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SV: [CipherChallenge] A challenge

At least it makes no sense in swedish or any other nordic language. I
think that you can forget about the caesar shift in this case.

Fredrik Johansson

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Skickat: den 23 augusti 2003 00:21
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Ämne: [CipherChallenge] A challenge

Folks (the few of you who are still electing to receive messages!):

I have uploaded in the Photos section a photo of a button with the
letters "HYS UFPOG DIN" on it. It was sent to ACA to see if it's
ciphertext.

Does anyone know what this means? If it's a cipher, it's not a Caesar
shift (or if it is, it still doesn't mean anything in English). If
it's a substitution cipher, it could mean practically anything.

Some chap thinks it might be Swedish, but I don't know the language.
Could it be another language, say Danish, Welsh, Gaelic????

John Lobert





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Folks (the few of you who are still electing to receive messages!): I have uploaded in the Photos section a photo of a button with the letters "HYS UFPOG DIN"... 		keystonejcl
Offline Send Email 		Aug 22, 2003
10:21 pm

Strange. Obviously, traditional cryptanalysis is a bit tough -- three short words with no repeated letters! HYS has a number of interpretations, but I found it...
Gish, David
gish@...
Send Email 		Aug 22, 2003
11:34 pm

... the know" ... That's TANSTAAFL (Is -> Ain't), from "TMiaHM", by Heinlein. I like this! It has the ring of sanity about it. I nominate "Have You Seen" or...
Jim Gillogly
bbi_scryer
Offline Send Email 		Aug 23, 2003
12:18 am

... I think it's likely to be something religious too... Help Your Self/Soul/Saviour U__ F__ Power Of God Do It Now Ring any bells with anyone? Mark...
marksmurph
Offline Send Email 		Aug 23, 2003
7:42 am

Yellow buttons with uppercase grey letters were a favourite way for the Fukawi tribe of Western Africa to pass messages between members interested in...
Tim Roberts
t.roberts@...
Send Email 		Aug 23, 2003
12:58 am

The novelty type font used in the button is interesting. Does anyone recognize it? Do we know where the button was found, or photographed, or whatever?...
rkaplan328
Offline Send Email 		Aug 23, 2003
12:59 am

... We don't know the circumstances. It came to us from a newspaper writer who had been asked about it by a reader. The reporter sent me the photo of the ...
lobertj@...
keystonejcl
Offline Send Email 		Aug 23, 2003
2:17 am

At least it makes no sense in swedish or any other nordic language. I think that you can forget about the caesar shift in this case. Fredrik Johansson ... ...
Fredrik
gamen5
Offline Send Email 		Aug 23, 2003
1:14 pm

No it's not Albanian, just sounded like it. Must be Arabic transliteration or something like that. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
uncheatable
Offline Send Email 		Aug 23, 2003
7:36 pm

It's not an anagram, it's not religious and it's not English. It's Albanian. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free,...
uncheatable
Offline Send Email 		Aug 23, 2003
7:37 pm

Here's more info on the origin of the button message: "My wife was given a button around 15 years ago by a friend in high school. When he gave her this button,...
keystonejcl
Offline Send Email 		Aug 25, 2003
10:07 pm

... school. ... said she ... Not exactly an idea, but perhaps a mini-thoughtlet. Building on my "Have you seen...Do it now" suggestion, how about the name of...
Jim Gillogly
bbi_scryer
Offline Send Email 		Aug 25, 2003
10:52 pm

Hi Jim, TANSTAAFL -- I'll correct my glossary! (Actually, I've seen it both ways. Chalk it up to corruption by Internet osmosis.) The high school connection...
Gish, David
gish@...
Send Email 		Aug 25, 2003
11:44 pm

Hey folks, ... I go right with Fredrik that it is probably not a Nordic Language like Swedish, Norwegian or Suomi nor Danish. I don't know about Icelandic or ...
Marc
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Offline Send Email 		Aug 26, 2003
9:37 am

OK, what about this... Have You Signed Up For Party/Prom Of Graduation? Do It Now Any ideas from those the west side of the Atlantic what POG could be? Mark...
marksmurph
Offline Send Email 		Aug 26, 2003
10:21 am

... be? ... A quick Google search of "Do It Now" reveals an organisation called "Do It Now" ( http://www.doitnow.org ) This is "America's drug information...
Peter Hugosson-Miller
yahugge
Offline Send Email 		Aug 26, 2003
10:34 am

I like this; it's the best shot so far. POG is the big mystery and the possibilities are vast -- just check Google. It was doubtlessly some local event we'd...
Gish, David
gish@...
Send Email 		Aug 26, 2003
5:49 pm

... Following your suggestion, I have passed on our ideas so far and asked the writer to see if any of it rings a bell with the button owner. Will let you know...
keystonejcl
Offline Send Email 		Aug 26, 2003
11:52 pm

What is the provenance of this button, and the story that goes with it? Everything so far is friend-of-a-friend territory, and the earliest sighting I've found...
Sandy Macpherson
notevilsandy
Offline Send Email 		Sep 16, 2003
2:58 am

... s=&threadid=205074. ... All we know is what we were told by the newspaper reporter and as mentioned in the link you gave us. We have all assumed that the ...
keystonejcl
Offline Send Email 		Sep 16, 2003
3:03 pm

Jane Greig of Austin American-Statesman wrote an article on September 14, 2003, and provided something like "Have You Signed Up For P__ O__ G__ Do It Now." If...
otokoart
Offline Send Email 		Sep 17, 2003
1:56 pm

If it's "Have You Signed Up For P- O- G- Do It Now", maybe POG is one of those American college sorority house things - Phi Omicron Gamma. Or a study course...
Mike Boyle
galabad2000
Offline Send Email 		Sep 17, 2003
7:39 pm

At my school POG is short for the Passion Orange Guava juice in the café.. good stuff :-) ... From: Mike Boyle [mailto:mbbr20656@...] Sent:...
Enum
bebradsm
Offline Send Email 		Sep 18, 2003
3:03 am
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