Re: VMs: Can one "prove" a hoax? - and a request.

[Gabriel Landini <G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 19 Feb 2003 2:04 pm, Robert Antony Hicks wrote:
> But surely we cannot look for this until we can read the text?  If a
> methodical, reasonable way of changing VMS text into a consistent but
> nonsensical plaintext were found, would it prove a hoax? 

Exactly... it seems a circular argument. But have in mind that Jim G showed 
some interesting strings in the Beale ciphers that make one think about a 
hoax.
Could something like this be found in the vms? 
If so, what could it be?

Similarly one could argue that some of the characters in the 4 sequences of 
f57v do not appear anywhere else in the vms, so it is strange to put them 
there in the first place. (I know, one could still argue that they have a 
special meaning, like the names of the planets or elements which are not 
covered in the rest of the book).

Cheers,

Gabriel


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