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Can you decipher this code?
Feb 18, 2009 03:26
  • JIMMYB
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A Chinese guy confessed his love toward a girl whom he loved. The girl said didn't say much to him. Instead, she gave him a code and asked him to decipher it. She told him that she would agree to date him if he could decipher the code. This boy did what he could do to decipher the coade. However, he failed. Without other means, he made a post on the internet to ask help for other netizens. Finally, somebody helped him decipher the code.

The following is the code. Anyone who'd like to challenge this?

Hint: It is written in Morse Code and the answer is an English sentence.

Code:
****-/*----
/----*/****-/****-/*----/---**/*----/****-/*----/-****/***--/****-/*----
/----*/**---/-****/**---/**---/***--/--***/****-/
Feb 18, 2009 05:01
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Presuming the asterisks are dots and the dashes are dashes this is a series of numbers in International Morse Code.

41
94418141631
92622374
Feb 18, 2009 20:49
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Gaffer, you are very smart. However, you didn't solve this problem thoroughly. According to the hint, it should be an English sentence.
Feb 19, 2009 00:39
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damn, sounds like 2 kids with too much time on there hands
Feb 20, 2009 02:30
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I am wondering what profession that girl does. How could she find such a complicated code to test him? If she had feelings for him, just tell him that she loves him. If not, refuse him directly. No game. please. If I were that boy, I would already have been crazy.
Feb 20, 2009 18:41
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Jimmy, Gaffer nailed it. Perhaps the asterisks and dashes should be reversed?

----./-....
/....-/----./----./-..../...--/-..../----./-..../.----/---../----./-....
/....-/--.../.----/--.../--.../---../..---/----./

...but I believe that comes out to 9 6 4 9 9 6 3 6 9 6 1 8 9 6 4 7 1 7 7 8 2 9
Feb 21, 2009 03:16
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If I was good at cipher or deciphering I would work for the Secret Service.....but I'm not :o(
Maybe the numbers relate to letters in the alphabet.
Feb 22, 2009 21:45
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Quote:

Originally Posted by GRIZ326

Jimmy, Gaffer nailed it. Perhaps the asterisks and dashes should be reversed?

----./-....
/....-/----./----./-..../...--/-..../----./-..../.----/---../----./-....
/....-/--.../.----/--.../--.../---../..---/----./

...but I believe that comes out to 9 6 4 9 9 6 3 6 9 6 1 8 9 6 4 7 1 7 7 8 2 9


Griz, Gaffer did decipher the codes. However, he didn't finish it.

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Originally Posted by GAFFER

If I was good at cipher or deciphering I would work for the Secret Service.....but I'm not :o(
Maybe the numbers relate to letters in the alphabet.


Gaffer, as I said before, you are really clever . The numbers do relate to letters in the alphabet. Maybe, you can try your cellphone and computer keyboards.
Feb 27, 2009 03:41
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Too complicated. Why didn't she tell him directly? There could be just two answers: No.1 I love you too. No.2 I am sorry. Or she perhaps played a game with that boy.
Mar 2, 2009 22:10
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She already likes him. Otherwise, she wouldn’t even bother giving him something to decipher. She would not risk on the possibility that he would decipher the code and she has to end up dating someone she didn’t like. She is playing games. She should have just told him she likes him as well, but then she would come off as easy to get so she wanted to give the boy a hard time.
Mar 3, 2009 03:10
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Originally Posted by SHESGOTTOBE View Post

She already likes him. Otherwise, she wouldn’t even bother giving him something to decipher. She would not risk on the possibility that he would decipher the code and she has to end up dating someone she didn’t like. She is playing games. She should have just told him she likes him as well, but then she would come off as easy to get so she wanted t...


Good analysis, SHESGOTTOBE. The puzzle was indeed solved by a girl. I doubt if it was the girl who deciphered this herself. I checked that post and it seemed that some netizens had the same doubt like me.
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