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Spain cracks King Ferdinand's 500-year-old secret code
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| February 3, 2018
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Posted on 02/04/2018 1:16:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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The letters were written by Ferdinand of Aragon, who was the first king of what became modern-day Spain. [© Radio Television Espanola]
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:16:14 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks yefragetuwrabrumuy.
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:16:51 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: SunkenCiv
This is exciting. Thank you.
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:21:18 PM PST
by
mairdie
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:22:42 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: SunkenCiv
“Espere amigos, neccista tu beber sus Owal-teen”
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:25:57 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: dfwgator
BESURETODRINKMOREOVALTINE
Classic, one of the best TV movies of all time.
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:30:21 PM PST
by
WMarshal
("IN AMERICA WE DON’T WORSHIP GOVERNMENT — WE WORSHIP GOD." POTUS tweet 2017)
To: SunkenCiv
The Spartans had a system of wrapping a message around a rod so that it showed letters exposed by certain sections. The recipient would have an identical one.
It was supposed to be pretty good but it doesn’t sound very sophisticated to me.
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:30:56 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: SunkenCiv
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:41:37 PM PST
by
Songcraft
("Pray without ceasing." 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:49:18 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Where is the Trump/Russia collusion memo? ... Mueller? Mueller? Anybody?)
To: SunkenCiv
The International Spy Museum has exhibition on Queen Elizabeth I’s spy ring.
Her main spy guy when sending her correspondence from abroad would sign them “007”.
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:57:07 PM PST
by
lizma2
To: dfwgator
Espere amigos, neccista tu beber sus Owal-teenHelen Thomas is easy
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posted on
02/04/2018 1:59:33 PM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: SunkenCiv
The brains in Spain fall mainly on the reign.
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posted on
02/04/2018 2:04:27 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
((((("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))))
To: SunkenCiv
Always felt the best code was two copies of the same large random book using the pages, lines, and letters. I’m sure that with all the digital scans and crunching power now that this isn’t as good as it once would have been though.
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posted on
02/04/2018 2:05:37 PM PST
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reed13k
To: reed13k
That is the exact code Admiral Semmes of the Confederate Ship, Alabama, used.
He bought two identical dictionaries. Random books would be more secure but that would be pretty good.
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posted on
02/04/2018 2:08:39 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: reed13k
A - Z Of London was in a newer Sherlock episode.
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posted on
02/04/2018 2:17:23 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: SunkenCiv
BTW, Ferdinand and Isabella were the parents of Catherine of Aragon, tragic first queen of Henry the Eighth.
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posted on
02/04/2018 2:34:06 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
(I'm conservative & traditionalist, a nationalist and patriot.)
To: yarddog
Yes, the celebrated Spartan
skytale.
You'd think it would take a reasonably intelligent person no more than 10 minutes to work out the possible combinations of letters and be able to read the message.
To: Verginius Rufus
It seems like that to me too but there must have been more to it than that. Those people were very intelligent.
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posted on
02/04/2018 3:20:07 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: TigersEye
"Tome mas Ovaltino!"
That is actually a common mistake from casual non native western Spanish speakers. In proper Castilian form, Ovaltine is properly female gendered, so the proper translation is...
Tome mas Ovaltina
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posted on
02/04/2018 3:30:41 PM PST
by
dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: Ciexyz
BTW, Ferdinand and Isabella were the parents of Catherine of Aragon, tragic first queen of Henry the Eighth.
Which is why the Pope was between a rock and a hard place when it came to granting Henry VIII a divorce. Piss off Henry or piss off the Catholic church’s richest patrons.
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posted on
02/04/2018 3:47:32 PM PST
by
hanamizu
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