[Noisebridge-discuss] Why do so many crackpots go for "crypto"?

[travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 01:00:08PM -0700, travis at subspacefield.org wrote:
> The text was blurry, so I came up with 27, assigned in alphabetical order:
> 
> abcdeaeabcfegehiejahejklemjan
> bcnopnejqejrbbcnsbcbcnon
> cjtnjlbjbcueqmovwaxcpbce
> cklbmbxdblbcvmbmabcngeacej
> wambcsnehcphmeqorobcueqmo
> bjeqpdobbaehmqnblobabceanebpe
> bcueqmjbcpebcsjbcbymvcbepsme
> gbvanljbcpczejonwmagqeobrj
> gepwmlajhceobnj1cbcwamobjb
> bcnhmqonjzembcnp1xxejbcrej
> bcuqmobcpewnbpmbjbxhlpbcqwba
> abjbhceezejlbjbcdcoaofobcczoba
> bcnonxejbabcnpiqcejnjhjbxmon
> bcpewbenbnbppgmlhjimev
> wlemoqebcndbqiohcebgmbmob
> bcbnjejbcpeoelwamjbcweobnubwc
> abcaybmbpbcnhjeoa1uaxbbcwabem
> bcfephbjenjosnehwabembcwaco
> abcpelbrjbccogpdcwcbcpgel
> cvwpaxcpbceofobcczobcnwpalo
> bcbjabmsalbj
> bcnatahoabcueqmobcpebjbbwpllob
> pdeieloadpmbn
> bcgewndnw1cqbjbcnymahe
> bcmden
> lgnbccjbcmdnj
> 
> I think j and o are similar enough they might be the same glyph...
> 
> Does arabic have 27?  If not I'll assume it's 26.

Actually, Arabic has 28, so it might be Arabic, and one letter just
didn't happen to be used.

However, Arabic is written right-to-left, and this appears to be
left-to-right with an indented signature at the end.

Also, I don't know Arabic and couldn't crack it, so I'll try it
as if it's English.

Another possibility is that it's Romanization of Arabic, which
would be even more difficult to crack than straight Arabic due
to the alternate spelling variants.
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