DDSM
I have often attempted to solve your cryptograms ( is that the right term ) and always given up. Should I keep trying?
:-S
Don
DDSM
> I have often attempted to solve your cryptograms ( is that the right term ) and always given up. Should I keep trying?
> :-S
>
> Don
Keep trying, Don :beer:
(Woov fchqrl, Spr :eooc:)
DDSM
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. -Martin Luther King
DDSM
Thank you, Dan. I will, but they may be to sophisticated for me. You gave me two solutions for two different ciphers, I'll have to see if that helps.:-)
Don
Don
> Thank you, Dan. I will, but they may be to sophisticated for me. You gave me two solutions for two different ciphers, I'll have to see if that helps.:-)
>
> Don
Every day is a new day...and a new cipher...
A real hard day has a new cipher every hour...like a twelve string guitar...it is all in the patterns...
DDSM
I would like to apologize. My second post to True apparently crossed the line and was appropriately removed.
I, in no way, meant to be disrespectful to Teresa. I wrote hastily as I was getting ready to catch a plane so I am sorry for sounding so critical. My wife is constantly telling me that I am too blunt. I know Teresa very well. We spent a lot of time working together in Iraq. She is extremely intelligent, very well educated, and a great lady.
My original comment echoes what James wrote. It didn't have a flow to it. There were some things that just annoyed me because they were oversimplified and a lot of details were omitted. Maybe it was because I have experienced what she is writing about and I'm not thinking about it from the standpoint of conveying those experiences to someone that hasn't experienced them. Maybe she was limited by the number of words she could submit. Maybe Professional Surveyor Magazine should have afforded her a multi-part article. Remember the stories that John Giles used to write on the old POB board about his experiences in the Army while deployed to Iraq? Those were excellent and very enjoyable. Something like that would be great in one of the magazines.
Rob Cross (ssorcbor spelled backwards)
Rob:
First of all, your concern about the post you made proves to me that you are an upstanding and respectful individual. That is very much appreciated, especially in light of recent P&R issues. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Secondly, allow me to clarify. Your post was not removed because of what you posted; it was an unfortunate casualty of my cleanup efforts when removing True's post. His post actually took this thread in a P&R direction, which obviously is not consistent with the original intent of the thread. I considered moving your post as a reply of another post in this thread, but did not, simply because it wouldn't have made sense.
So, in my mind, you have no reason to apologize. But the fact that you would even consider it is greatly appreciated.
Don
Don,
Start out easy. Guess one letter and place it in the words and see if you have another guess....and keep going. The word "the" is a fairly popular word, and if you look for that "e" in other places, you might see a trend. The 'e' is an extremely popular letter. If the sentence is a quote, and the first word is one letter, see if "I" works. Both "I" and "a" are popular words, but from what I have seen for qoutes, the authors seem to use "I" a lot.
Also if it is a four-letter word with an apostrophe and another letter, see if "t" looks good after the apostrophe. If it does, the letter before it is probably an "n". If it's a four-letter word that begins and ends with the same letter, it may very well be 'that'; of course it could be something "else", but "that" is used a lot.
Some of those things might help you get started. DDSM is an apparent expert at this and might recognize words like "people" and other words that have an interesting repeat of letters. I think that comes with time.
Good on Rob.
Wendell you understood my intent.
Though having never met the lady, I have been communicating with Teresa for about 13 years, since Mark Deal ran RPLS.com.
I was just saying, "Hey Guys, Look what she done!". And Kudos to Teresa.:-) :good:
Don
Thanks. I think I understand the basics, but I wonder if his are always just simple substitution codes.
Don
Don
> Thanks. I think I understand the basics, but I wonder if his are always just simple substitution codes.
>
> Don
Don,
I don't think so. His signature is not the same substitutions as the cypher he gave you earlier. But you are right, in that when you figure out that in one quote a "K" is an "E" then it is the same for all the other letters in that quote. I don't think that "K" equals "E" in the next cypher he gives you.
Otherwise you could just get the secret decoder ring out of the cereal box and get all his cyphers.;-)
However it sounds like you understand the basics, so I won't try to explain some of which you probably already understand. I have gotten relatively good a "cypherin'" over the years, but I don't think I am quite at the caliber of DDSM.
