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200-Year-Old Cipher Finally Cracked

Posted by timothy on from the castle-aaaaaaaagh dept.

Attila Dimedici writes "A code expert just cracked a code used by a friend of Thomas Jefferson in a letter written to Jefferson some 200 years ago. This code is fairly easy to crack using a computer, but extremely difficult without one. I think it would have been much harder if the author had not included an indication as to what code algorithm he used in the letter accompanying the coded message."

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  1. easy to crack using a computer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "This code is fairly easy to crack using a computer, but extremely difficult without one."

    no really...

  2. Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BALLS

    1. Re:Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      EGGS

    2. Re:Anonymous Coward by iamhigh · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      AVOCADOS


      Am I doing it right?

      --
      No comprende? Let me type that a little slower for you...
  3. Text of the encrypted message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "12345"

  4. Are they touching? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    because it would be gay
    also: KING OF THREADS

    1. Re:Are they touching? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It's only gay if the balls touch.

    2. Re:Are they touching? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And you just love touching balls! In fact this is the ball touching thread, everyone touch balls!

  5. Re:Contents of message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The message was for Thomas Jefferson, not W. Jefferson Clinton.