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Can you Break The Code?

Published Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:22 AM

Fancy winning some cool goodies?

Red Gate has just launched its "Break The Code" prize draw, where you can win one of the following prizes:

A year's subscription to Safari Books Online (worth $550)
One ANTS Profiler Pro license (worth $495)
Red Gate goodies

All you need to do is figure out how to decode the following text:
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Anyone who sends in the correct answer will be entered into the draw - so time to start hacking!

More details at http://www.red-gate.com/products/ants_profiler/break_the_code.htm...

THE PRIZE DRAW ENDED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.

by RobertChipperfield

Comments

	Rodney said: I figured it out. "Don't Forget to Drink Your Ovaltine" September 19, 2007 8:25 AM
	RobertChipperfield said: I'll have to find out how many people send that answer in now :-) September 19, 2007 8:30 AM
	Alex Kozak said: Robert, I deciphered your code and submitted the text. I can tell you: 1) You are not Agatha Christie (you could choose something more interesting); 2) This is not about the beer or Ovaltine; 3) Your text definitely will not make my applications run faster. Hope this is not a joke… By the way, do you need just deciphered text or text and solution (program code)? September 20, 2007 10:55 PM
	RobertChipperfield said: Hi Alex, 1) Sorry for not making it harder - next time maybe! :-). 2) I cannot confirm nor deny that... well, OK, it's not about the Ovaltine... 3) That's correct. But hopefully the prizes will! The text's all that's needed I believe. Cheers, Rob September 21, 2007 1:58 AM
	Tim Ford said: Peter DeBetta and I came up with the solution while sitting here at PASS in between sessions. (OK, he did the heavy lifting - I did the typing.) September 21, 2007 4:38 PM

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About RobertChipperfield

I'm a software engineer at Red Gate, where I've worked since September 2006. I've worked on a wide range of products, including Exchange Server Archiver, SQL Data Compare, SQL Log Rescue, SQL Multi Script, SQL Doc, and ANTS Profiler.

Outside of work, I enjoy amateur radio, electronics, and of course the usual assortment of computer-related technologies, from hardware all the way through to high-level software.

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