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Here is a sequence of numbers, convert to a sentence.

123 436 200

142 166

341 401 304 216 255

143 304 303

211 320 303 303 214 336

Note: There is a logical and basic answer to this.

Modifications:

Hint 1:

The answer has nothing to do with logarithms.

Hint 2:

This puzzle could be solved with just a pencil and paper. No external references are needed.

Hint 3:

This puzzle uses a Homophonic Substitution Cipher

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    $\begingroup$ One two three, four three six, two O O... $\endgroup$
    – Alex
    May 7, 2015 at 19:06
  • $\begingroup$ @Alex you know what I mean $\endgroup$
    – Quark
    May 7, 2015 at 19:23
  • $\begingroup$ hah give me some times on it! $\endgroup$
    – Alex
    May 7, 2015 at 19:45
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    $\begingroup$ Are these two similar or is it just me? puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/10991/… $\endgroup$
    – user10531
    May 7, 2015 at 20:43
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    $\begingroup$ @Akiiino I felt rather disappointed after spending a long time attempting that one (and seeing the likes/faves/bounty for an unfulfilling answer) so I made this puzzle for closure. $\endgroup$
    – Quark
    May 7, 2015 at 21:16

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NOT AS TOUGH BUT BETTER

These are base 7 numbers. Convert them to decimal and then use mod 26 for a straight alphabetic substitution cipher.

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    $\begingroup$ Ugh. Literally the first thing I tried was this but with base 6 instead. Should've tried more than a couple letters and I'd have realized it was the wrong one... Well done! $\endgroup$
    – ajpolt
    May 10, 2015 at 1:36
  • $\begingroup$ Nice, that's the answer I was looking for. Since the numbers range from 0 to 6 you'd naturally think they were base 7 numbers, and from there, there's basically one main way to convert to letters. Hint 1 referred to "logical and basic", the basic part referred to the base change. Also, I had "Modifications" in bold to hint using mod 26 for the letter conversion. I definitely went overboard with the hints :) $\endgroup$
    – Quark
    May 10, 2015 at 1:46
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Answer:

BUT IS THERE ANY ANSWER

Strategy used:

The 2-5-3 word lengths in the middle of the sentence clearly pointed to "is there any" and the rest was filled in based on OP's reported frustration with a different problem on Puzzling.SE.

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    $\begingroup$ I'm afraid I'm going to need more convincing. Your letters duplicate when none of the numbers in the OP duplicate, and the answer could just as well be DIE BY THEIR OLD PUZZLE, etc. I don't like the idea of guessing just based on the word lengths. $\endgroup$
    – Tryth
    May 8, 2015 at 7:31
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    $\begingroup$ This can't be right. There are two sets of duplicate numbers in the puzzle. The first (341) and third (304) letters of the third word should match the third letter of the last word (341) and the 2nd letter of the 4th word (304), respectively, at minimum. In your solution, 341 would need to be both T and S, and 304 would be both E and N. $\endgroup$
    – ajpolt
    May 8, 2015 at 18:43
  • $\begingroup$ Sorry that's not the answer. Try to use my hint (I'll edit my post to make it clear it's a hint). $\endgroup$
    – Quark
    May 8, 2015 at 19:00

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