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2014-09-13
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Nirn Ops: Technomancy Illiteracy

Summary:

A rouge mage manages to get his hands on a secret Technomancer Scroll in order to unlock its secrets. Unfortunately he will be much disappointed when he reads it.

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

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A rogue mage in Cyrodiil just recieved a document that he commissioned the Thieves Guild to nick from a Guild of Technomancers Hall in Anvil. This scroll contains the secret to creating a better version of their secret weapon.

"HA HA HA! Now with this secret Technomancer Scroll, I can unlock their secret to forging their secret weapon!" the mage said with excitement as he opened to scroll.

*This is what the scroll says*
To convert CipherSaber v1 to v2 just add an extra loop to the following area of the Key Setup Script >>

Version 1 >>
j=0
for i = 0 to 255
calculate j, swap S(i) and S(j)
end

Version 2 >>
j=0
for k = 1 to N (Add this line)
for i = 0 to 255
calculate j, swap S(i) and S(j)
end
end (And this line too)

This should fix the weakness found in version 1. Update the cryptoanarchy wiki once this is finished.
*End of scroll*

"So: To convert CipherSaber v1 to v2 just add an extra loop to the following area of the Key Setup Script... J equals zero for i equals zero to two hundred fifty five... Umm... WHAT KIND OF SCROLL IS THIS!?! Add this line? WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT!?! This is junk! You can't forge a weapon with this gibberish! This is not even an enchantment or a recipe! Now these Technomancers are just talking nonsense! I mean what the hell is a Key Setup Script!?! What are you swapping here!?! S i and S j? That means nothing!" he shouted in rage as he crumpled the document in a ball of paper and chucked it across the room in frustration.

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Not everyone knows what program code means or its purpose. So of course a mage who has not seen a program all his life would have no idea what source code looks like.