06-05-2026, 09:09 AM
(06-05-2026, 06:48 AM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Is there any example of a VMS-size book that is written entirely in such a cipher?
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No, not to my knowledge. But based on my research so far (!!!), there is also no indication of a generator that could even begin to produce such a complex system (especially given the very clear differences between the sections).
The underlying structure of the texts is also very difficult to reconcile with a generator—in fact, it is precisely this structure that points to an actual language that just happens to have this structure by chance.
The differences between the sections would be easiest to explain with different lists.
If it were a hoax, why would anyone go to the trouble of arranging it differently in every section? That is completely unnecessary for a hoax.
The LAAFU features are stronger than previously described—the initial letters produce significantly longer and significantly shorter lines for p vs. o. They favor certain subsequent letters/bigrams and tend to reject others. So something is going on here, and it’s pretty crazy, even if it’s only weakly pronounced in some cases. Let’s assume that only a few things are being triggered: bigrams have a different relationship under certain line markers, or only the Gallows have a different meaning—it doesn’t have to be much. But how else can one explain that the lengths AND the glyphs/bigrams used in the lines vary depending on the marker?