005 ~ Radio

[i_speak_softly]

[Today, anyone who cares to turn on their radio will find the following transmission being broadcast on several frequencies. At the end of the sequence there is a few seconds' pause, followed by the same sequence again. This seems to go on all day.]

002003005 007 011013017019 023 029031037041043 047053059061067071073079083
089097 101103107109113127 131137139149151 157163167

Comments

radio;

[skeletonenigma]

I doubt that's going to work.

[i_speak_softly]

Why?

[His tone is challenging, but it's purely on an intellectual level.]

[skeletonenigma]

Communicating in code, without any reliable proof anyone who would understand the code will hear it, is a last act of desperation. Whoever's broadcasting the original message won't be receiving any replies.

[i_speak_softly]

It's not code; it's the purest form of communication. We don't know that whoever's broadcasting the original message understands English.

[skeletonenigma]

[Oh, he could argue it being the purest form of communication.]

Language isn't much of a barrier in this world. We speak a myriad of different languages, and we have no trouble understanding each other. Did you translate the original message?

[i_speak_softly]

No. I was up all night coding decryption algorithms, but these consoles are terrible at sharing resources and the programs are taking forever to execute.

[What was that about not having trouble understanding each other?]

[skeletonenigma]

[... Point.]

If the message turns out to be something about avoiding certain doom, you'll tell the rest of us, I hope. I'm sure I won't be the only one to appreciate the advance warning.

[i_speak_softly]

I would probably share the results if it turned out to be a little kid's spelling practice.

[skeletonenigma]

[That's refreshingly transparent.]

Thank you.