Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Decipher - Break the code.

IMHO, deciphering coded messages and breaking passwords that are not meant for you is a serious violation of privacy. If people keep things hidden, they do it because its in their best interest. So if we were to do this, we must ensure that it IS for good, that our conscience would not be stained by guilt for it.

"Blue Wolf"

Remember the story? Well, if you haven't, click the link later. Because the two words are not just the title of the stories, they are also a pseudonym I used during my time online. Can you figure out another meaning within? How would you do it?

Codes were invented when people needed to interact with each other, but faced inconvenience in direct communication. Maybe a lad wanted to express his feelings to his lover with a billet-doux, but was afraid of the parents discovering his intentions. Or maybe an undercover agent needed to pass messages on terrorist activities without being blown. Thus, cipher systems were invented. The corresponding de-code system would then be used to reveal meaning in what seemed to be gibberish. An example is the Morse code (which the uninitiated might think to be plain dots). But such systems have a common flaw - given enough time and resources, the system can be cracked. With the speed of today's supercomputers, many entities can break such codes in a matter of minutes.

But I guess that ain't helping you here. After all, this is a personal code, without a system to refer to, and its not even a random computer-generated-phrase. So, in order to comprehend it, you need to know its composer's psyche well. Here are a couple of hints to get you along:

~ I'm emo (or used to be).
~ I left some words about me in the blog. Look around.
~ I am proficient enough in both Chinese and English languages for competent application in daily life (Forgive my seeming lack of modesty).

Post a comment, or leave a note on my Cbox, on what have you deciphered from the two words above. If you get my "name within name" correct, I'll have to hand it to you, you're either a brilliant psychologist, or you already were my closest friend the moment you knew of my existence.

Then again, who said you couldn't be both?

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