decrepit said...
Surely the answer is in the first post, that's the substitution table, nothing else is needed.
Agreed. The first post
is the cipher.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher... although you could definately argue that the cipher is what nebbian described, the
pattern actually used.
I think you've been given a poorly worded question. I would have expected it to say something like:
What is the cipher for the following catchphrase: "qubsayedubf ua lssuxruce"
Off-topic a little, the patterns reminded me and I'm a programmer, there's a really interesting book by Wolfram called "A New Kind of Science". I'll rip the library journal description here:
"Galileo proclaimed that nature is written in the language of mathematics, but Wolfram would argue that it is written in the language of programs and, remarkably, simple ones at that. ... Wolfram went on to discover that the same vastly complex images could be produced by even very simple sets of rules and argues here that dynamic and complex systems throughout nature are triggered by simple programs. Mathematical science can describe and in some cases predict phenomena but cannot truly explain why what happens happens. Underscoring his point that simplicity begets complexity, Wolfram wrote this book in mostly nontechnical language. Any informed, motivated reader can, with some effort, follow from chapter to chapter, but the work as a whole and its implications are probably understood fully by the author alone."
Yes, I own this book and really enjoyed it, what I could understand although it is actually reasonably easy reading an I understood at least the gist of it, if not 80%.
Do I get my nerd badge of honour now
PS I'm in
love with my Starboard Carve 111 that I recently purchased. I've got to tell someone.
