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Re: More Ideas

Posted By: vector40 <vector40@aol.com>
Date: 14 June 2001, 18:30

In Response To: More Ideas (novaHunter)

> What if the numbers on the glyphs stand for particular letters? I was
> reading through Sherlock Holmes, and he mentions that the order in which
> letters occur is roughly e, t, a, o, i, n, s, h, r, d, l. He also says
> that t, a, o, and i are roughly the same. What if one maps a particular
> number (say, 15) to e, and so on, and see if anything happens?

This kind of frequency-patterning is the most common method used when solving simple subsitution codes, as I understand it- but I think it may have changed a bit since Sherlock's day. I think it goes something like e, s, maybe t- can't remember it all...

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