This is a puzzle in the space between cryptography and culture
The first five people to email me and Ngoc the plaintext solution to the ciphertext below will get a small prize + **tremendous bragging rights**
to: nick@cs.stanford.edu, ngocng@stanford.edu
Undo the encryption below by manually working out the character substitutions, and so figure out the plaintext. Use your knowledge of English, and punctuation, and culture.
Please do not use a computer or the internet or AI to figure out the substitution — just use your brain, your knowledge, and trial-and-error to break the encryption.
Ciphertext:
Vi'pi hkbj' tm, tm, tm Br'q ktp gkgijr Ykt djkv rkhiraip vi'pi hekvbjh Hkjjw oi, hkjjw oi hkefij Ka, tm, tm, tm Vbra ktp ukbliq Hkjjw oi, hkjjw oi hkefij