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Largo
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Joined: June 14, 2016 1:38 pm
Last seen: April 8, 2022 2:51 pm
Topics: 33 / Replies: 421
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Re: Z340: multiple transcription rectangles

That’s a great idea! Have you ever tried to rotate z340 by 90 or 270 and then test with your new solver mode? It could also be that the individual tra…

4 years ago
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Re: Let’s Crack Zodiac – Episode 2 – Bigrams

Wow! This episode is absolutely great! You always manage to convey knowledge in a compact and understandable way. No questions remain unanswered and t…

4 years ago
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Re: New tool: Peek-a-boo

Hi! I’m glad you like the font. I originally only created the symbols for z340. David Oranchak (moderator here in the forum) then made a combined fon…

4 years ago
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Re: Let’s Crack Zodiac – Episode 1 – Graysmith

I really appreciate the ease and clarity of explanation that Dave Oranchak uses in his presentations, either alone or through the A to Z podcast. Howe…

4 years ago
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Re: Let’s Crack Zodiac – Episode 1 – Graysmith

I have an idea for another episode: How about an explanation why we can be sure that z408 was solved correctly. There’s always the claim that z408 wa…

4 years ago
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Re: EBEORIETEMETHHPITI

This is what I have been always saying. His original intended left-over character count was 12, so if the 18 still has meaning (whether the ciphertext…

4 years ago
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Re: EBEORIETEMETHHPITI

Hi, I’m one of the people who thinks that the last line is a filler. There are some arguments for this, especially the QEHM sequence and the repeated…

4 years ago
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Re: Let’s Crack Zodiac – Episode 1 – Graysmith

Quarantine inspired me to create a new video series on Youtube. It’s called "Let’s Crack Zodiac". True crime meets classical cryptography. …

4 years ago
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Re: Z340: period 19 and 15 lines

You can of course come up with a googol different variations, especially when considering multiple steps. I would just look at 1-step period 19 stuff …

5 years ago
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Re: Z340: period 19 and 15 lines

Here is another transposition idea: First mark one P19 pass in orange. For the wrap-around you change the color and mark the second pass: Now y…

5 years ago
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Re: AZdecrypt 1.17

Thanks Largo. I checked the .zip archive and there is a Output folder there. Is there a problem? I must have accidentally deleted the output folder….

5 years ago
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Re: Z340: period 19 and 15 lines

Here are some results for the first 340 letters of z408: Searching for patterns of lenth 6 with a max LS of 2: z408 has 11 positions with matching p…

5 years ago
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Re: AZdecrypt 1.17

Here is a roll out of the new observations statistic on the Z340: This is a very useful feature. Interesting would be observations like the number o…

5 years ago
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Re: Z340: period 19 and 15 lines

I wanted to do the test I mentioned but don’t feel motivated enough at the moment so for now I will keep it quiet. Okay. As soon as you need transpo…

5 years ago
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Re: AZdecrypt 1.17

Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you Jarlve for the new Version. The feature list is really great. I will try the new version on the weekend.

5 years ago
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