Computer Science Canada

Accepted!
Author:  Paul [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Accepted!
Well, I got early acceptance into University of Waterloo for Computer Science Co-op, not gonna accept offer yet, because I also applied for math and business double degree, 2 bachelors for my time

I chose BCS instead of Bmath. I dunno if I can switch, 'cause I hear Bmath you learn more stuff?
Author:  Cervantes [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:47 pm ]
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Nice.

Hikaru79 and I got accepted to Toronto on Monday. Him for co-op CS, me for Math and Physics. I got $8000. Smile


Gotta submit my Waterloo AIF's. Hope to do that in the next 30 minutes.
Author:  Paul [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:53 pm ]
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Hm, UT just called me about EngSci, I thought it would be a phone interview, but it wasn't. Never made it clear about accepting me or not. And even if they did, I'm not sure I'll go. Its an excellent opportunity, but geezus... its tough.
Author:  chrispminis [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:56 pm ]
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Cool, I'm in grade 10 so I'm only scouting but what are your guys averages from high school? Of if your still there what are they now?
Author:  Paul [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:42 pm ]
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88, 89, 90, 91 for my 4 years, maths being highest marks

Anyway, I just found out ALL the students from my school with decent marks (over 85% average) got into ALL the math programs they applied for, the simple ones like math, computational, CS etc...

heh, thats funny. Mass early acceptances. Math is prided at our school though, we have an absolutely terrible CS program.
Author:  Paul [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:52 pm ]
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Holy crap, my friend Will is leet, he got early acceptance into double degree o_O. Well I know he's up at the top for math.. but still.
Author:  Martin [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:00 pm ]
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Cool, I'll see you guys there Smile

My average was ... 75 in highschool maybe?
Author:  Andy [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:42 pm ]
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Paul wrote:
Holy crap, my friend Will is leet, he got early acceptance into double degree o_O. Well I know he's up at the top for math.. but still.


how is that leet? alot of people get in that program...
Author:  Paul [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:46 pm ]
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Well early acceptance, a bunch of people applied, that I know of, he's the only one who's got an early acceptance.

And he's leet 'cause he's... well Will, will's always leet, at everything. Always at the top.

Anyway, I just realized, all the people who applied to the math faculty and are in the AP calc course got offers in to the math they wanted. Its nothing big though, the others will just have to wait a bit longer.
Author:  we64 [ Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:54 pm ]
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yeah, Will is leet. DD never offers early acceptance. After all he is Will, he is good at math, not just good, very good in math and CS. Just to show you how good he is, he got 91 last year in Euclid.
But he is applying to US, Princeton, already had an interview and it went well I guess. If he get accepted from there, I think he will go, at least I will go if I am him.
Author:  1of42 [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:01 am ]
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Not to be popping bubbles here, but I don't honestly consider early acceptance into anything in Ontario "leet" based solely on that. Ontario isn't exactly the stellar height of difficult admissions.

Early acceptance into Princeton and Stanford on the other hand...
Author:  Cervantes [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:25 am ]
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chrispminis wrote:
Cool, I'm in grade 10 so I'm only scouting but what are your guys averages from high school? Of if your still there what are they now?

98 Cool

Woot! Waterloo AIF (Math) is in! It's scary how long that took. Engineering one is going to be even worse.

Paul - Go for BMath!

This is an odd post time for me.

Edit: Yeah, yeah, Martin. You only live once. Go live life. Yeah.
Author:  Paul [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:34 am ]
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1of42 wrote:
Not to be popping bubbles here, but I don't honestly consider early acceptance into anything in Ontario "leet" based solely on that. Ontario isn't exactly the stellar height of difficult admissions.

Early acceptance into Princeton and Stanford on the other hand...


Thank you for your opinion, not that it was asked for. I shall continue to apply "leetness" to whoever the hell I want. Will did apply to princeton, and he's going to be accepted. Its a personal opinion, sorry to pop your bubble, but yours does not override mine. Even if you do get accepted into princeton early, I still would consider Will to be better. You know why? 'cause he's an awesome person. Now go away and troll somewhere else. If you want to start a thread about admission standards, go start a thread.

Cervantes: yea, prolly Bmath.
Author:  md [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:59 am ]
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Paul wrote:
1of42 wrote:
Not to be popping bubbles here, but I don't honestly consider early acceptance into anything in Ontario "leet" based solely on that. Ontario isn't exactly the stellar height of difficult admissions.

Early acceptance into Princeton and Stanford on the other hand...


Thank you for your opinion, not that it was asked for. I shall continue to apply "leetness" to whoever the hell I want. Will did apply to princeton, and he's going to be accepted. Its a personal opinion, sorry to pop your bubble, but yours does not override mine. Even if you do get accepted into princeton early, I still would consider Will to be better. You know why? 'cause he's an awesome person. Now go away and troll somewhere else. If you want to start a thread about admission standards, go start a thread.

Cervantes: yea, prolly Bmath.


Not only that but waterloo is just as recognized as school for CS as the top US univerisities (or colleges, or whatever they are called). I'd definitely consider it to be leet. Something about the 70%-90% drop out rate for CS also says something about difficulty.
Author:  Martin [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:05 am ]
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Cornflake wrote:
Paul wrote:
1of42 wrote:
Not to be popping bubbles here, but I don't honestly consider early acceptance into anything in Ontario "leet" based solely on that. Ontario isn't exactly the stellar height of difficult admissions.

Early acceptance into Princeton and Stanford on the other hand...


Thank you for your opinion, not that it was asked for. I shall continue to apply "leetness" to whoever the hell I want. Will did apply to princeton, and he's going to be accepted. Its a personal opinion, sorry to pop your bubble, but yours does not override mine. Even if you do get accepted into princeton early, I still would consider Will to be better. You know why? 'cause he's an awesome person. Now go away and troll somewhere else. If you want to start a thread about admission standards, go start a thread.

Cervantes: yea, prolly Bmath.


Not only that but waterloo is just as recognized as school for CS as the top US univerisities (or colleges, or whatever they are called). I'd definitely consider it to be leet. Something about the 70%-90% drop out rate for CS also says something about difficulty.


...or marking schemes.
Author:  md [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:25 am ]
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that too... but I mean come on. Take real-time for example, that is an insane course. They recomend you only take two other courses with it (and those bird courses) so that you can spend all of your time in the lab working on stuff. That course is insane for work. And there are other just as challenging courses too!
Author:  Martin [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:51 am ]
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Some advice for anyone in CS.

Comment everything. Comment your comments. Explain why you chose the variable name you did. Explain how it makes you feel and why you think specific other variable names weren't as good as the one you chose. Talk about the philosophical meaning of the for loop. The recommended ratio of comments to lines of code in CS at Waterloo is 314:1. Think your comments are good enough? What if a blind person with downs syndrom who did not speak English tried to read your code? That's what I thought. Back to work.
Author:  md [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:51 am ]
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Martin wrote:
Some advice for anyone in CS.

Comment everything. Comment your comments. Explain why you chose the variable name you did. Explain how it makes you feel and why you think specific other variable names weren't as good as the one you chose. Talk about the philosophical meaning of the for loop. The recommended ratio of comments to lines of code in CS at Waterloo is 314:1. Think your comments are good enough? What if a blind person with downs syndrom who did not speak English tried to read your code? That's what I thought. Back to work.


You just don't know how to write self commenting code. The trick is to write code that is so close to english that it is indistinguishable from a comment.

Oh, and actually writing code helps... though they don't take marks off for commenting when you don't hand anything in Wink
Author:  Martin [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:40 am ]
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Dude.

I lost marks on my first mips assignment.

It involved adding registers together. I don't know what I could have commented.

addi $3, $4, 5
...
etc, etc.

Like, there's not much that really goes there. Why are we adding five? Because the assignment told us to. Fascists. I put the header in, and a copy of the assignment text too. But no. Of course, I probably would have been given full marks if I had a #add 5 to register 4 and store that in registry 3.

For all the mips programmers who don't know how addi works...
Author:  Andy [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:42 am ]
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if they keep marking like this im gona drop CS and go for engineering or something...
Author:  1of42 [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:00 pm ]
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Paul wrote:
Thank you for your opinion, not that it was asked for. I shall continue to apply "leetness" to whoever the hell I want. Will did apply to princeton, and he's going to be accepted. Its a personal opinion, sorry to pop your bubble, but yours does not override mine. Even if you do get accepted into princeton early, I still would consider Will to be better. You know why? 'cause he's an awesome person. Now go away and troll somewhere else. If you want to start a thread about admission standards, go start a thread.


Don't be so defensive... I didn't say you couldn't apply it to whoever you wanted, I just said I disagreed with you. Entertainingly enough, right after telling me that my opinion doesn't override yours, you went and told me to leave - so your opinion overrides mine, just not the other way around? Nice to know.
Author:  chrispminis [ Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:27 pm ]
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@Cervantes 98%?!! Average?!! All Hail! There are some of those people in our school but im sitting on an 87.3% average =\ Better pull it up.

Anyways, yeah Waterloo is something like tops in CS in north america?
meh i dunno

And IMO any programming language that tries to emulate the english language, is doomed to fail. I think this because good quotes easily corrupt me lol. And i dont know who said something like that. but i liked it Smile
Author:  Andy [ Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:40 am ]
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People have this notion that american schools are better than canadian schools.. That may be true in the sense that they are ranked higher, but what do the rankings really mean? It means that they have more nobel prize winners, they have better facilities, and they publish more and better articles, and they do more advanced research and are able to get results. And none of the four really has anything to do with undergrad. Do nobel prize winners teach undergrad? very rarely they do, but since they dont like teaching undergrads, they may not do such a good job. Canadian Universities are ranked lower because we do not get enough R&D funding, but once again, that has absolutely nothing to do with undergrad. Waterloo and Toronto are top universities in the world when it comes to undergraduate studies, how do i know? because students who come out of these schools are able to get into Ivy League schools for grad school, and able to become successful in the world.

So when it comes to your undergraduate studies, Princeton may have more famous prof's than waterloo, but the quality of education isnt that much better. Its only hard to get in because the US has 10 times the population of Canada, and princeton is 1/10th the size of Waterloo. And yes, Waterloo has a world renowned CS program, go check it out here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_waterloo#Famous_alumni_and_faculty
Author:  Cervantes [ Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:27 pm ]
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chrispminis wrote:
@Cervantes 98%?!! Average?!! All Hail!

Smile Average, indeed.

I just logged into OUAC because they sent me an email saying the finals for first semester have been added. Went to "Choices/Offers" and what do you know, I've had my offer of admission from UW CS and UW Math for the past week! And I only submitted my AIF yesterday.

I guess the offer is in the mail. I wonder if they'll send something more when they see the AIF too.
Author:  MysticVegeta [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:26 pm ]
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Holy.. helll.. dude, classic nerd -_- 98 average.. I cant even get 98 average in my grade 10 -_-
Author:  Cervantes [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:38 pm ]
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It's easier to get a higher average in higher years of high school, because you get to pick your courses to a greater extent. In grade 10, I think my average was about 94; in grade 9, it was a bit below 90.

Despite the conclusion I'm sure you jumped to, MysticVegeta, I don't wear glasses.
Author:  chrispminis [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:31 pm ]
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Plus in grade 12 the average is calculated with only your 6 best subjects?

Also for anyone willing, what were your course selections in grade 11 and 12? Mostly gr 12.
Author:  Cervantes [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:12 pm ]
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chrispminis wrote:
Plus in grade 12 the average is calculated with only your 6 best subjects?

Not quite. The universities calculate your average based on the required courses for your program, then your best courses until 6 courses are got. For example, some programs only require English, so they calculate your average with your English mark and your best 5 U or M courses, other than English.

chrispminis wrote:

Also for anyone willing, what were your course selections in grade 11 and 12? Mostly gr 12.

Grade 11:

  1. Biology
  2. Phys Ed
  3. Chemistry
  4. English
  5. Geography
  6. AP Math
  7. Music (instrumental)
  8. Computer Science
  9. Physics
  10. Repetoire

Grade 12:

  1. Phyiscs
  2. Biology
  3. AP Calculus
  4. English
  5. Chemistry
  6. Computer Science
  7. Geometry and Discrete Math
Author:  Martin [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:16 pm ]
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Cervantes wrote:
It's easier to get a higher average in higher years of high school, because you get to pick your courses to a greater extent. In grade 10, I think my average was about 94; in grade 9, it was a bit below 90.

Despite the conclusion I'm sure you jumped to, MysticVegeta, I don't wear glasses.


Mr. Cervantes, I am now 100% convinced that you are a robot.

Before university I never had over an 80 average...
Author:  Cervantes [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:55 pm ]
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Author:  Naveg [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:37 pm ]
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LOL. clever, very clever.
Author:  MysticVegeta [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:51 pm ]
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Cervantes wrote:
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What the hell.

Quote:
Dear Mr. Martin, I fear there is some logic and wisdom behind your words. I am becoming more of an automaton with each passing year. I long to rise above the shackles of this machine guise. Help me. Sincerely, Miguel



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Author:  Cervantes [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:03 pm ]
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MysticVegeta wrote:

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I never said we had to talk like this. I'm fully equipped with an English module.
Author:  [Gandalf] [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:46 pm ]
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lol, I fully agree, Cervantes must be a robot. Upon further research I found out that he recieved a 99.25% average in his first semester in grade 11.

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Oh, and I'm taking:
Physics
Math
Chemistry
Biology
Computer Science
History
Religion
English

I may or may not switch from Biology to something more... benefitial. Not many university programs which I am interested in require it, and I certainly don't like it that much.
Author:  Cervantes [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:38 pm ]
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[Gandalf] wrote:

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Error, error! Initiating emergency transition to base 3.

Complete.

002112 010202 010121 011020 001012 002122 010121 011002 010201 010121 011000 010210 001122 001012 010201 010220 010201 011002 001110 011022 001012 011111 011010 011100 001012 011002 011010 011022 010220 010200 010202 001012 002201 001012 010121 011001 001012 011010 011002 011000 011111 001012 010212 011100 011001 010121 011002 001012 011000 010220 010222 010202 001012 011102 010212 010202 011002 001012 011021 011011 010202 010121 010222 010220 011002 010211 001012 011022 010212 011020 011010 011100 010211 010212 001012 010122 010220 011002 010121 011020 011111 001122 001012 011010 011020 001012 011011 010202 011020 010212 010121 011011 011021 001012 001111 010212 011010 011011 010202 010210 011100 011000 011000 011111 001112 001012 010122 010121 011021 010202 001012 001220 002100 001012 002121 011010 011010 011000 001012 011010 010210 001012 010121 001012 010010 011010 011010 010222 001122 001012 011111 011010 011100 001012 011001 010121 011111 001012 010212 010121 011101 010202 001012 011020 011100 010220 011002 010202 010201 001012 011001 011111 001012 011010 011002 011000 011111 001012 010200 010212 010121 011002 010200 010202 001012 010121 011022 001012 010202 011021 010200 010121 011011 010202 001201 001012 002201 001012 010200 010121 011002 001012 011010 011002 011000 011111 001012 010212 011010 011011 010202 001012 011022 010212 010220 011021 001012 011001 010202 011021 011021 010121 010211 010202 001012 010210 010220 011002 010201 011021 001012 011022 010212 010202 001012 011010 011100 011022 011021 010220 010201 010202 001012 011102 011010 011020 011000 010201 001012 010220 011002 011022 010121 010200 011022 001201 001012 001012 010002 010220 011002 010200 010202 011020 010202 011000 011111 001122 001012 002212 010220 010311 011100 010202 011000 001201

By the way, Gandalf, the 99.25% was second semester, grade 11. Wink

I don't intend to go into biology myself, but I took it anyway, to keep doors open. It's got me a great upcoming summer job. And heck, you know what they say: the 20th century was the century of physics, while the 21st century will be the century of biology. Hearing that, it's not a door I'd want to close. And even if you don't want to go into the sciences, it's a good course to take. I urge my artsie friends to take biology. Even if you don't want to go into it, you learn a lot of important things, many of which help to keep you healthy.
Author:  1of42 [ Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:52 pm ]
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Andy wrote:
People have this notion that american schools are better than canadian schools.. That may be true in the sense that they are ranked higher, but what do the rankings really mean? It means that they have more nobel prize winners, they have better facilities, and they publish more and better articles, and they do more advanced research and are able to get results. And none of the four really has anything to do with undergrad. Do nobel prize winners teach undergrad? very rarely they do, but since they dont like teaching undergrads, they may not do such a good job. Canadian Universities are ranked lower because we do not get enough R&D funding, but once again, that has absolutely nothing to do with undergrad. Waterloo and Toronto are top universities in the world when it comes to undergraduate studies, how do i know? because students who come out of these schools are able to get into Ivy League schools for grad school, and able to become successful in the world.

So when it comes to your undergraduate studies, Princeton may have more famous prof's than waterloo, but the quality of education isnt that much better. Its only hard to get in because the US has 10 times the population of Canada, and princeton is 1/10th the size of Waterloo. And yes, Waterloo has a world renowned CS program, go check it out here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_waterloo#Famous_alumni_and_faculty


Bull. That's the most common misconception Canadians have about American universities, and it's absolutely bunk.

Are you able to get a very good education in Canada? Of course. Can people who get Canadian undergrad (or postgrad) educations become successful? Of course.

Is the quality of education at top American undergraduate-focussed universities (Princeton, Amherst, etc.) not "that much better" than at Canadian universities? Of course it's that much better.
Author:  md [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:04 am ]
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1of42 wrote:
Andy wrote:
People have this notion that american schools are better than canadian schools.. That may be true in the sense that they are ranked higher, but what do the rankings really mean? It means that they have more nobel prize winners, they have better facilities, and they publish more and better articles, and they do more advanced research and are able to get results. And none of the four really has anything to do with undergrad. Do nobel prize winners teach undergrad? very rarely they do, but since they dont like teaching undergrads, they may not do such a good job. Canadian Universities are ranked lower because we do not get enough R&D funding, but once again, that has absolutely nothing to do with undergrad. Waterloo and Toronto are top universities in the world when it comes to undergraduate studies, how do i know? because students who come out of these schools are able to get into Ivy League schools for grad school, and able to become successful in the world.

So when it comes to your undergraduate studies, Princeton may have more famous prof's than waterloo, but the quality of education isnt that much better. Its only hard to get in because the US has 10 times the population of Canada, and princeton is 1/10th the size of Waterloo. And yes, Waterloo has a world renowned CS program, go check it out here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_waterloo#Famous_alumni_and_faculty


Bull. That's the most common misconception Canadians have about American universities, and it's absolutely bunk.

Are you able to get a very good education in Canada? Of course. Can people who get Canadian undergrad (or postgrad) educations become successful? Of course.

Is the quality of education at top American undergraduate-focussed universities (Princeton, Amherst, etc.) not "that much better" than at Canadian universities? Of course it's that much better.


No, it really isn't. American undergraduage univeristies are better known because they are significantly older, not because they are better. All universities are different, some offer better programs in some studies then others; however american universities are not simply better.
Author:  chrispminis [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:52 am ]
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Yeah, its true, canadian universities undergrad can definitely compete with american universities. We are, after all, considered an educated country. American University reputation doesn't come from their undergrad programs.

Also
@ Cervantes. 10 subjects in grade 11?! how'd you manage that? My school has a maximum 8 courses a year. And we're not even semestered! It's considered a good school, yet we don't have AP courses =\ What school did you attend? Also, I have a little handicap/advantage? when it comes to courses. Im in french immersion, so French is compulsory for all four years.
But otherwise your grade 12 courses are the exact same as I plan, plus French.
Author:  MysticVegeta [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:58 am ]
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O PZYU HFK ZLL, HFK ZLL ZJZTU JU SOYP HFKB 1337 YZLUGYA, YFF XZV O ZJ GFY 1337!

Key:

THIS IS THE KEY!

If you have no clue what the hell I am talking about, try to decode it o_O Frst one to do that will get 25 bits.
Author:  chrispminis [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:08 pm ]
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Not sure exactly how your going about this. Since there are many ways to do it. If your doing what I think you are. Im too lazy.

And for everyone else

if im right.

the real key is
THISEKY

wanna tell me if i got that at least?
Author:  MysticVegeta [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:36 pm ]
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yes
anyways,
I will give only 3 hints and all of them in 1 day at separate times, if no one will be able to do it by 10:35 tommorow all lose.

Hint #1: Remove double appearing letters.

Next hint in 5 hours
Author:  Cervantes [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:50 pm ]
Post subject: 
chrispminis wrote:
Also
@ Cervantes. 10 subjects in grade 11?! how'd you manage that?

I took biology in grade 10, and repetoire is an after school, year round program (band).
chrispminis wrote:
What school did you attend?

Newmarket High School. Still do.
Author:  chrispminis [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:47 pm ]
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Where does the key go? I've tried the simplest substitution to no avail.

I cant see where it is.
For everyone else here's some help?

Original Message
O PZYU HFK ZLL, HFK ZLL ZJZTU JU SOYP HFKB 1337 YZLUGYA, YFF XZV O ZJ GFY 1337!

Remaining letters after key
ABCDFGJLMNOPQRSUVWXZ

Occurence of letters

0- C,D,E,I,M,N,Q,R,W,T
1- A,B,J,S,V,X
2- G,P
3- H,K,O
4- U
5- L,Y
6- F
7- Z

Here's what I have so far but it could be horribly wrong.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Y K FO B UH T

I don't see the key pattern yet. I used logic that HFK = THE since it occurs again and in the form of HFKB = THEM? Does O=I? By the position in the words of U I guessed S.

Im also assuming its all alphabetic and that the numbers merely represent 1337 as in leet.

Wanna help a bit?
Author:  [Gandalf] [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:46 pm ]
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Miguel wrote:
Error, error! Initiating emergency transition to base 3.

One down, 7 more to go...

Miguel wrote:
002112 010202 010121 011020 001012 002122 010121 011002 010201 010121 011000 010210 001122 001012 010201 010220 010201 011002 001110 011022 001012 011111 011010 011100 001012 011002 011010 011022 010220 010200 010202 001012 002201 001012 010121 011001 001012 011010 011002 011000 011111 001012 010212 011100 011001 010121 011002 001012 011000 010220 010222 010202 001012 011102 010212 010202 011002 001012 011021 011011 010202 010121 010222 010220 011002 010211 001012 011022 010212 011020 011010 011100 010211 010212 001012 010122 010220 011002 010121 011020 011111 001122 001012 011010 011020 001012 011011 010202 011020 010212 010121 011011 011021 001012 001111 010212 011010 011011 010202 010210 011100 011000 011000 011111 001112 001012 010122 010121 011021 010202 001012 001220 002100 001012 002121 011010 011010 011000 001012 011010 010210 001012 010121 001012 010010 011010 011010 010222 001122 001012 011111 011010 011100 001012 011001 010121 011111 001012 010212 010121 011101 010202 001012 011020 011100 010220 011002 010202 010201 001012 011001 011111 001012 011010 011002 011000 011111 001012 010200 010212 010121 011002 010200 010202 001012 010121 011022 001012 010202 011021 010200 010121 011011 010202 001201 001012 002201 001012 010200 010121 011002 001012 011010 011002 011000 011111 001012 010212 011010 011011 010202 001012 011022 010212 010220 011021 001012 011001 010202 011021 011021 010121 010211 010202 001012 010210 010220 011002 010201 011021 001012 011022 010212 010202 001012 011010 011100 011022 011021 010220 010201 010202 001012 011102 011010 011020 011000 010201 001012 010220 011002 011022 010121 010200 011022 001201 001012 001012 010002 010220 011002 010200 010202 011020 010202 011000 011111 001122 001012 002212 010220 010311 011100 010202 011000 001201

Error in decodeTrinary() at "010311"! Partially intact message recovered.

Well... if so much is at risk... But then again, your robot knowledge does come in handy to a lot of people... Hmm...

Miguel wrote:
I don't intend to go into biology myself, but I took it anyway, to keep doors open. It's got me a great upcoming summer job. And heck, you know what they say: the 20th century was the century of physics, while the 21st century will be the century of biology. Hearing that, it's not a door I'd want to close. And even if you don't want to go into the sciences, it's a good course to take. I urge my artsie friends to take biology. Even if you don't want to go into it, you learn a lot of important things, many of which help to keep you healthy.

Yep, I've been thinking the same thing... Still haven't made up my mind, more thinking to come...
Author:  rizzix [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:47 pm ]
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hmm.. some more hints:
code:

JU  - no to of on so of no to so no ..

ZJ  - an at no so is so in it as an ..

ZLL, YFF - see all off ill ... !too

O   - i a

SOYP - .i.. .a..

ZJZTU - ata.o non.f sos.n isi.o ana.o sos.f ini.o iti.o asa.o ana.o ....
Author:  MysticVegeta [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:55 pm ]
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Hint #2: Add alphabets that are not in the key at the end.
Author:  chrispminis [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:16 pm ]
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Done! Im an idiot, although gimme credit my logic was good.

O PZYU HFK ZLL, HFK ZLL ZJZTU JU SOYP HFKB 1337 YZLUGYA, YFF XZV O ZJ GFY 1337!

Translated with the following key, gives the even more following message lol:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ZXWVURQPONMLJGFDCBAYKESIHT

==============================================================
I HATE YOU ALL, YOU ALL AMAZE ME WITH YOUR 1337 TALENTS, TOO BAD I AM NOT 1337!
==============================================================

Its the key and remaining letters backwards. So simple. I was looking so complicated.

Bits Please! lol
Author:  [Gandalf] [ Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:24 pm ]
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*COUGH*

Eh... Good job chrispmini. Interesting code.
Author:  chrispminis [ Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:07 am ]
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? Why the cough?

=\
Author:  MysticVegeta [ Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:36 am ]
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Good job. You manage to beat my lvl 0 encryption program. And yes, the greater the lvl the harder it is. Although...

+25 Bits

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