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#GCHQpuzzlebook solution
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# Solution to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5m5cv4NM5dWx108YgCQXj9J/can-you-crack-gchqs-code-breaker-challenge | |
# By Dan Hagon, 19/11/2016. | |
# CC0 License. | |
samuel_lines = [ | |
# 2 7 9 2 5 2 2 5 3 8 2 6 7 | |
"IN AAAAIAN INAAANAIA IA IAINA AI AA IAIIA IAA AAIAAINN AA IAAANN IAINANI", | |
"NA ANNNNMA NAANIANMN NN ANNAN NN AM MNNNN ANI MAAINNIA AM NNAMIA NNAANIN", | |
"AM MMIAAMA MMIMAAMMA MM AMAAA MA AM AAAMA AAA MAMAAAAM AM AAIMMM MMMMAMA" | |
] | |
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code | |
morse_lut = { | |
'I': "..", | |
'A': ".-", | |
'N': "-.", | |
'M': "--", | |
' ': " " | |
} | |
louis_line = ["".join([morse_lut[dot_dash] for dot_dash in c]) \ | |
for c in [[samuel_lines[0][i], samuel_lines[1][i], samuel_lines[2][i]] \ | |
for i in range(len(samuel_lines[0]))]] | |
#print sorted(set(louis_line)) | |
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille | |
braille_lut = { | |
' ': ' ', | |
'-..---': 'I', | |
'-..-.-': 'S', | |
'-...--': 'J', | |
'-....-': 'T', | |
'.-----': 'A', | |
'.--.--': 'E', | |
'.--..-': 'O', | |
'.--...': 'Z', | |
'.-.---': 'B', | |
'.-.-.-': 'L', | |
'.-.-..': 'V', | |
'.-...-': 'R', | |
'..----': 'C', | |
'..--.-': 'M', | |
'..-.--': 'D', | |
'..-..-': 'N', | |
'...---': 'F', | |
'...-.-': 'P' | |
} | |
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof (inventor of Esperanto) | |
ludwik_line = "".join([braille_lut[c] for c in louis_line]) | |
print ludwik_line | |
# NI BEZONAS DIVERSECO DE PENSO EN LA MONDO POR ALFRONTI LA NOVAJI DEFIOJN | |
# From translate.google.com: | |
# WE NEED DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT IN THE WORLD to face the NOVAJI challenges | |
# But "New" translates as "Novaj" so I guess Tim says: | |
# WE NEED DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT IN THE WORLD TO FACE THE NEW CHALLENGES | |
# Tim is TBL: | |
# http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141203214058/http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/ianhughes/2012/10/04/we-need-diversity-of-thought-in-the-world-to-face-the-new-challenges-tim-berners-lee-the-british-inventor-of-the-world-wide-web/ |
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