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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 12, 2017 12:48:30 GMT -5
Decall -- what I've shown above is not a code or a cipher. It is steganography. It is a technique used by almost every book-based treasure hunt of the last 30 years. In my opinion, if you are not open to this sort of information concealment, you will not solve Forrest's puzzle.
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Post by astree on Jul 12, 2017 13:25:37 GMT -5
www.chasechat.com/showthread.php?tid=983&pid=36445#pid36445
Can you imagine the complexity of such finds (hundreds, thousands), especially if they are not part of the mainline solution? A filtering mechanism is a must.
One such find is the EYE/KEY (9th letters of each sentence) around the 13th line, which was posted several days before Forrest's "tight focus on a word that is key".
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There is a matter of semantics ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography#History
In his work Polygraphiae Johannes Trithemius developed his so-called "Ave-Maria-Cipher" that can hide information in a Latin praise of God. "Auctor Sapientissimus Conseruans Angelica Deferat Nobis Charitas Potentissimi Creatoris" for example contains the concealed word VICIPEDIA.[4]
"Deciphering the code. Steganographia" (image caption, right panel)
etc
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 12, 2017 16:31:43 GMT -5
Hi Astree -- can you explain this statement:
"As we understand that the letters surrounded by the HORN give AFTER"
I'm not seeing it.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 12, 2017 16:34:30 GMT -5
Never mind -- I see it now. It's at the top of the OLD SANTA FE TRADING CO webpage.
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Post by astree on Jul 12, 2017 20:08:37 GMT -5
Right, zaphod. I wasn't too clear in the quote, but just trying to convey that there was a third HORN, in addition to the acrostic and grid 20th letters - the horns on the webpage.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 12, 2017 23:19:33 GMT -5
Horns are everywhere in the books, Scrapbooks and elsewhere. But if people want to ignore that, so much the better for me. ;-)
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Post by astree on Jul 13, 2017 6:48:41 GMT -5
sharkysoft.com/vigenere/1.0/
KEY: horn
Input: two Input: trove
moi burke
(You know a hunt is in trouble when the only action is the discussion of another hunt).
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 13, 2017 13:44:00 GMT -5
Astree: indeed. And Pete's latest FB video doesn't help his case. But to try to spark a little more interest in BT&B, let me toss out an idea for the nada line that I initially thought had promise, but I stalled on months ago. It was the idea that each nada was describing a particular bourbon:
nadatrace: Buffalo *Trace*, or possibly Maker's *Mark* nadasoda: Old Grand Dad (vs. Dad's old-fashioned root beer) nadacocoa: Baker's (same name for the bourbon as for the chocolate)
But I couldn't find good bourbon names to go with nadacurl or beenbitt.
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toppop
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Post by toppop on Jul 13, 2017 21:46:22 GMT -5
Beenbitt's answer is something that connects to Mr and Mrs Bebee. I know bees sing not bite, but Pete wrote it, so don't blame me for a lame clue...lol
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