September 29, 2009

Unccl DQnl. Gb lbh.
posted by quonsar 15 years ago
  • I really like that. Now I need a list of words that will spell other actual words using this device. Why? I don't know. Why do we need to know palindromes? Someone begin compiling this list, pronto! And happy Qday to you, too. I really have no idea what that means. Is today the anniversary of the founding of Quebec?
  • I put in "I've got a fish in my pants" and the code appeared, accompanied by a note at the top of the page that the site was in Catalan. Hmm!
  • Bernockle: Here is my brute force solution. There are 224 in the list; mirror entries are ignored. I am amused by (cheryl, purely), intrigued by (pyrex, clerk), and delighted by (nowhere, abjurer). Enjoy!
  • Happy Blortday, old trout!
  • Happy QDay to you to! Ooooh this is fun. Almost as fun as my secret decoder spy ring. *gets under covers with flashlight, encrypts secret messages to friends*
  • Steely Duran is clearly my new favorite person -- and not just because his name is combination of my favorite band and favorite boxer. Awesome. I have to start requesting more things.
  • > Steely Duran is clearly my new favorite person... Yay! > I have to start requesting more things. Fun little diversions like this one fill me with a deep and abiding happiness. A few months back, I brute-forced the solution to a puzzle by Will Shortz -- not to submit the solution, just for my own fun. Todd, the friend of mine who introduced me to the puzzle, casually said on the phone, "Gee, I wonder if it's maxim/axiom." When I'd finished and got my result -- just the one line when I'd used the smaller of the dictionary files on my system -- I called him back immediately and asked him, "Dude, how on Earth do you do that?" He's just, y'know, a mutant. A linguistic supercomputer in a convenient bipedal carrying case. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did making it.
  • Rirel Qnl vf DQnl
  • Much more deliciousness, while I'm at it.
  • IMHO by far the most elegant use of a "code" was the Navajo Code Talkers
  • Strongly concur; there's a big section in The Code Book about the Navajo Code Talkers. The thing is chock-full of history and intrigue -- just about the opposite of every other book I've seen on codes and ciphers. Wicked good fun.
  • Clumsiest use of a 'code' – Tap Code (... ... ... .... .... .... / .... .. . ..... . . ... . ... . ..... .... / . . / . ... ... .... . .... . ..... / ... .. ... .... .... .. . ..... / ... .... .. . / . . / ... .. . ..... .... ... .... ... . . .. .. . ..... / .... ... ..... .... .... ... .... .... . ..... ... .. ).
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