Verlyrus
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CCCCCCCMLII according to the rules of roman numerals would be a nonstandard but NOT INCORRECT way of writing 352. 700 1052 700<1052 1052-700=352 150 107 150>107 150-107=43 Therefore I believe mluther got it right, that the answer is 43. Blah. The 157 makes the most logical sense to me. Of course I don't think this sheds much light on the puzzle in any way whatsoever. Curiously, when applying the Caesar shift to the enciphered letters in reverse order, I found that certain shifts created different words, but not in overlapping positions. Words including "ship" and "door", "I am", "put". Of course, it could just be coincidence, especially since not all letters become words. Also, it's quite possible that it's backwards and spaces don't matter. Trimethius perhaps. Then again, it could just be a simple substitution in which case I have no leads. whee!
< Message edited by lordtomato -- 7/15/2009 16:29:38 >
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