Re: VMs: message for nick pelling and anyone else interested

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

At 01:12 14/08/2003 +0100, Jeff wrote:
> After having read one of your posts and another by whom I forget I modified
> a method to match the VMS encipherment scheme. <...>
>
> lknlfa.qeuiin.urgs.vaknpojo.porpojo.podlkn.lqemtegy.gslkn.lfapojo
> podlkn.lvava.fawr.wqelkn.lfapojo.pod.vapojo.poqehy
> hfalkn.lva.knhy.hjouiin.uy.egyuiin.ufa.gser.wrlkn
> lvava.fawr.wva.knpojo.porpojo.podlkn.lkn.qewr.wrhy.hlkn
> ljolkn.llkn.lkn.yhy.hjobi.uiinunai.wrwegy.fauiin.uiinwr.wjomt
> rlkn.lknlkn.ld.jouiin.ufamt.qepojo.pod
>
> The word splits could be better arranged but let me know what you think
> about similarities with the vms.
>
> Am I in the ballpark yet?

The Monkey oracle will tell you. :-)

However, I would perhaps caution that, even if you were to find a way of 
enciphering text that matched the general statistical properties of 
Voynichese, there's little chance that the two would be the same. Consider 
the difference between English-like text (traditional Japanese consumer 
electronics manuals, for example :-o ) and English!

I'm sure that the solution to the VMS will emerge from a mixture of 
analytical (deconstructive / statistical) and model-based (constructive / 
theoretical) - ie, going in both directions at the same time. So, make sure 
you always keep one eye on the primary evidence itself - everything else is 
supposition - and make sure you don't limit yourself to one direction only. :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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