I enjoyed the brief challenge this morning to decode the board. If I were a more experienced computer programmer, I'd code something that could decode the board with the following key I figured out.
WARNING: Do NOT read if you want to figure the code out on your own. It's relatively easy once you get started.
Ignore casing, I was a little trigger happy on the shift key this morning.
A-n
B-O
C-p
D-Q
E-r
F-S
G-T
H-u
I-V
j-W
k-x
l-y
m-z
n-a
o-b
p-c
q-d
r-e
s-F
t-G
u-h
v-I
w-J
x-k
y-l
z-m
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- OptimusPrime
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I thought about writing something that would translate the whole page, formatting and all, but hosting it somewhere would probably give away my identity, so here's a simple solution. Copy paste this into a file and save it as an html file to "decrypt" the posts. As wired already showed, it's a simple substitution cypher, and just a shifted one at that.
<html>
<head>
<title>100 Hour Board April Fool's Decrypter</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function convertText(text) {
var i=0;
var newText = "";
while (i<text.length) {
var c = text;
var n = c.charCodeAt(0);
if (c == '&' && text.substr(i,6)=="&aofc;")
{
newText += " ";
i+=6;
}
else if (n>=65 && n<=90) {
n = n - 13
if (n<65) {
n = 91 - (65-n);
}
newText += String.fromCharCode(n);
}
else if (n>=97 && n<=122) {
n = n - 13
if (n<97) {
n = 123 - (97-n);
}
newText += String.fromCharCode(n);
}
else {
newText += c;
}
i++;
}
document.getElementById("outputbox").value = newText;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
Input:<br/>
<textarea name="inputbox" id="inputbox" rows="10" cols="100" ></textarea>
<br/>
<input type="button" id="gobutton" value="Decrypt" onclick="javascript: convertText(inputbox.value);">
<br/>
Output:<br/>
<textarea name="outputbox" id="outputbox" rows="50" cols="100" ></textarea>
</body>
</html>
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