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Voynich Manuscript: The geek quotient is very high with this one. The Voynich Manuscript (VMS) is a mysterious illustrated book of unknown contents, written some 500 years ago by an anonymous author in an unidentified alphabet and unintelligible language. Over its recorded existence, the Voynich Manuscript has been the object ...
Deane | June 21, 2004 | in "Total Geek"
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Numbers station : A post over at Boing Boing reminded me of the phenomenon of numbers stations. Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin that broadcast streams of numbers, words, or phonetic sounds. No one knows for sure where their signals originate or what purpose they serve. The ...
Deane | June 22, 2004 | in "Total Geek"
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Sitting outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia is a sculpture called Kryptos. It was sculpted by James Sanborn who was kind (evil?) enough to etch an encoded message on the surface: The message on the sculpture contains 865 characters in total. Sanborn has since revealed that the sculpture contains a ...
Deane | June 25, 2005 | in "Total Geek"
See also: cryptography, Kryptos, Voynich Manuscript