python coding contest

[Shane Hathaway]

André wrote:
> For the few that might be interested, I will be posting the details of
> a 117 character long solution to the challenge on my blog
> http://aroberge.blogspot.com/.
> 
> Enjoy!

You took advantage of prime numbers, enabling you to extract encoded 
information using a single modulus operation rather than shift and mask. 
  Brilliant strategy.  Congratulations.

Shane