andrewwyld: Advertisement from Guardian Media Jobs, 2004-03-15

Andrew (

andrewwyld) wrote,
@ 2004-03-19 03:25:00

Current mood:	excited
Current music:	Crown Of Creation (Jefferson Airplane)

Advertisement from Guardian Media Jobs, 2004-03-15

In the Media Guardian jobs section for Monday, the following advert appeared:

Ever seen "The Game" starring Michael Douglas?"

I haven't.

cicv efzjebcd qeooebj yctebd otc msvozeb tcuaebj mvzro z glvud-mtzbjebj, julyc-qazbbebj effcvqeic ovczqsvc tsbo? gc'vc mvczoebj z mlfaucocuk bcg okac lr jzfc. kls auzk cicvkgtcvc, muscq qsvvlsbd kls eb bcgqazacvq, fzjzxebcq, reufq, yllhq, iedcl jzfcq, iez owo zbd zmvlqq z qavzguebj fzxc lr gcyqeocq. gtlf mzb kls ovsqo? gtcvc dlcq rzbozqk cbd zbd vczueok ycjeb? kls'ic azqqcd otc revqo qozjc. blg rluulg otc gteoc vzyyeo: ggg.avlpcmoqkxkjk.mlf

Needless to say, I've applied, and the introductory paragraph of my application email looks like this:

Pqh V syonsii ph qwpvnqjvml xmn hmbn gmlwsnxbc slzmwsw qwtsnjvispslj! Vj gqi onmaqach jfs pmij syzvjvlr qw V’ts issl vl istsnqc wbcc gssdi mx jma-isqnzfvlr. Jfs gfvjs nqaavj qlw, mx zmbnis, fvi xnvslwi Qzfvccsi qlw jfs Jmnjmvis qns nsrbcqn tvivjmni jm ph istsljvsi-ijhcs Zbaql wnbr-cmnw tvccq vl Obsnjm Nvzm, gfsns V gnvjs qcc ph pmij iqcqzvmbi lmtsci qlw ocqh ph pmij oihzfswscvz nmzd-pbivz (xmn V qp kbvjs q onmxvzvslj aqii-rbvjqnvij).

Please, please, please let me get this job.

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	jennae 2004-03-18 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	OMG I hope you get that job. I really liked that movie, and depending on what aspect the job is, it is progressively cooler.... (Reply to this)

	hauscat 2004-03-18 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	Ohvlsjt otc vzyyeo e jl! (that was fun!) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	andrewwyld 2004-03-19 09:59 am UTC (link)
	lbc aeuu fzhcq kls uzvjcv, zbd lbc aeuu fzhcq kls qfzuu .... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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hauscat, 2004-03-19 10:07 am UTC

	randomchris 2004-03-19 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Hmm... I can work out that g=w from the fact that the end of it is clearly a web address, but if the decoding is a simple alphabet shift then the bit at the end of it doesn't make sense as a web extension... fascinating. Wish I had more time to decode it... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	andrewwyld 2004-03-19 05:32 am UTC (link)
	It's a simple substitution cipher. It's safe to infer that `mlf -> com` on more or less the same basis. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mirabehn 2004-03-19 01:57 am UTC (link)
	Wow! I haven't seen the film and I'm not even going to try to do the decoding. (Maybe Monday!) But I think that's fantastic. :) Yay, hope it gets you the job! (Reply to this)

	jereeza 2004-03-19 02:17 am UTC (link)
	Oooh, just like The Gold Beetle by EA Poe! How long did it take you to work it out? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	andrewwyld 2004-03-19 05:34 am UTC (link)
	About three quarters of an hour, but I was doing it pretty inefficiently. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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zotz, 2004-03-19 06:39 am UTC

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andrewwyld, 2004-03-19 06:40 am UTC

	momentsmusicaux 2004-03-19 02:38 am UTC (link)
	It was on telly just a few weeks ago! My first thought was that it was ROT13, but no. Isn't perl's tr operator grand? (Reply to this)

	libellum 2004-03-19 02:38 am UTC (link)
	done! there's an error in the third line though: "fzxclr" should read "fzxc lr" :) this is so cool. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	andrewwyld 2004-03-19 05:35 am UTC (link)
	You're quite right -- I transcribed it incorrectly. Going to follow the White Rabbit? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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libellum, 2004-03-19 06:15 am UTC

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aiwendel, 2004-03-20 07:34 pm UTC

	neonchameleon 2004-03-19 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Fair warning: one of the letters transforms into itself. Also if anyone could tell me what T?T is I'd be greatful. (Something you pass information across is the only clue I have and the ? is the only one of its type). (Reply to this)(Thread)

	libellum 2004-03-19 02:46 am UTC (link)
	hint: you use mobile phones ... yes, the self-transforming letter confused me too. It was kind of obvious though. I am SO applying for this job. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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neonchameleon, 2004-03-19 02:50 am UTC

	gnimmel 2004-03-19 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Ppppfwk! V xpu uljjtuid ht ni xtfyvqw.... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	andrewwyld 2004-03-19 05:56 am UTC (link)
	Oh, crap, I didn't encode j properly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	andrewwyld 2004-03-19 10:13 am UTC (link)
	Work can always be done another day .... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	zenmeisterin 2004-03-19 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Pah. You typoed. Threw me off that did (word beginning with double m?) ;-) (Reply to this)(Thread)

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andrewwyld, 2004-03-19 10:13 am UTC

	purplepiano 2004-03-19 05:03 am UTC (link)
	Was interesting that the last letters I got (on the advert) were the highest scoring ones in Scrabble. (Reply to this)

	aiwendel 2004-03-19 05:42 am UTC (link)
	head explodes ok i have a few obvious letters, and have failed to make my mobile useful in anyway.... must put it down ....... (Reply to this)(Thread)

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aiwendel, 2004-03-20 02:17 pm UTC

	vectorious 2004-03-20 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Ah! The joys of Word case sensitive search and replace.... Cunning website address - difficult to guess unless you decode. Unfortunately I don't think they want project accountants... (Reply to this)(Thread)

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andrewwyld, 2004-03-22 06:34 am UTC

	the_aviator 2004-03-20 04:35 am UTC (link)
	otzo gzq vzotcv rsb. asooebj eb owo gzq vzotcv bzqok eftl, eo eqb'o z vczu glvd! (Anyone else think that looks remarkably like Klingon?) (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	mostly_a_cat 2004-03-21 12:33 pm UTC (link)
	(decodes the advert...) Yay - that sounds like a cool job I hope you get it. I hcan't decoded your reply yet. I hope they have a clever tool for decoding messages otherwise they're going to have to pay a load of temps to decode them. Good luck! (Reply to this)(Thread)

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mostly_a_cat, 2004-03-22 03:01 pm UTC

	palendromes? kamountjoy 2004-03-21 02:19 pm UTC (link)
	my favorite palendrome is RACECAR. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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andrewwyld, 2004-03-22 04:27 am UTC

	Found it (Anonymous) 2004-03-25 07:28 am UTC (link)
	Don't worry, we managed to find your application just fine, even with the misspelling :) (Reply to this)(Thread)

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andrewwyld, 2004-03-25 08:21 am UTC

	Hrmpf (Anonymous) 2004-04-08 06:34 am UTC (link)
	How come you never invited me to Puerto Rico, damnit! Lorraine (http://www.geocities.com/ladallmeier) (Reply to this)(Thread)

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