Anyone good at ciphers?

Do you know the plaintext? Any clue as to context? Given that it's such a short sample it's going to be incredibly hard to decrypt - I could probable make up a couple of sentences that fit it perfectly!

Initial guess is that 3 is an L or E, and that either ? or " is an E or T. Assuming that it's just a simple substitution cipher. The pair '#4' could be ST, TH, NG, AI, IE or AU.
 
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Arcade Fire said:
Do you know the plaintext? Any clue as to context? Given that it's such a short sample it's going to be incredibly hard to decrypt
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Have a longer one then:

918_9¿3')?8"63_8,3_9#4¿+/?_#?"*#438±#[4_*¿?*?\=3*?,34_*¿+#?838;4)?83'_,;_8/289_/_#4(8'7_;6@_/:"0

:)

*n
 
Right, seeing as the more text you have, the better...have a song:

"(9¿"_1#4¿?8,3'8?_/
"(9¿"_1@?=="?¿_/9_+?::(8"((8
@?==3;?/#_38=14()¿@¿@3==
3"2/¿;(2=,2"¿+*_;_#3(8-/(9#43"
72=="$3*#4/?¿/38+
;3/;2""3:?"4(@
(_-/?_6'4?/¿38#43'4()?=?"'-2;638±4(=¿@?;_===_
#4¿(8=1@_1#[-3-3*3'#[-=2"43*_==_@_1
_81-2;638±#39?
_81-2;638±:_1
=?_/8#["@393=="?¿1(2:(@838_/3'(8+7_1

-/?*-(¿1(2\-3+2/¿_8:
-/?*-(\1(2\=_##?_8:
-/?*-(\1(2\=_@"23*_8:
-/?*-(\1(2\4_3/)3?;¿_8:
-/?*-(\1(2\)/('_._8:
-/?*-(\1(2\)3=(*_8:
-/?*-(\1(2\;(8#/_;*_8:
-/?*-(\1(2\;_/

3#'+72=="43*#4/?¿/38+
;3/;2'"3:?"4(@
(_-/?_6'4?/¿38#434()?=?"'-2;638±4(=¿#4?1;_===_
#4¿(8=1@_1#[-3-3*3'#[-=2"43*_==_@_1
_81-2;638±#39?
_81-2;638±:_1
=?_/8#["@393=="?¿1(2:(@838_/3'(8+7_1

"(9¿"_1+;(9?*@3==-_==-/(9#4¿"61
-(==(@?,719?#?(\"4(@?/'_8,#3:+@_*?"
-(==(@?,71-_2=*=38?'#4_*;_88(*"3*"#3==
-(==(@?,7193==3(8'(_:297-(28:?,:3)"43#"
"(9¿"_1#4¿?8,3'8?_/
"(9¿"_1@?=="?¿_/9_+?::(8"((8
@?==3;?/#_38=14()¿@¿@3==

That better? got bored halfway through...

*n
 
Best I have so far:

91na9¿i' penski an,ia9th¿+/eates* thing t[ha*¿e*e\=i*e,iha*¿+tenin;hpeni'a,;an/2n9a/ath(n'7a;6@a/:s0

penski i'th¿9(s*a@es(9?s*thing e*e/q
 
So far!

91N_9¿3'PENSKI_N,I_9TH¿+/E_TES*THIN±T[H_*¿E*E\=I*E,IH_*¿+#ENIN;4PENI'_,;_8/289_/_#H(8'7_;6@_/:N0

This is fun!

Rich
 
91N_9¿ISPENSKI_N,I_9TH¿+/E_TES*THIN±T[H_*¿E*E\=I*E,IH_*¿+TEN INCH PENIS_,;_N/2N9_/_#H(N'7_;K@_/:N0

More goes...

I HOPE TO GOD TEN INCH PENIS IS MEANT TO BE THERE

Otherwise my mind is making me put some wrong words in this cipher....

Rich
 
my name is penski and i am the greatest thing to have ever lived i have a ten inch penis a,;anr2n marathon s7a;6@ar:s0

penski is the most awesomest thing ever!

...couldn't quite be bothered to do the last part of the first one. ;)

Edit: and the lyrics are Tool - Ænema if I'm not mistaken.

It all clicked when I realised that you used different symbols for the same letter, and sometimes the same symbol for different letters.
 
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Arcade Fire said:
my name is penski and i am the greatest thing to have ever lived i have a ten inch penis a,;anr2n marathon s7a;6@ar:s0

penski is the most awesomest thing ever!

...couldn't quite be bothered to do the last part of the first one. ;)
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Gah you beat me! I even tried to add you on MSN to trade letters! BAH!

Rich
 
titchard said:
Is a Space a character or do we figure those out ourselves?

Rich
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if the preceeding character is a number, 'space' does not appear.

if the preceeding character is not a number, then 'space' causes the preceeding character to change to the next character on a predetermined string. The string is a cyclic list of the same 'type' of character.

For example, you know that )?8"63 is penski.

the standard character for p is )

the cyclic string for ) is as follows:

p = )
p, space = ]
p, space, space = }
p, space, space, space = >
p, space, space, space, space = »
p, space, space, space, space, space = )

...and it will continue to cycle in that manner.

The only exception to this rule is the letter L which does not appear as a number and is not modified by 'space'...

*n
 
Ah! That really is clever! messes with your head slightly, trying to not take underscores as spaces automatically was my problem.

Rich
 
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