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Enigma Chapter 2 - Chase
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"Ha! This one is easy", Sunil exclaimed, "Whoever is sending these to us is not that smart after all. Using the same method as before, the exclamation corresponds to one and the bracket corresponds to zero. The angled bracket corresponds to a comma. So here is the solution", he pointed out to his laptop.
101, 010, 00, 000, 0000, 10, 01, 110, 00, 010, 00, 0100, 01, 101, 0
He continued, "This is a binary code. Converting it to decimal we get-"
5,2,0,0,0,2,1,6,0,2,0,4,1,5,0
"What does this mean?", Vicky was confused.
"Ummm, looks different than last time. Let's forget the commas. And assume these are coordinates. Putting a decimal point after two digits for latitude and longitude we get, 52.00021, 60.204150". He opened up a map application on his phone and entered the coordinates. "This corresponds to Bredinsky District in Russia", he said.
"What? How the hell are we supposed to go there?", Vicky responded.
"Flight charges should be around 50,000 Rupees per person from Bangalore to Moscow. Considering it is at a distance from Moscow and we are two people, a return trip should cost close to 3 lakhs. Hmmm.", Sunil calculated.
"Are you crazy? How are you considering traveling there? It's too far and expensive, and we have exams next week. I think we are missing something, let me see the code once again", Vicky said while simultaneously placing Sunil's laptop on his lap. "I don't think it is binary. Why is the first 2 written as 010 and the next 2 as 10? Also, there are different numbers of binary zeroes for each decimal value of zero. That's odd."
"Maybe the encrypter is trying to confuse us?", Sunil replied to Vicky's doubt.
"I don't think so. He or she sent a postman to deliver the message to us. Why would that person go through all the trouble just to send a secret code that can be decrypted in the same way as before?", Vicky said.
Sunil tried to find a different solution, "So, if it is not binary then-"
"Morse! What if it is morse?", Vicky exclaimed. "If the ones are dashes and zeroes are dots-", he started writing them down in a notebook.
-.- .-. .. ... .... -. .- --. .. .-. .. .-.. .- -.- .
He then opened up an online morse code...
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!)!<)!)<))<)))< ))))< !) <)!
"Ha! This one is easy", Sunil exclaimed, "Whoever is sending these to us is not that smart after all. Using the same method as before, the exclamation corresponds to one and the bracket corresponds to zero. The angled bracket corresponds to a comma. So here is the solution", he pointed out to his laptop.
101, 010, 00, 000, 0000, 10, 01, 110, 00, 010, 00, 0100, 01, 101, 0
He continued, "This is a binary code. Converting it to decimal we get-"
5,2,0,0,0,2,1,6,0,2,0,4,1,5,0
"What does this mean?", Vicky was confused.
"Ummm, looks different than last time. Let's forget the commas. And assume these are coordinates. Putting a decimal point after two digits for latitude and longitude we get, 52.00021, 60.204150". He opened up a map application on his phone and entered the coordinates. "This corresponds to Bredinsky District in Russia", he said.
"What? How the hell are we supposed to go there?", Vicky responded.
"Flight charges should be around 50,000 Rupees per person from Bangalore to Moscow. Considering it is at a distance from Moscow and we are two people, a return trip should cost close to 3 lakhs. Hmmm.", Sunil calculated.
"Are you crazy? How are you considering traveling there? It's too far and expensive, and we have exams next week. I think we are missing something, let me see the code once again", Vicky said while simultaneously placing Sunil's laptop on his lap. "I don't think it is binary. Why is the first 2 written as 010 and the next 2 as 10? Also, there are different numbers of binary zeroes for each decimal value of zero. That's odd."
"Maybe the encrypter is trying to confuse us?", Sunil replied to Vicky's doubt.
"I don't think so. He or she sent a postman to deliver the message to us. Why would that person go through all the trouble just to send a secret code that can be decrypted in the same way as before?", Vicky said.
Sunil tried to find a different solution, "So, if it is not binary then-"
"Morse! What if it is morse?", Vicky exclaimed. "If the ones are dashes and zeroes are dots-", he started writing them down in a notebook.
-.- .-. .. ... .... -. .- --. .. .-. .. .-.. .- -.- .
He then opened up an online morse code...
