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your weekend todo list: solve the dorabella cipher »
The Dorabella Cipher is a letter written and enciphered by Edward Elgar [the guy who scored your graduation ceremony] to Miss Dora Penny [a young girl who was also the inspiration for one of his enigma variations]. She was never able to decipher it and its meaning remains unknown to this day.
A count of the 87 characters reveals a symbol frequency very close to that that would be expected if the cipher were a simple substitution cipher, based on a plain text in English, but attempts to decipher it along these lines have so far proved fruitless, leading to speculation the cipher may be more complex.
of course, it could also be an unelaborate hoax. but this should not stop you from making it your weekend project and finally showing the world the potentially pervy message that lies hidden under all those squigglies.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/3FZnoU8PUkgjbg4tpBOeVMCSo1_400.gif)
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The Dorabella Cipher is a letter written and enciphered by Edward Elgar [the guy who scored your graduation ceremony] to Miss Dora Penny [a young girl who was also the inspiration for one of his enigma variations]. She was never able to decipher it and its meaning remains unknown to this day.
A count of the 87 characters reveals a symbol frequency very close to that that would be expected if the cipher were a simple substitution cipher, based on a plain text in English, but attempts to decipher it along these lines have so far proved fruitless, leading to speculation the cipher may be more complex.
of course, it could also be an unelaborate hoax. but this should not stop you from making it your weekend project and finally showing the world the potentially pervy message that lies hidden under all those squigglies.
Source: ragbag
