[Blog Post] Klaus Schmeh on Gordon Rugg

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The problem with some standard device or "grille" to generate meaningless text is that such method would produce regular text without any artifacts (like those posted numerously by Wladimir). In my opinion, Rugg's explanation (as reported by Pelling and Schmeh, I haven't read the original article by Rugg) can be waived off just on this basis alone. Strange that Schmeh says nothing about this.

Another consideration is patterns within and between sections, which definitely exist in the VMS.

In a Rugg system, which is designed to create meaningless text that looks semi-legit as quickly as possible, the time it would take to work out these relationships and make them consistent throughout the manuscript would negate the time savings in using a grille for doing it fast. The two are at odds with each other. Someone creating a fraud manuscript simply wouldn't take the time to make it work this way unless they had a few screws loose (which, I suppose, is possible, but not the most likely explanation).