Maybe your frequencies aren't correct if that's all you get. And if you have a lot of digraphs present, maybe that tells you something... John Lobert...
Thanks, but I found the mistake: The way I entered the letters into the matrix was wrong; ... I had to enter them columnwise: First 881 letters into column 1 ...
Hello Lurkers. I spotted an item on BoingBoing that referenced a web site (http://wilwheaton.buzznet.com/user/?id=903397) which contains an ADFGVX cipher below...
The length of the keyword is, well ... long, very long. -Tharagleb (the same one who found Ruperts) ... are ... letter ... going to ... do ... I ... aren't ......
In recognition of Didier's claim that he used paper strips to emulate an Enigma machine to solve Stage 8 and Simon's that he devised Stage 8 on a paper Enigma...
Nice to hear you again John I would never have thought that somebody would ever try to make money with my paper enigma ! I should have copyrighted it ;-) ...
Hi, I've been rereading _The Code Book_, specifically the section on how the Enigma machine works. So, Simon Singh says that the plug board with 6 pairs of...
On Jul 17, 2005, at 4:54 PM, Alexandra Fiona Dixon wrote: [...] ... If you don't mind doing some programming you can read a paper from Jim Gillogly: ...
See my July 6 message for the paper Enigma machine. There are also programs floating around that will do it (try a Google search). As for the National...
Hi, I was passing by the local book shop and found a book: "Sit and solve ciphers." shaped like a toilet - to me implying you can do them while ...... Well,...
Andrew Bruno
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Jul 18, 2005 8:37 am
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Are you sure it's in English? ... are you sure the first word of the title of the book is "sit?" seems like it's missing a letter :-) Alexandra...
... [...] ... Note that VW is also a word. There are few instances of two 2-letter words making a 4-letter one, and even fewer if all the letters are distinct....
Andrew: Is the CT typed in correctly? John Lobert ... can do ... stupid. (Don't ... which are ... WQX YHOVVM ... bit of ... ciphers. ... what, and ... help...
I have solved it! It is simple but clever. What hints would you like? Tim ... From: CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com on behalf of keystonejcl Sent: Tue...
I solved it too :) The clue is in the title... I think you (or the book) may have missed out a word in the CT. It would make much more sense if it read: VWOX...
Hi Smurf, Agreed, but the relevance of the clue only became apparent to me *after* I'd solved it. The approach I took was just to go with my first instincts -...
... Well 99.9% yes. Oh, the title of the cipher is "Taking the fifth" which may be of some help. (sorry for not including this in the first post. Forgot. :)...
Andrew Bruno
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Jul 19, 2005 9:36 pm
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... (You didn't need to quote all my message back) ;-) Well, I guess this is a tricky part for me. Without giving it away I am guessing it won't be easy to...
Andrew Bruno
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Jul 21, 2005 9:43 pm
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Hello Andrew, Actually, no, the first two words are not tricky at all, and the first word is not two two-letter words! It's really a very simple cod. Tim ...
... had ... Well, you may well be right about Q, but why does V have to be a vowel? ;-) ... especially ... Like Tim, I guessed correctly what the first two...
... <johnlobert@s...> ... I think the fourth word of the CT should be "YAMOJQAB" instead of "YAMOHQAB". Do the others who've solved this agree? Dan Girard...
Hello keystonejcl ... Although it is moot, I did make some mistakes when I am looking at it. VWOX OX QJ YAMOHQAB JRFOXW XJVJU, ZLV Q UAVQOJ FVVA YG VW QFCWQZV...
Andrew Bruno
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Jul 22, 2005 8:40 am
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Hello Tim I'm back home now. (Oh, I have to watch the 'C' key, bit dicky. Though better than the space bar. ;-) ... C.O.D. ? ;-) I know it is not two TWO...
Andrew Bruno
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Jul 22, 2005 8:48 am
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Hello marksmurph ... "Bugga"! :( (Aussie saying/meaning) Ok the first word. ONTO, that breaks down to two words ON and TO, but where they are in the sentance:...
Andrew Bruno
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Jul 22, 2005 8:51 am
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Hello danjg7654321 ... Though I still haven't solved it, yes, I admit I goofed. I think the mistake was my finger hitting the wrong key (just beside each ...
Andrew Bruno
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Jul 22, 2005 8:53 am
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Hi, Although most of you may not really like mono ciphers, as I am now home, here is some more details on the book: ISBN: 1-4027-1309-6 Sit & Solve...
