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Pieces of Pi (Posted on 2008-08-30) Difficulty: 4 of 5
The multiple rollers of a coding machine are each embossed with the 26 letters and wrapped in order similar to an odometer.
ZAY
ABZ
BCA

With the rollers displaying the message:
"FOUR IS A SQUARE",

each roller position is advanced by the value of successive digits of the irrational √2 to yield:
"GSVV KT D XWWDYH".

If the rollers are locked as one cylinder and rotated through the display window one may view 25 other encryptions.
Using a related but not identical process, and just the values of Π (= 3.141592), the following is the encrypted result:
"PAZYPMEPTUNYRXEWHFGNJRQMK".

Determine the original phrase.

Notes:
1. Spaces do not exist on the machine and are provided here (above example)for readability.
2. If it helps, each vowel occurs at least once.
3. [√2 = 1.41421356237]

See The Solution Submitted by brianjn    
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Check the title - pieces
  Posted by brianjn on 2008-09-07 06:39:29
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