At an invitational, there was like 12 aristocrats/patristocrats on there. Needless to say, we didn't finish the test.linzhiyan wrote:^exactlyName wrote:That's not even a variety... No patristocrats or xenocrypts or baconlinzhiyan wrote: Hmm... This seems to be exactly the opposite of what the Warrensburg test was like... (Besides the fact that they had a wide variety of codes- 2 aristocrats, 1 affine, 1 atbash, 1 caesar, 1 vigenere, and 2 hills).
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Do you guys have any tips for solving the Spanish question? Nobody on my team is a native speaker and out of the three people on the team for code we only have one taking spanish. Additionally, how do you guys use the four function calculator? I feel like whenever I use it I’m prone to mistakes.I only use the calculator for RSA and even then I avoid it if the numbers are small enough. I appreciate any advice y’all can give me!
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For xenocrypts, memorize the letter frequency order (EAOSRN, and E and A are very close in frequency, unlike in English, where E is by far the most common letter). I usually start by looking for some of the smaller words (el, la, que, de, etc), then seeing if any of the longer words start to come together. I’m not a native Spanish speaker, but I did take 3 years of Spanish, and this strategy seems to work alright for me. Hope it helpsTheWood wrote:Do you guys have any tips for solving the Spanish question? Nobody on my team is a native speaker and out of the three people on the team for code we only have one taking spanish. Additionally, how do you guys use the four function calculator? I feel like whenever I use it I’m prone to mistakes.I only use the calculator for RSA and even then I avoid it if the numbers are small enough. I appreciate any advice y’all can give me!
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Anyone know about "ideal" calculators? Basically, the most digits (and with a memory, hopefully) that you can cram into a four-function. RSA is...calculationally demanding, to say the least.
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I don't do this event but what part of the RSA are you using your calculator most for? It seems like given small primes, it shouldn't be that badwaterlubber wrote:Anyone know about "ideal" calculators? Basically, the most digits (and with a memory, hopefully) that you can cram into a four-function. RSA is...calculationally demanding, to say the least.
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On a practice test, I had the question "Encode DREW BREES using the keyword VEAR." It displayed VEAR as a 2x2 matrix, so this is clearly a Hill cipher problem. I tried encrypting it as I would a normal Hill cipher but got a different answer than the answer key. I'm pretty sure I did it wrong, so can someone explain to me how to do this problem and the solution you get? Thanks.
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Which way did you write the DREW BREES matrix? With the letters readable horizontally or vertically?jimmy-bond wrote:On a practice test, I had the question "Encode DREW BREES using the keyword VEAR." It displayed VEAR as a 2x2 matrix, so this is clearly a Hill cipher problem. I tried encrypting it as I would a normal Hill cipher but got a different answer than the answer key. I'm pretty sure I did it wrong, so can someone explain to me how to do this problem and the solution you get? Thanks.
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