Posted on 12/30/2023 5:18:36 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
"[N]S D HTKV ZAWADOAO QCA AXAZPV W NX QCA STZG TS ZDKNDQNTX, NQO GDOO KNGNXNOCAO HV W/I2",
DWHAZQ ANXOQANX NX KTAO QCA NXAZQND TS D HTKV KAYAXK FYTX NQO AXAZPV JTXQAXQ?, DXXDWAX KAZ YCVONR, XTIAGHAZ 21, 1905.
QCNO NKAD NO FOFDWWV AEYZAOOAK QTKDV DO A = gj2.
The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram).
Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.
PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.
You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!
I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.
You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
4 minutes good
3 minutes excellent
2 minutes exceptional
90 seconds superior
USKIOB RIOB RLXIRDQERQLJ YJ TKGHKESolution to previous puzzle (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
RQB QJMJG YGKIHSE EK VDQB?
USKIOB RIOB RLXIRDQERQLJ YJ TKGHKE
RQB RIOB ORQH UCQJ?TKG RIOB ORQH UCQJ, VC BJRG
TKG RIOB ORQH UCQJ
FJ'OO ERZ R LIN K' ZDQBQJUU CJE
TKG RIOB ORQH UCQJ- EGRBDEDKQRO - GKYJGE YIGQU
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT
AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIND?
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT
AND AULD LANG SYNE?FOR AULD LANG SYNE, MY DEAR
FOR AULD LANG SYNE
WE'LL TAK A CUP O' KINDNESS YET
FOR AULD LANG SYNE- TRADITIONAL - ROBERT BURNS
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
OK
Solve the month. Win the prize.
The point is that the most misattributed author in history, has his most famous idea attributed to him in a form he did not originate.
Does the German word begin with cyphertext W?
I’m wondering why the first letter is bracketed. I can’t think of another word (or set of words) that ends in cyphertext S without changing the meaning.
Got it. But I don’t understand it. The last 4 “words” give it away.
The last word made it easy.
IT also omitted the required +/- 3 dB
SPOILER:
The first letter is bracketed because it was not capitalized in the English language translation. The “About this document” section of the Fermi Lab web page: https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/e_mc2.pdf
contains the following text:
The 1923 English translation modified the notation used in Einstein’s 1905 paper to conform to that in use by the 1920’s; for example, c denotes the speed of light, as
opposed the V used by Einstein in 1905. In this paper Einstein uses L to denote energy; the italicised sentence in the conclusion may be written as the equation “m = L/c2” which, using the more modern E instead of L to denote energy, may be trivially rewritten as “E = mc2”
I used the opportunity of this puzzle to show that one of the most misattributed authors in history is even misattributed for ideas he did originate. He did not say E = mc2, rather he said The Change in Inertia of a body = L/(V x V) where L is energy emitted by radiation, today we take for granted that mass (including gravitational mass) is equivalent to inertial mass, and V was the author’s symbol for the speed of light.
Happy New Year!
Thanks.
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