Re: Cryptomania
 

Reading about hex would help ;)

Re: Cryptomania
 

Using IA as a separator to split the text yields 7 lines:

O CKI
(IA)
OO I ILK DLILIOIK
(IA)
LLIOOOC OI
(IA)
OO ILK CDKOODLKLL
(IA)
O LLIOOOC L
(IA)
LLIOOOC OI
(IA)
O K ILK IKOC

Observations:
- Two of them are identical (LLIOOOC OI) and a third contains the sub-pattern LLIOOOC.
- The other (5 non-identical) lines all start with O or OO.
- The pattern ILK emerges 3 times.

A hexadecimal representation is involved?

Re: Cryptomania
 

Using separation marks is probably a good idea, but not this early in the game: you have to deal with the letters first. There is no 'conscious' pattern in the letter grouping, though there is some repetition in the original text which may have caused some repetition in the code.

And yes, a hexadecimal representation is involved - sort of ;). Think about Bruja's clue!

Re: Cryptomania
 

So we're talking about 4 hex-digits?

Re: Cryptomania
 

I'm not sure what you mean by a hex-digit?

Re: Cryptomania
 

Glad to hear that... I wasn't too sure, either. :cheesy:
Truth is I must admit I'm totally in the dark here. I'm waiting for Bolaf to come with a clever idea about how to start, then I'll see whether I can contribute a bit. I'm just no good at maths.

Re: Cryptomania
 

Follow your own advice: read about hex :)

Re: Cryptomania
 

There's 16 possible digits in hexadecimal: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F.
In other words: the usual (decimal) suspects 0 to 9, plus the letters A to F :zyup:

Re: Cryptomania
 

Nope, that's not the point of the clue; in fact, that's what you were asking and what Bruja disagreed with :lol:

Re: Cryptomania
 

Aha, so it's about 4 binary digits?