binary-phone-words

Hypothesis

Not bein funny but I bet we can get words out of a binary file like a ZIP file or a JPEG or an executable file by treating it as if it is a series of phone numbers sort of?

Apparatus

• Python 2.7.6 (probably works with older versions too)
• /usr/share/dict/words from Ubuntu 14.04 (has 99171 words)

Method

• Read in /usr/share/dict/words (minus words that contain non-ASCIIletters) and convert each word to a phone number (using 0 for O and 1 for I.)
• Read in entire binary file and convert it to a very large integer.
• Render that integer to a string.
• For each phone number (starting with the longest first), if it is a substring of the file-number-string, replace that substring with one of the words that converted to that phone number (chosen randomly, and padded out with spaces.)
• Repeat until there are no more digits to replace with letters.

Observations

When run on readme.zip in this directory (which is just the repo's main README.md put into a ZIP file,) I got the following output.

V LEEK OB X KHZ K WIG IGOR M MEMO YOU O GIN WIKI BUS OK WHAT ALVA VA GELT X SUN M VEX ZN E PINES FM VOLT WOO I IR YAK H IO FIG HI VAIN WU WOLFS EX WOW X TAX M TRULY LUNG I MING R JIG X BOY A CI X TASK I HUI H SITED HG M K K HI OW EGO O CRY EU TI VEX MY LEARY O OB M WADE TL O O GAY LOUT M K K LYX PM NAG EMIT NORA SLY UZI SOLE V TO LYX BLOB X K BLU LN JR PL R SWAIN X SQ THOSE H JR I ODOM JAG MET CANOED MU LN PEI I IKE LU PEGS H K K IBM X MUD TWIG YO HG M BIC AH H LN K CAIN APACE M LN IBM JR M IBM R NB HUBERT DOE RAVELS MYS K H CI I H TOFU HOLY HUI SHY WHY O NOE MYS M TORY M WOO FELONY H NOE GOBI KALI K POI TARE HG BOB H IPAD CLAY K LN MAY MG FLAP X X BARD H TL HOOK TY TI RYE KOOK V MN FOODS HZ X CYST V SOAVE X FIT INK H MN A PORK O HUBS H MEND MG PALLS X MAY ROCHE GAB I I LINGO I OH I GINNY ZELIG X MN X X BRISK TOO MAZE O TY TONES X I K H KHZ TH FOOT IRK WU E K OILY PL STYLI TYCOON LU A OATH M LEVI RX ROOM MG K PL MACY ORR MN H GAY OFT V IO MAVIN MIA I INS NORA FLUTE URDU SHUT O SO SONY X LI PLACE M K TELL E IO I ROB I I I GAMY H LID O GIGS HI DILLS MN M KHZ X FEY KIT HACKS H THAN OB I I OAR DAVIS BELL M K ZIBO AM H LN H LU CHEW EH X LOB X YE LAOS H K HA TAMI I X I LN MODEM AH PU TOGS K K GOO GOG FOOL X TWO IN GWYN MG V LAIN X MEEK R FIT I I RELY YO STEIN X H MN JR BIG LN I AGREE I A AXE O I H HZ H SPREE GLIB X I AT SWAPS OS H K LAD HE HUCK AH K LEN SLUT I HG K MEG M OSCAR KC QUILLS SO ROMPS I X JR X H LBJ PL HI SOPS K HE I IN KIEL DI TOIL K GS MGM ZR GOTH I MANX OB SWIM M LU I K H V COO X MIX KENS H GULP M SO FLINT HONK LODE V AMOS X H M ADO DOOR K LN V SNAG M K HG M PL K WOES KC IO WAGS ZN X K GS M LO EBERT E JILT O O ENG OK COD H K YAK H KW QUAD YO HG M MHZ YELLOW MIX NP PET MOSS K EYCK H EMMY X CADGE CID YO A CHEN K TRIAD I YAK X K KC IO JUN M DIET CULL IO I LUSH TY H LIKE X I AZANA OK LN X ANON LE UGH HA IO I DOCK TIPS H DIOR X GOD IO COT M NEW YUK I OUR A DRAB I HUE O UM JR LUCRE MY LTD OLAF O IN X AWAY CAW GEE STOATS TULSA UNIT GET DUCHY K H GET V GUY YUKON DUO I I KW ENRAGE HI OK SIKH M MUG HG CLOD ANN ERGO HE IBIZA V IBO CLOT M NOSY EU MALT K ZN OK ONYX INVAR H FIB H TRAPS BANNS X H MICH CZAR MN LO JOVE JIG FIRM X MES M TEA X COIF TATUM O KOOK ON I CAROL GO BAWDY M GUT OB O TOD LLAMA M LE COZY X WHO IR HA OMIT HUNKS TH K H RIO K H M HOSES I WII EH I NINA V IO ELI OGDEN ZN STOWS X H HULL I BRET K H RYE OK H SLY DIOR V LI GRUS X K JAZZ NAG LN X I DI ILLS PIG TUXES H MN HI IO IVY SWASH I CUBS PU CLIO K UGH GOA MY ETTA VEILS AX PIS NEST TI X HUS SLOB I K UTOPIA V KC I I ETTA I GS H GO LN HENS PM PALE GULP A WRIT O FIVE ZR ION X HULL K MONA I OW HG LASH V LICIT O DISCO V MY MONK FM IGOR ZN TY ENDUE KEGS SI ETON A WIZ X UTE H RIB STANK MY SHUN MN MN X GEO HE TWIG MU X ZN GS TRULY GIBED X WU EH DOUBT HUNG I IO ADDERS I GONNA IF ADZ GEO EH R BIT ISM E CARLO H HIKE M THETA X ROUTE O LOOP K RAGING O HUI LITHE DENY A UGLY I H DOLT FIB IT OHIO LI UBANGI LO I EH X X K FIT O AVIOR R CELIA HUE GOD BOLT MUD WEIR K H GYM