The following 2-phrase, 10-word message was encrypted by converting each word in the original text from base 36 to base 10 (treating each letter as a number).

Next, the resulting numbers were concatenated to form one very long number:

3188696725382955872716533682296997335...
5701338323073559429444643676946239584...
715731974947334325407967846302738783

1) Identify where to place word breaks and decipher the message. (Easy)
2) Determine what each word in the message has in common. (Harder)

While I did have some issues with the middle of the encryption - to paraphrase a great rock song . . . "ten out of eleven ain't bad"

31886967253  82955872716533  68229699733557013
Encoded            telegraph                intercepted

57013  383 23073559429 44464367694623 958471573

 ???      An    alleged             frenchman             funded

19749473  34325407967  846302738783
brash            frogman            assassin

And these fine words appear to be be prime when encoded in base 36.

Edited due to typing error and not having brain enganged.

Edited on February 7, 2006, 10:56 am

Edited on February 7, 2006, 12:23 pm

Posted by Leming on 2006-02-07 10:54:21