Hey everybody, long time, no key.

So, I was looking at the web site of a company called 23andme.com.
This page http://www.23andme.com/jobs.html gives a hint that you
should look at the source code.

This company is owned by Anne Wojcicki, who just married Sergey Brin
of Google (who played on my treasure hunt team a couple of times a
few years ago). He loves puzzles, and in fact they screen potential
employees at Google by hiding puzzles and ciphers that they have to
find and solve in order to apply. So, I wasn't surprised to see
something like this on her web site.

I looked at the source code and it looks normal except that the dots
that appear at the bottom of the visible page are actually a string
of DNA bases, as follows:

AACCTCAGCCAAGGAAGGCTTGCTTCTGTGGTGCCAGAGGAAGACAGCACCGTACCGCAACGTCAACGT
GCAGAACTTCCACACCAGAACCTCAGCCAAGGAAGGCTTGCTTCTGTGGTGCCAGAGGAAGACAGCACC
GTACCGCAACGTCAACGTGCAGAACTTCCACACCAGAACCTCAGCCAAGGAAGGCTTGCTTCTGTGGTG
CCAGAGGAAGACAGCACCGTACCGCAACGTCAACGTGCAGAACTTCCACACCAGAACCTCAGCCAAGGA
AGGCTTGCTTCTGTGGTGCCAGAGGAAGACAGCACCGTACCGCAACGTCAACGTGCAGAACTTCCACAC
CAGAACCTCAGCCAAGGAAGGCTTGCTTCTGTGGTGCCAGAGGAAGACAGCACCGTACCGCAACGTCAA
CGTGCAGAACTTCCACACCAGAACCTCAGCCAAGGAAGGCTTGCTTCTGTGGTGCCAGAGGAAGACAGC
ACCGTACCGCAACGTCAACGTGCAGAACTTCCACACCAGAACCTCAGCCAAGGAAGGCTTGCTTCTGTG
GTGCCAGAGGAAGACAGCACCGTACCGCAACGTCAACGTGCAGAACTTCCACACCAGGAACTTCCACAC
CAGGAACTTCCACACC

I turned this into 3-base codons, and then into the standard letter
substitutions that represent each codon, and got a 212 letter string
that is basically the same 29 letter string repeating over and over,
with a bit left over at the end:

NLSQGRLASVVPEEDSTVPQRQRAELPHQ
NLSQGRLASVVPEEDSTVPQRQRAELPHQ
NLSQGRLASVVPEEDSTVPQRQRAELPHQ
NLSQGRLASVVPEEDSTVPQRQRAELPHQ
NLSQGRLASVVPEEDSTVPQRQRAELPHQ
NLSQGRLASVVPEEDSTVPQRQRAELPHQ
NLSQGRLASVVPEEDSTVPQRQRAELPHQ
ELPHQELPH

Thinking it might be either a Caesar shift or a Vigenere, I tried
the shift (bubkus) and then tried various keys for Vigenere - DNA,
Genome, 23andme, etc. Nothing turned up anything. Those are the
only keys I have found, and I haven't looked at Playfair yet.

I'm not applying for a job there, I'm just curious about what is
hidden on the page - maybe it's not even the ACGT string!

Alexandra