Re: secret decoder ring

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

My cursing succeeded; that's enuff.  Next time it doesn't, I'll light
the candle.

[Panzers for the references.]

bc, lazy

p.s. It was 20040401

p.p.s results for a cheapie * and working P/S, pronto.

* Micronta # 22-121 ~ $35?  Very good value for money

John Denker wrote:

> Bernard Cleyet wrote:
>
>
> > You're trying out your Enigma machine?
>
> It didn't look like very enigmatic to me.  It looked more like
> base64 encoding.
>
> Constructive suggestions:
>   1) You can get a tool for encoding and decoding base64 at
>      http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/base64/
>   2) You can get a tool for encoding and decoding quoted-printable
>      (i.e. that horrible =3d stuff we sometimes see) at
>      http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/qprint/
>
> The price is right.  The unix versions work fine.  Windoze
> versions are also offered but I haven't evaluated them.
>
> Here is some text for you to practice on:  text with lots of
> funny characters, encoded as quoted-printable then superencoded
> as base64:
>
> QW5kcj1FOSBNYXJpZSBBbXA9RThyZQ0KDQpBbmRlcnMgSm9uYXMgPUM1bmdzdHI9RjZtPTIw
> DQoNCkpvaGFubmVzIE5pY29sYXVzIEJyPUY4bnN0ZWQ9MjANCg0KTD1GM3JhbmQgdm9uIEU9
> RjZ0dj1GNnMNCg0KR3VpbGxhdW1lIGRlIEwnSD1GNHBpdGFsDQoNClRoZW9kb3JlIHZvbiBL
> PUUxcm09RTFuDQoNCko9RjN6c2VmIEs9RkNyc2NoPUUxaw0KDQpLYXJsIEdyPUU0ZmZlDQoN
> Cj1FMCBsYSBtb2RlIEZyYW49RTdhaXNlDQoNClJ1PURGbGFuZA0KDQogYSA9RDcgYiA9M0Qg
> YyA9RjcgZA0KDQpUaGlzIGlzIGEgc29tZXdoYXQgbG9uZyBsaW5lIGVuY29kZWQgPQ0KYXMg
> dHdvIHNob3J0ZXIgbGluZXMuDQo=
>
> It's better to light a candle than to curse the damn darkness.