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Da Vinci Code Message Revealed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the funny-judge dept.

Ironsides writes "The message embedded in the Da Vinci Code ruling earlier this week has been cracked. The message reads 'Smithy Code Jackie Fisher who are you Dreadnought' and is a reference to an event from about 100 years ago. The encryption scheme itself was based on the Fibonacci number Sequence which is the same one used in the novel."

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  1. And then... by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny
    The encryption scheme itself was based on the Fibonacci number Sequence which is the same one used in the novel
    At which point Dan Brown announced his intention to sue the judge for copyright infringement.

    "I'm the only one allowed to endlessly recycle the plot of 'The DaVinci Code' into other works", said Brown.
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  2. Re:it's good to see by ComaVN · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You might need to lighten up. Not everything anyone ever does needs to be 100% productive to society, you know. Posting on slashdot comes to mind.

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  3. Yeah yeah, very clever... by j.a.mcguire · · Score: 5, Funny

    das dratsab srehpargotpyrc og emoh!

  4. Article Devoid of Facts by zaguar · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article failed to mention how he solved it. It was a Polyalphabetic Cipher with the key being the Fibonnaci sequence. For those who want to crack it, the sequence of numbers for the key is 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 etc, in recursive form: T(n+1)=T(n)+T(n-1)

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