# Can you decipher this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 23, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407 "2000-11-23T01:57:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Shiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407/1 "2000-11-23T01:57:48Z")

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GVKDM PMEKJ AVPBX ITPUZ DJXFY JMQBO HKELF DPLJW OBSMP AYBYZ VPNZH XMFJP MGQBZ BNSZD PDLNU XSDEA JQXUX

No hints yet. 😉

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**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407/2 "2000-11-23T02:56:31Z")

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Hey, UNIX geeks! Rot13? 🙂

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**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407/3 "2000-11-23T02:59:31Z")

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This is not a place to post puzzles. This is a place to post questions in order to gain insight.

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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407/4 "2000-11-23T03:12:42Z")

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It’s not ROT13, I just checked.

–Tim

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**Author:** ![Bobort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bobort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobort)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407/5 "2000-11-23T06:09:11Z")

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Well, it’s not a Caesar cipher.

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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407/6 "2000-11-23T07:01:02Z")

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_{Diceman pulls out his calculator for a sec}_  
It’s not the solution to the Voynich Manuscript or the Beale Cipher, either.

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**Author:** ![Conti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Conti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Conti)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2000, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407/7 "2000-11-23T07:48:55Z")

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It looks like an Enigma cipher. For those of you who have shockwave, check out this link [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/virtwave.html](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/virtwave.html)

I’d try some keys and see if any of them translate this message. I cant get shockwave to work right on this computer.

Conti

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**Author:** ![Shiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-decipher-this/42407/8 "2000-11-24T03:54:12Z")

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It _is_ an Enigma cipher. But no one will solve it with PBS’s machine. My Enigma simulator has different rotor wiring.

**HINT:**  
It’s a free download and the model number is 2114