March 31, 2014 at 16:18Mysterious ad from IBM
Today on Friday a strange announcement with the IBM logo was discovered on the bulletin board of the IMCM of Ural Federal University .
The text immediately caught my eye with unusual words; no one could learn the language. Google translator suggests different languages in different sentences: from Esperanto to Catalan. Under cat there are some thoughts about the nature of the text.
First of all, we cite the text itself, reprinted for ease of analysis.
At the second or third reading, words begin to come to light , the meaning of which seems clear: matera (mother), divka (woman), corporat (corporation). In addition, there are two names: Rontar Crips and Lavanna Crips .
Less trivial, but it is still possible to isolate the service words: pro , ol , mit , lon . Also visible are the years and direct speech. Of particular note is the repeated phrase “yu noeir”.
In general, the word matera suggests southern European languages. In particular, Google translates some of the words as “Catalan”. (Which doesn’t stop him from offering Finnish sometimes.)
In general, we have a text with a clear structure and a completely obscure meaning.
It is known that companies from time to time hold competitions in order to recruit employees with the necessary skills. Sometimes it looks like a quest, the keys of which are scattered across the Web and space. Maybe this ad is an “entry point”? Perhaps IBM decided to do computer linguistics.
Just in case, we decided to try to decrypt the message using the popular CrypTool utility .
Unfortunately, this did not clarify anything. Under the spoiler, just in case, CrypTool'a messages are shown.
In addition, with the help of Python, a dictionary was extracted.
As a result, the mystery remained unresolved. I suggest reflecting on it to the habrasociety.
UPD: at the request of RussDragon , the ibm_mysterious_message channel was created on FreeNode. Those interested can discuss the decryption of the text there. Big request: unsubscribe in a comment about major results!
A common document has also been created to summarize the versions.
The document contains several useful tables and even versions of translations of whole sentences, although no one seems to be close to the truth. However, maybe they just kept silent.
The document has overflowed and is suffering from vandals. Created by Wiki .
UPD: The community found the girl from the photo.
The text immediately caught my eye with unusual words; no one could learn the language. Google translator suggests different languages in different sentences: from Esperanto to Catalan. Under cat there are some thoughts about the nature of the text.
For those who read the topic already 1.04
Please note that the problem arose already on Friday; The article was added to the sandbox also on Friday. You should not produce congratulations on the first of April in the comments.
First of all, we cite the text itself, reprinted for ease of analysis.
Text
IBM YU NOEIR!
Oioj fivj transoj: pramsiga tro nonce. Iof unita cramberri tro fifs, tro gint uro tro mipta friega. Pro gint gita, pro gint mipta friega ... Yu noeir! Yu kison noeir!
Efforta gizon primta, rita gizon dif tro mipta dif. Rontar Crips (1920 - 1978) crops din trondiptar, uronta gip lotran girrin: “Lap tirin! Olla matera Lavanna Crips rol diptar crupida IBM corporat. Fi 1946 lina uinda-pris divka. Ro prov? Pra 1960 giz kim, allonza introndiptaral lina! Rol lina tropditara ol untro: „Biz it corporat dana. Crodana! “Rol rita prin, rita gizon tro pips! Ol srun: rol olla diptar ol sui fio jidf corporata! Mina, ctou, bizon diptar. Yu noeir pinta corporata! ”
Kro kim? Rita Gizon Kro Lapta.
Utro kin lint biz lon anglicana:
1. Prin diga corporata:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
2. Olla matera crov fotodaps (krin so darva jo, din tra noncabar truna IBM dzecorporata): upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/IBM_Electronic_Data_Processing_Machine_-_GPN-2000-2000 -001881.jpg / 757px-IBM_Electronic_Data_Processing_Machine _-_ GPN-2000-001881.jpg
U lip-trod. Yu kison noeir tro mit noeir!
Oioj fivj transoj: pramsiga tro nonce. Iof unita cramberri tro fifs, tro gint uro tro mipta friega. Pro gint gita, pro gint mipta friega ... Yu noeir! Yu kison noeir!
Efforta gizon primta, rita gizon dif tro mipta dif. Rontar Crips (1920 - 1978) crops din trondiptar, uronta gip lotran girrin: “Lap tirin! Olla matera Lavanna Crips rol diptar crupida IBM corporat. Fi 1946 lina uinda-pris divka. Ro prov? Pra 1960 giz kim, allonza introndiptaral lina! Rol lina tropditara ol untro: „Biz it corporat dana. Crodana! “Rol rita prin, rita gizon tro pips! Ol srun: rol olla diptar ol sui fio jidf corporata! Mina, ctou, bizon diptar. Yu noeir pinta corporata! ”
Kro kim? Rita Gizon Kro Lapta.
Utro kin lint biz lon anglicana:
1. Prin diga corporata:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
2. Olla matera crov fotodaps (krin so darva jo, din tra noncabar truna IBM dzecorporata): upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/IBM_Electronic_Data_Processing_Machine_-_GPN-2000-2000 -001881.jpg / 757px-IBM_Electronic_Data_Processing_Machine _-_ GPN-2000-001881.jpg
U lip-trod. Yu kison noeir tro mit noeir!
Key Considerations
At the second or third reading, words begin to come to light , the meaning of which seems clear: matera (mother), divka (woman), corporat (corporation). In addition, there are two names: Rontar Crips and Lavanna Crips .
Less trivial, but it is still possible to isolate the service words: pro , ol , mit , lon . Also visible are the years and direct speech. Of particular note is the repeated phrase “yu noeir”.
In general, the word matera suggests southern European languages. In particular, Google translates some of the words as “Catalan”. (Which doesn’t stop him from offering Finnish sometimes.)
In general, we have a text with a clear structure and a completely obscure meaning.
Job invitation?
It is known that companies from time to time hold competitions in order to recruit employees with the necessary skills. Sometimes it looks like a quest, the keys of which are scattered across the Web and space. Maybe this ad is an “entry point”? Perhaps IBM decided to do computer linguistics.
Analysis with CrypTool
Just in case, we decided to try to decrypt the message using the popular CrypTool utility .
Unfortunately, this did not clarify anything. Under the spoiler, just in case, CrypTool'a messages are shown.
Images
In addition, with the help of Python, a dictionary was extracted.
Vocabulary
allonza
anglicana
biz
bizon
corporat
corporata
cramberri
crips
crodana
crops
crov
crupida
ctou
dana
darva
dif
diga
din
diptar
divka
dzecorporata
efforta
fi
fifs
fio
fivj
fotodaps
friega
gint
gip
girrin
gita
giz
gizon
ibm
introndiptaral
iof
it
jidf
jo
kim
kin
kison
krin
kro
lap
lapta
lavanna
lina
lint
lip-trod
lon
lotran
matera
mina
mipta
mit
noeir
noncabar
nonce
oioj
ol
olla
pinta
pips
pra
pramsiga
primta
prin
pro
prov
rita
ro
rol
rontar
so
srun
sui
tirin
tra
transoj
tro
trondiptar
tropditara
truna
u
uinda-pris
unita
untro
uro
uronta
utro
yu
As a result, the mystery remained unresolved. I suggest reflecting on it to the habrasociety.
UPD: at the request of RussDragon , the ibm_mysterious_message channel was created on FreeNode. Those interested can discuss the decryption of the text there. Big request: unsubscribe in a comment about major results!
A common document has also been created to summarize the versions.
The document contains several useful tables and even versions of translations of whole sentences, although no one seems to be close to the truth. However, maybe they just kept silent.
The document has overflowed and is suffering from vandals. Created by Wiki .
UPD: The community found the girl from the photo.