Re: "Verimak": jumping into the translation marathon
| From: | Bryan Maloney <bjm10@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 12, 1999, 17:39 |
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On Wed, 12 May 1999, John Cowan wrote:
> At one time Edgar Allen Poe ran a cryptanalysis contest (after the
> publication of his story "The Gold Bug") in which he undertook to
> solve any ciphers sent to him (only monalphabetic substitution
> ciphers, actually, for those who care). He got enough practice
That's kind of like "the champ will fight all comers, who agree to be
blindfolded, hop on one leg, and only attempt elbow strikes", isn't it?