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Word2Num (Posted on 2005-07-15) Difficulty: 3 of 5
WORD2NUM means:
Any method or procedure that converts any word or group of letters into a unique integer.
Given the method and the integer, one can figure out the word. Not all integers correspond to a word.
A specific procedure might work only with a specific alphabet, but with slight modification could be made to work with another alphabet.

To decipher this message, you need to figure out what WORD2NUM procedure I used.

First here is a partial "Rosetta Stone".
ALL = 13737
YOUR = 1618515
ARE = 13946
BELONG = 689654284
TO = 1068
US = 1108
WHAT = 1515413
YOU = 44958
SAY = 36682
MAIN = 1040063
SCREEN = 1714486703
TURN = 1392899
ON = 887

Here is the ciphertext:
831805 21303239 48023009 48023009 1235714990931 17741 16438 48023009 23842631010 48023009 370 1086220895 52925280 17741 13993 891 926381 1008910850 13737 1618515 527198 13946 689654284 1068 1108 38112134

  Submitted by Larry    
Rating: 4.0000 (3 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
Letters are considered to be digits of a base 36 number. So just convert the base 36 number into base 10, or vice versa.
eg, A=10, B=11, ... Z=35

The ciphertext converted to Base 36 reads:
http colon slash slash frogstar dot com slash aybabtu slash aa hyphen video dot asp or google all your base are belong to us movie

http://frogstar.com/aybabtu/aa-video.asp

For an excellent history of the "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" internet phenomenon, I suggest:
http://www.answers.com/aybabtu

Comments: ( You must be logged in to post comments.)
  Subject Author Date
Puzzle Thoughts K Sengupta2024-01-09 00:07:59
php solutionfie2008-07-03 17:02:48
re(2): Procedure still eludes... (hint)...and my processBob Smith2005-07-18 13:41:05
Solutionre: Procedure still eludes... (hint)Charlie2005-07-16 18:09:07
Hints/TipsProcedure still eludes... (hint)Larry2005-07-16 14:20:21
Questiongood onei want a cookie2005-07-16 07:13:30
good job...Larry2005-07-15 22:54:23
SolutionGoogle provides the answersBob Smith2005-07-15 20:20:01
SolutionSolution (sort of)Bob Smith2005-07-15 20:10:31
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