24-08-2016, 06:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-08-2016, 06:46 PM by ChrisHagen.)
Hi Don,
I have read your article now about the different code groups. I think it looks very interesting, and nothing jumps out to me as wrong.
I do wonder though, how quickly one would be able to "read" the VMS knowing these codes (and the following steps required to turn it into plaintext). It seems like a reader would need a table, just like you made, of which characters are in which code groups. And then slowly transcribe each word, letter for letter. Admittedly, it probably wouldn't be the slowest cipher in the world, and since we haven't cracked it yet, who am I to criticize!
Have to tried applying your methods of Voynichese -> Middle English on more than just a single word at a time? How does this method work? It seems like you need steps beyond identifying the code groups to get from qokeedy to red heron's bill (misquoted a bit, but hopefully you know what I mean.)
(Hm, maybe a moderator could be so helpful as to split off this thread? I realize I've derailed it quite a bit from the main topic!)
I have read your article now about the different code groups. I think it looks very interesting, and nothing jumps out to me as wrong.
I do wonder though, how quickly one would be able to "read" the VMS knowing these codes (and the following steps required to turn it into plaintext). It seems like a reader would need a table, just like you made, of which characters are in which code groups. And then slowly transcribe each word, letter for letter. Admittedly, it probably wouldn't be the slowest cipher in the world, and since we haven't cracked it yet, who am I to criticize!
Have to tried applying your methods of Voynichese -> Middle English on more than just a single word at a time? How does this method work? It seems like you need steps beyond identifying the code groups to get from qokeedy to red heron's bill (misquoted a bit, but hopefully you know what I mean.)
(Hm, maybe a moderator could be so helpful as to split off this thread? I realize I've derailed it quite a bit from the main topic!)