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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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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 termbrsupposed to be abar? same with 7th termfoshould be afoo?
– Chowzen
4 hours ago
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@Chowzen The program utilizes the keywordsfoo,bar,baz,fo,br, andbz. 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.
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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
asked 5 hours ago
connectyourcharger
264
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connectyourcharger is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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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
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 termbrsupposed to be abar? same with 7th termfoshould be afoo?
– Chowzen
4 hours ago
1
@Chowzen The program utilizes the keywordsfoo,bar,baz,fo,br, andbz. 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 termbrsupposed to be abar? same with 7th termfoshould be afoo?
– Chowzen
4 hours ago
1
@Chowzen The program utilizes the keywordsfoo,bar,baz,fo,br, andbz. 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
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
1
1
@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
add a comment |Â
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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
iisbar-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
oandu, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However,oends inbaz-anduends infoo-! 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
bzis used only once (in the example string), for the space character.
answered 2 hours ago
benj2240
1714
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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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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
iisbar-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
oandu, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However,oends inbaz-anduends infoo-! 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
bzis used only once (in the example string), for the space character.
answered 2 hours ago
benj2240
1714
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
add a comment |Â
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
iisbar-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
oandu, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However,oends inbaz-anduends infoo-! 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
bzis used only once (in the example string), for the space character.
answered 2 hours ago
benj2240
1714
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
add a comment |Â
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
iisbar-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
oandu, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However,oends inbaz-anduends infoo-! 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
bzis used only once (in the example string), for the space character.
answered 2 hours ago
benj2240
1714
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
iisbar-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
oandu, which you would expect to be congruent mod 6 and therefore end in the same digit. However,oends inbaz-anduends infoo-! 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
bzis used only once (in the example string), for the space character.
answered 2 hours ago
benj2240
1714
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benj2240
1714
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benj2240
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benj2240
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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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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
1
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
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
add a comment |Â
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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
brsupposed to be abar? same with 7th termfoshould be afoo?– Chowzen
4 hours ago
1
@Chowzen The program utilizes the keywords
foo,bar,baz,fo,br, andbz. 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