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Posted by sandmanuk on :

i have been playing a game and been given a clue in
words i dont recorgnise.i think it may be vulcal
can any clever person decypher it fo me

Rira gubhtu lbh jvfurq fb uneq, gur nafjre gb yvsr, gur
havirefr naq rirlguvat vf abg uryq jvguva GUVF fbhepr pbqr.

many thanks
wayne

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

You know, posting this in more than one area is a "no-no" ...

Second, this sounds like gibberish to me. What game, hmmm? If it was a real problem, I think Senor Wayne here woulda given us more info ...

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Is it gibberish, for "I am speaking gibberish to you and you don't know it?"

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

In any case, this forum might be the place for this thread. You ARE referring to Vulcan language, right? (you spelled it "vulcul")

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Looks to me like it's one of those cyphers like they used to print in newspapers around here, where one letter is used to mean another letter. The clue is to use the small words to figure out what the letters are.

For instance, 'fb' and 'gb' might mean 'in' and 'on' (or, they might not, it's just an example), and then thusly every 'b' would stand for 'n', and 'f' would stand for 'i' and 'g' for 'o,' leading to clues as to what the other words might be. It's still hard, though, as 'fb' and 'gb' might also mean 'he' and 'me' or any other two two-letter words that end with the same letter.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

"Even though you wished so hard, the answer to life, the universe and eveything is not held within THIS source code."

(Rot-13, of course.)

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Vulcans speak ROT-13? Fascinating...

:-)

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

That Vulcal tounge is a tough one.

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

eveything?

Time to check out my rotate alphabet option in my notepad replacement...

Hey it does say eveything...

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Well, seriously, Sandy?
If it's a roughly contemporary game there should be hintbooks and cheatpages for the game.
Now, what you haven't made clear is what game it is, if it's even Trek-related, when it was made and for what medium (Board-game, computer-game, etc)?

Psst!! *nudges other guys* Is he even there?

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

It doesn't really matter. We all know that the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is 47. Dunno why they're making such a big deal about hiding it.

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Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :

42, Liam. It's 42.

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

And here I thought it was 69.... silly me....

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Damn my stupidity. 42. I was thinking as I typed that "It's not 47, cause that's the Trek number, as in Species 8472. It's 42, seven times six" and yet I still typed 47. I am going to poke myself severely with a stick.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Or nine times six... :-)

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

I'm either very bad at maths, or I've missed a very clever joke. Either way, I make that out to be 54.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

It's a reference to some sort of book thingie.

Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :

And to base 13 math... Which probably isn't what DNA was thinking when writing those lines, but it sorta makes sense.

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