09-04-2019, 12:58 PM
JKP: I have already explained to you aspects of how it could be similar, but different, yet this has either gone in one ear and out the other or you have not understood what I said. So I have not decided for you, but if you ignore my answers I can't help you. If you have not understood say so. If you are not really interested in knowing what my answer is then say so as well. Either way you seem rather obtuse. Do I need to copy and paste what I already written to you JKP? Sorry, but it is rather annoying when you ignore what I have written.
What I have described to you, JKP, certainly has a lot in common with standard diplomatic ciphers it is just not identical. The question of how similar is "similar" is a semantic question; I like to think of it as the size of the intellectual leap to get from one to the other, what I have described is a very small mental step. If the small mental step I have described is too much to warrant the term "atypical" that is ultimately your decision; I think it is.
What I have described to you, JKP, certainly has a lot in common with standard diplomatic ciphers it is just not identical. The question of how similar is "similar" is a semantic question; I like to think of it as the size of the intellectual leap to get from one to the other, what I have described is a very small mental step. If the small mental step I have described is too much to warrant the term "atypical" that is ultimately your decision; I think it is.