Leader-Jafo-1 point.
Ok, I've been reading up on codes and ciphers, and figured it might be a fun exercise for us to have a Cipher Challenge.
Once a(n) (arbitrary length of time), I will post a new ciphertext for you all to decode. It will use a historic code or one I have made up, and will be entirely possible to solve. First person to completely decode it gets a point or something.
I strongly discourage 'cheating,' i.e. using a computer program to brute-force the ciphers. This is about testing your analytical and mathematical capabilities and stuff like that.
First ciphertext is the following:
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GHPBLMAXPBGMXKHYHNKWBLVHGMXGMFTWXZEHKBHNLLNFFXKU
RMABLLHGHYRHKDTGWTEEMAXVEHNWLMATMEHPKWNIHGHNKAHNLXBG
MAXWXXIUHLHFHYMAXHVXTGUNKBXW
First clue, just to get you guys rolling: It's a fairly famous speech.
Also, I recommend reading The Code Book, by Simon Singh. This is by no means necessary, but it is a pretty cool exploration of historic codes, and how they were solved in the past.