PITTSBURGH - After struggling through one year of covering Mayor Luke Ravenstahl without understanding one word of what he's said, Pittsburgh's news media turned in desperation to Carnegie Mellon's Supercomputing Center for an answer. In an unprecedented display of cooperation and unity, all television, radio and print media outlets banded together to foot the bill for the venture.
"It was quite an undertaking," said head programmer Kevin Brownley. "In no time flat we cracked what turned out to be the top layer of code. Our elation was short-lived, however, as we realized there were multiple layers of messages in the same text. The guy is actually quite brilliant."
Asked for an example of the multi-layer code, Kevin cited the following sentence:
"Myself and everybody else that was in the front of the line at that point simply had no control over our bodies or anything. We couldn't control ourselves because of the force from behind."
Kevin explained that the top layer code revealed the following translation: "I did not shove the policeman at Heinz Field. I was propelled into him by the force of the crowd behind me."
Kevin further explained that "if you remove all spacing and punctuation, re-order the letters in a backward sequence, repeat the letter sequence until a 12 x 12 line matrix is filled and then select letters using a modified Fibonacci Series, this message can be found in the same sentence: 'Screw you all.'"
"Amazing" said a spokesperson for the media outlets. "We never knew the kid had such depth!"
"It was quite an undertaking," said head programmer Kevin Brownley. "In no time flat we cracked what turned out to be the top layer of code. Our elation was short-lived, however, as we realized there were multiple layers of messages in the same text. The guy is actually quite brilliant."
Asked for an example of the multi-layer code, Kevin cited the following sentence:
"Myself and everybody else that was in the front of the line at that point simply had no control over our bodies or anything. We couldn't control ourselves because of the force from behind."
Kevin explained that the top layer code revealed the following translation: "I did not shove the policeman at Heinz Field. I was propelled into him by the force of the crowd behind me."
Kevin further explained that "if you remove all spacing and punctuation, re-order the letters in a backward sequence, repeat the letter sequence until a 12 x 12 line matrix is filled and then select letters using a modified Fibonacci Series, this message can be found in the same sentence: 'Screw you all.'"
"Amazing" said a spokesperson for the media outlets. "We never knew the kid had such depth!"
