-fo- bar-fo-baz-fo- bar-foo-bar-baz- bar-foo-bar-baz- baz-fo-bar-br-


So how does this mysterious encoding work? That's for you to figure out!



EXTRA NOTE: The encoded messages may contain the following phrases: foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. No, they are not mistakes, they are meant to be there.



HINT:




Sirius. Two. There's your hint.




EXTRA CHALLENGE: Create an encoder/decoder for the foo encoding.






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    Welcome to Puzzling.SE! This looks like a fun puzzle. I see you already have a couple of badges, good for you. You can get another easy one by taking the tour. Is your fourth term br supposed to be a bar? same with 7th term fo should be a foo?
    – Chowzen
    4 hours ago






  • 1




    @Chowzen The program utilizes the keywords foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. I will edit accordingly.
    – connectyourcharger
    4 hours ago










  • @connectyourcharger Could you double-check the sixth group? It's not that I'm confident it's wrong or anything, but it surprises me a bit.
    – Gareth McCaughan♦
    16 mins ago












  • 1




    Welcome to Puzzling.SE! This looks like a fun puzzle. I see you already have a couple of badges, good for you. You can get another easy one by taking the tour. Is your fourth term br supposed to be a bar? same with 7th term fo should be a foo?
    – Chowzen
    4 hours ago






  • 1




    @Chowzen The program utilizes the keywords foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. I will edit accordingly.
    – connectyourcharger
    4 hours ago










  • @connectyourcharger Could you double-check the sixth group? It's not that I'm confident it's wrong or anything, but it surprises me a bit.
    – Gareth McCaughan♦
    16 mins ago







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1




Welcome to Puzzling.SE! This looks like a fun puzzle. I see you already have a couple of badges, good for you. You can get another easy one by taking the tour. Is your fourth term br supposed to be a bar? same with 7th term fo should be a foo?
– Chowzen
4 hours ago




Welcome to Puzzling.SE! This looks like a fun puzzle. I see you already have a couple of badges, good for you. You can get another easy one by taking the tour. Is your fourth term br supposed to be a bar? same with 7th term fo should be a foo?
– Chowzen
4 hours ago




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@Chowzen The program utilizes the keywords foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. I will edit accordingly.
– connectyourcharger
4 hours ago




@Chowzen The program utilizes the keywords foo, bar, baz, fo, br, and bz. I will edit accordingly.
– connectyourcharger
4 hours ago












@connectyourcharger Could you double-check the sixth group? It's not that I'm confident it's wrong or anything, but it surprises me a bit.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
16 mins ago




@connectyourcharger Could you double-check the sixth group? It's not that I'm confident it's wrong or anything, but it surprises me a bit.
– Gareth McCaughan♦
16 mins ago










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Partial answer:




The string is reversed, and then each character (including punctuation) is translated to a 4-tuple of foo, bar, baz, fo, br, bz.




We know this because




The number of characters is the same as the number of 4-tuples. Frequency analysis shows that i is bar-foo-fo-baz. A little educated guessing on the other recurring characters shows the reversal pretty clearly, which confirms the 1:1 substitution.




Now that we know that,




We know the encoding for each letter:
. -> baz-foo-baz-br-
[space] -> baz-fo-fo-bz-
N -> baz-fo-bar-br-
c -> bar-fo-foo-baz-
d -> bar-fo-baz-fo-
e -> bar-fo-baz-foo-
i -> bar-foo-fo-baz-
l -> bar-foo-baz-fo-
o -> bar-foo-bar-baz-
p -> bar-baz-fo-fo-
s -> bar-baz-fo-bar-
u -> bar-baz-foo-foo-




However,




This is not the obvious choice of a base-6 encoding of ASCII values. In fact, I doubt it's base 6 at all: We have the values for both o and u, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However, o ends in baz- and u ends in foo-! If it is base 6, some additional transformation is being applied.




It is interesting that




None of that relates the clue, as far as I can tell. And the symbol bz is used only once (in the example string), for the space character.







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    That's exactly as far as I got and now just looking for some other kind of encoding that would translate. Nothing so far.
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    2 hours ago










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Partial answer:




The string is reversed, and then each character (including punctuation) is translated to a 4-tuple of foo, bar, baz, fo, br, bz.




We know this because




The number of characters is the same as the number of 4-tuples. Frequency analysis shows that i is bar-foo-fo-baz. A little educated guessing on the other recurring characters shows the reversal pretty clearly, which confirms the 1:1 substitution.




Now that we know that,




We know the encoding for each letter:
. -> baz-foo-baz-br-
[space] -> baz-fo-fo-bz-
N -> baz-fo-bar-br-
c -> bar-fo-foo-baz-
d -> bar-fo-baz-fo-
e -> bar-fo-baz-foo-
i -> bar-foo-fo-baz-
l -> bar-foo-baz-fo-
o -> bar-foo-bar-baz-
p -> bar-baz-fo-fo-
s -> bar-baz-fo-bar-
u -> bar-baz-foo-foo-




However,




This is not the obvious choice of a base-6 encoding of ASCII values. In fact, I doubt it's base 6 at all: We have the values for both o and u, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However, o ends in baz- and u ends in foo-! If it is base 6, some additional transformation is being applied.




It is interesting that




None of that relates the clue, as far as I can tell. And the symbol bz is used only once (in the example string), for the space character.







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    That's exactly as far as I got and now just looking for some other kind of encoding that would translate. Nothing so far.
    – MetaZen
    2 hours ago














up vote
3
down vote













Partial answer:




The string is reversed, and then each character (including punctuation) is translated to a 4-tuple of foo, bar, baz, fo, br, bz.




We know this because




The number of characters is the same as the number of 4-tuples. Frequency analysis shows that i is bar-foo-fo-baz. A little educated guessing on the other recurring characters shows the reversal pretty clearly, which confirms the 1:1 substitution.




Now that we know that,




We know the encoding for each letter:
. -> baz-foo-baz-br-
[space] -> baz-fo-fo-bz-
N -> baz-fo-bar-br-
c -> bar-fo-foo-baz-
d -> bar-fo-baz-fo-
e -> bar-fo-baz-foo-
i -> bar-foo-fo-baz-
l -> bar-foo-baz-fo-
o -> bar-foo-bar-baz-
p -> bar-baz-fo-fo-
s -> bar-baz-fo-bar-
u -> bar-baz-foo-foo-




However,




This is not the obvious choice of a base-6 encoding of ASCII values. In fact, I doubt it's base 6 at all: We have the values for both o and u, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However, o ends in baz- and u ends in foo-! If it is base 6, some additional transformation is being applied.




It is interesting that




None of that relates the clue, as far as I can tell. And the symbol bz is used only once (in the example string), for the space character.







share|improve this answer
















  • 1




    That's exactly as far as I got and now just looking for some other kind of encoding that would translate. Nothing so far.
    – MetaZen
    2 hours ago












up vote
3
down vote










up vote
3
down vote









Partial answer:




The string is reversed, and then each character (including punctuation) is translated to a 4-tuple of foo, bar, baz, fo, br, bz.




We know this because




The number of characters is the same as the number of 4-tuples. Frequency analysis shows that i is bar-foo-fo-baz. A little educated guessing on the other recurring characters shows the reversal pretty clearly, which confirms the 1:1 substitution.




Now that we know that,




We know the encoding for each letter:
. -> baz-foo-baz-br-
[space] -> baz-fo-fo-bz-
N -> baz-fo-bar-br-
c -> bar-fo-foo-baz-
d -> bar-fo-baz-fo-
e -> bar-fo-baz-foo-
i -> bar-foo-fo-baz-
l -> bar-foo-baz-fo-
o -> bar-foo-bar-baz-
p -> bar-baz-fo-fo-
s -> bar-baz-fo-bar-
u -> bar-baz-foo-foo-




However,




This is not the obvious choice of a base-6 encoding of ASCII values. In fact, I doubt it's base 6 at all: We have the values for both o and u, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However, o ends in baz- and u ends in foo-! If it is base 6, some additional transformation is being applied.




It is interesting that




None of that relates the clue, as far as I can tell. And the symbol bz is used only once (in the example string), for the space character.







share|improve this answer












Partial answer:




The string is reversed, and then each character (including punctuation) is translated to a 4-tuple of foo, bar, baz, fo, br, bz.




We know this because




The number of characters is the same as the number of 4-tuples. Frequency analysis shows that i is bar-foo-fo-baz. A little educated guessing on the other recurring characters shows the reversal pretty clearly, which confirms the 1:1 substitution.




Now that we know that,




We know the encoding for each letter:
. -> baz-foo-baz-br-
[space] -> baz-fo-fo-bz-
N -> baz-fo-bar-br-
c -> bar-fo-foo-baz-
d -> bar-fo-baz-fo-
e -> bar-fo-baz-foo-
i -> bar-foo-fo-baz-
l -> bar-foo-baz-fo-
o -> bar-foo-bar-baz-
p -> bar-baz-fo-fo-
s -> bar-baz-fo-bar-
u -> bar-baz-foo-foo-




However,




This is not the obvious choice of a base-6 encoding of ASCII values. In fact, I doubt it's base 6 at all: We have the values for both o and u, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However, o ends in baz- and u ends in foo-! If it is base 6, some additional transformation is being applied.




It is interesting that




None of that relates the clue, as far as I can tell. And the symbol bz is used only once (in the example string), for the space character.








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    That's exactly as far as I got and now just looking for some other kind of encoding that would translate. Nothing so far.
    – MetaZen
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    That's exactly as far as I got and now just looking for some other kind of encoding that would translate. Nothing so far.
    – MetaZen
    2 hours ago







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That's exactly as far as I got and now just looking for some other kind of encoding that would translate. Nothing so far.
– MetaZen
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That's exactly as far as I got and now just looking for some other kind of encoding that would translate. Nothing so far.
– MetaZen
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