VMs: Possible ways to generate VMS like text

["chris123" <chris123@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here's the best I've been able to come up with yet - I submit them in 
the hope that those more qualified and capable than myself can show me 
to be completely wrong and I can move on to finding other possibilities.


Possible ways to generate VMS like text (please read in plain text)

A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    K    L    M    N    
t    b    tt   tb   bt   bb   ttt  ttb  tbt  tbb  btt  btb  bbt 

O     P     Q     R     S     T     U     W     X     Y
bbb   tttt  tttb  ttbt  ttbb  tbtt  tbtb  tbbt  tbbb  bttt

imagine a key with two rows, as above - to write the word CAT 
one would find that 'tt' corresponds with C and select two letters 
from the top of the top row making sure the first is to the left of 
the second eg1 'HK' or 'FG' 

The next letter in CAT - A, corresponds with 't' - pick any letter 
to the left of the last one you picked for  C  from the top of the 
top row  eg. 'E' or 'D' 

The next letter, T, corresponds with 'tbtt' - that's one from the 
top, one from the bottom and another two from the top  - making sure 
that the first letter selected is to the left of the last one you 
picked for A and the following ones are to the right of the preceding 
ones eg.
'CPFK' or 'BWLM' 

putting it all together CAT could be written as; 
HKECPFK  or FGDBWLM  or many other ways.  


To decipher one would keep reading until one comes to a letter that is 
to the left of the preceding one in it's row and consult the key.
eg. HK = tt(both on the top row) = C
    E = t = A
    CPFK = tbtt (top, bottom, top, top) = T  


Now, use randomly placed spaces to obfuscate,  and make some rules for 
word seperators - use variations or different symbols or ......


When doing this in practice one tends to start to the left of a row and 
as the line goes on move towards the right of it to add variation - 
giving you the more structured beginnings of lines that get 'messier'
towards the end, as in the VMS. You also get certain letters more 
frequently following others and you naturally  use certain sequences 
more often than the many other possible choices giving the encoded text 
a 'language' like appearance.



A Second Method - and as silly as it sounds, don't dismiss it until 
you've tried it.

1. Have a few beers
2. Find a language that you are familiar with the sound of but cannot 
   speak or can only speak a very little of. 
3. Find a younger, attractive member of the opposite sex that is also 
   familiar with the sound of this language but cannot speak it.
4. Try to impress your younger, attractive member of the opposite sex 
   by convincing him / her that you are demonstrably fluent in this 
   language by speaking it often, insisting that you recite traditional 
   love poems etc..
5. If at first you are unsuccessful try again - you improve with 
   practice.
6. Record the results, invent some symbols to represent the sounds you 
   made and write them down. 


You will find that you have a load of rubbish that has many of the features 
of the VMS. Notably when you hit an authentic sounding sound or group of 
sounds you tend to repeat it only changing the beginning or the ending, 
adding to it or modifying it slightly. And, what often starts off as a well 
ordered line can get rather messy/unstructured towards the end as you 
desperately struggle to make it sound convincing.

It is Saturday - I see no reason why you all can't go out on the town, 
try this and report back to the group first thing Monday morning. 

And, I'll repeat - as silly as it sounds, don't dismiss it until 
you've tried it - the above description is a little 'tongue in cheek' 
but if I had to put money on the way the VMS was created, I'd reluctantly 
have to go for this one.


      ciao for now

              Chris








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