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

Tue Jun 15 20:15:05 UTC 2010

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM,
<travis+ml-noisebridge at subspacefield.org> wrote:
> I think j and o are similar enough they might be the same glyph...

Seriously? J is a bulbous crossed :  and O is just a circle. Am I
missing something?

FQYANEJ is the longest repeated gram & occurs 4x.

Letter frequency order: FQAJGVEIOTWNSDPZMBCYKXUHLR

It's very tempting to think FQYANEJ = english but more tempting for
FQG or JFQ to = the. If it's Arabic though I have no idea. (I took 2
quarters' worth, but have basically forgotten all of it...)

Here's a very good automatic (English) cryptogram solver that accepts
hints: http://www.blisstonia.com/software/WebDecrypto/index.php

- Sai