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urik
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Re: sorry no cipher

The fairly high-resolution image here suggests a somewhat awkward central "o". It’s not too different from the upper left "o", but…

3 years ago
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Re: sorry no cipher

Does anyone know of a high-resolution scan of this “sorry no cipher” message? The relevant “o” (in the upward “no”) seems a bit smeared in the low-res…

3 years ago
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Re: sorry no cipher

"Sorry no cipher" might be a clue about the 340’s horizontal transposition pattern. I think that associating this message with the diagonal…

4 years ago
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Re: Constrained Z13 solution: slaves’ slayer

I can share some quantitative analyses, anecdotal evidence in favor of the above solution, and thoughts about its implications, but I think it is more…

4 years ago
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Re: Constrained Z13 solution: slaves’ slayer

There’s simply no way to verify a proposed solution like this. The cipher IS too short. There are plenty of words or phrases that fit perfectly withou…

4 years ago
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Re: Constrained Z13 solution: slaves’ slayer

Agreed, and there is also a third possibility: he was role-playing a character, inspired perhaps by big bad Zode. I admit that when my code highlighte…

4 years ago
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Re: Constrained Z13 solution: slaves’ slayer

The cipher is only half the message. The line reads "My name is ___ [slaves’ slayer]", which looks coherent enough to me, as far as Zodiac t…

4 years ago
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Re: Constrained Z13 solution: slaves’ slayer

Let me make some clarifications and point out additional evidence for this solution being correct. First, I should clarify that the above assumes no…

4 years ago
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