Top 10 uncracked codes

The Telegraph ^ | 01 Feb 2011 | Nick Britten

[Daffynition]

1. The Phaistos Disk is considered the most important example of hieroglyphic inscription from Crete. Discovered in 1903, both sides of the clay disc are covered with hieroglyphs arranged in a spiral zone, impressed on the clay when it was damp. Forty five different types of signs have been distinguished, of which a few can be identified with the hieroglyphs in use in the Proto- palatial period. [snip]

[OB1kNOb]

What if it’s written in igpay atinlay?

Oh, a wise guy? (two-finger poink to the eyes). ;-)

[Conan the Librarian]

They forgot Beta Crypt 3.

[BenLurkin]

Taman Shud Case (Tamam Shud... found on the last page of ...The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.)

Fascinating!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taman_Shud_Case

[SunkenCiv]

The court found that it was and open and taman shud case. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

There were no clues as to his identity and dental records and fingerprints matched no living person.

Duh, he was dead, so of course. ;')

[SunkenCiv]

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[bigheadfred]

WTH. I guess they haven’t seen my book.

[1010RD]

Excellent mystery and one I’d never heard of.

[ZULU]

I think the Phaistos Disc and Linear A are of genuine concern, particularly the latter. Some special purpose modern code is not of any great interest.

I say a show on the Voynovich code and they pretty much exposed it as a fraud.

There are others of merit unnamed here like the language of Meroe, Etruscan, the Harrapan Hieroglyphs, etc.

[CholeraJoe]

One of the few xkcd strips safe enough to post here, or comprehensible to non-mathmaticians. Here's another:

[colorado tanker]

One of these must explain why women want the toilet paper to hang with the wall, where it’s harder to grab. I sure haven’t figured it out.

[TruthConquers]

At least the Beale Cipher will led you to buried treasure!!! And gold!!!

At least, that is what the legend says.

[Daffynition]

Apply for a grant from Homeland Security. I’ll vouch for you.

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Oh, I am stealin’ that.

[Ronald_Magnus]

We lost one of the best code-breakers some years ago. RIP Barbara Billingsly.

[SunkenCiv]

I don’t believe it, but...

Phaistos Disc declared as fake by scholar
The Times of London | July 12, 2008 | Dalya Alberge, Arts Correspondent
Posted on 07/30/2008 10:56:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2054126/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can’t be read
New Scientist | 27 May 2009 | Andrew Robinson
Posted on 05/29/2009 9:14:19 PM PDT by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2261043/posts

[SunkenCiv]

indus script site:freerepublic.com

Google

[bigheadfred]

Oh, I am stealin’ that.

Next you'll be stealing this.

Be a pig.

Whups. Excuse me.

I must be in a baaa moo.