... Talking of googol and WWTBAM ... The other recent million pound 'winner', for his million pound question, had to give the name of the number which is 1...
Jeremy Humphries
jeremy.humphries@...
Oct 1, 2001 4:40 pm
5567
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR ONELIST'S CIPHER CHALLENGE GROUP This version (March 2000) contains answers to the following questions: 1) Where can I get an...
CipherChallenge@yahoo...
Oct 1, 2001 6:51 pm
5568
Stradivari is said to have used the golden mean to place the f-holes in his famous violins, it would be interesting to know if this was for the sake of; tone...
jimbrady@...
Oct 1, 2001 10:43 pm
5569
dear mr Singh and people around the world goodevening from Athens Greece. I bought the book almost as it edited in Greece and i spend all the summer reading...
pdaff@...
Oct 2, 2001 7:17 pm
5570
Hello (whoever you are), The challenge is ancient history for most of us, but it's good to hear from someone who is just getting started. You'll find a lot of...
Gish, David
gish@...
Oct 2, 2001 7:28 pm
5572
Have you heard that someone is claiming to have found the Beale treasure? A hoax or what? Check it out: http://bealesolved.com Angus...
Angus Walker
cipher@...
Oct 3, 2001 9:12 pm
5573
It's a hoax in my opinion. Apparently every so often someone claims to have solved the ciphers and found the treasure, but to get the full story you have to...
Gish, David
gish@...
Oct 3, 2001 10:29 pm
5574
... To me it looks more like a case of a guy mistakenly convincing himself that he's solved it. Reading the reports, it looks like what their cryppie did was...
Jim Gillogly
jim@...
Oct 3, 2001 10:34 pm
5575
As a matter of fact, I discovered the Beale treasure myself some ten years ago, using a one-time pad I devised to fit the numbers. Turned out to be just some...
Tim Roberts
t.roberts@...
Oct 3, 2001 10:55 pm
5576
In a message dated 10/3/01 4:17:38 PM, cipher@... writes: << Have you heard that someone is claiming to have found the Beale treasure? A hoax or...
lobert@...
Oct 4, 2001 2:41 am
5577
Hello good folks: Just what is the Thomas Jefferson machine Simon K.? Gary Saunders ... <------here ?...
Gary L Saunders
garysaunders@...
Oct 4, 2001 5:12 am
5578
Hi Everyone, I noticed that there's a programme on BBC Radio 4 tonight about the Voynich Manuscript: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/prog_parse.cgi? ...
ctcard@...
Oct 4, 2001 7:19 am
5579
A new book about the British Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park will be published on Friday 5 October 2001. The title is: "Action This Day:...
Frode Weierud
Frode.Weierud@...
Oct 4, 2001 7:30 am
5580
Hi Gary Not sure if it is actual technically a machine. It was 36 disks (the same size) on a axle. Each disk had the alphabet wrote on it in a different way,...
Simon Kilby
skukok@...
Oct 4, 2001 7:45 pm
5581
Dear All, PrimeTime Live, an ABC television show news magazine, is now (as I watch) doing a story on how the Bin Laden terrorists use steganography to transfer...
alexandra.dixon@...
Oct 5, 2001 5:48 am
5582
The following CipherChallenge poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Do you think more enthusiasm should be put towards this group,...
CipherChallenge@yahoo...
Oct 6, 2001 1:19 am
5583
Well this is a paradoxical result. On the one hand, 100% of the respondents are enthusiastic about the group. On the other hand, only 9 out of - what - 2500...
alexandra.dixon@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:28 am
5584
The following article in today's Times describes how the al Qaeda organisation possibly sent messages hidden in graphics files and using encryption. Shall we...
Angus Walker
cipher@...
Oct 6, 2001 11:23 am
5585
Hi all, The poll paradox sounds similar to our general election in the uk last spring. As for the stenography solution, no chance that is why it is so strong....
Simon Kilby
skukok@...
Oct 6, 2001 12:23 pm
5586
[ As for the stenography solution, no chance that is why it is so strong. Think how long Terry (I think it was terry) kept that picture on this group and we...
Terry Froggatt
TJFROGGATT@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:00 pm
5587
In a message dated 10/6/01 6:23:42 AM, cipher@... writes: << The following article in today's Times describes how the al Qaeda organisation...
lobert@...
Oct 6, 2001 5:56 pm
5588
Hi all I have just been thrilled by Peeping Tom, the intellectual 'horror' film written by Leo Marks. I have heard that the film is packed with subtle layers...
alecia@...
Oct 7, 2001 2:46 am
5589
In a message dated 10/6/01 10:32:20 PM, alecia@... writes: << I have just been thrilled by Peeping Tom, the intellectual 'horror' film written by Leo...
lobert@...
Oct 7, 2001 2:20 pm
5590
Terry: Because of your constantly reminding us that there is still some stegonography for us to attend to, I decided I better get on with it and have decrypted...
lobert@...
Oct 7, 2001 9:42 pm
5591
... OSKAR.GIF ... A little late perhaps, but yes I can. Don't know what to do with the decrypted message, though - or is that not part of the challenge? Rolf...
zigjam@...
Oct 8, 2001 1:26 pm
5592
Hi John, Peter and all, I got the hidden message too. Looking back, it was pretty simple! ;) Hriday....
Hriday Balachandran
hriday@...
Oct 11, 2001 8:23 am
5593
Hi, having read in a local newspaper some weeks ago that Simon Singh gets a price called 'Corine' for the german version of 'The Code Book'. It will be handed...
rz1@...
Oct 12, 2001 6:56 am
5594
Hi again, there is also a discussion about steganography in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theory-edge around messages #3921 3925 3961. -- Robert Zierer...
rz1@...
Oct 12, 2001 6:59 am
5595
Hello. This is a bit of a late response to the question of why phi (the golden ratio) is called the most irrational of the irrationals. The number theoretic...
Daniel Shiu
daniel.shiu@...
Oct 13, 2001 1:54 pm
5596
Hello Daniel. ... Yes, thanks for that, Daniel. Indeed, the golden mean has the slowest continued-fraction expansion to get anywhere: 1+1/(1+1/(1+1/(1+...))), ...
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