Re: VMs: Initial gallows

["Larry Roux" <LRoux@xxxxxxx>]

What I am finding as a problem related to a code change system is the preponderance of common words (dar) that seem to equate to an "and".  if the code basis changed (cypher, table, or whatever) you would think these words would change too.  But then I have not investigated whether those words are common to certain paragraph prefaces (t, k, p, f).  

So I argue against my own theories.  I can do that, can't I?  <grin>





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Larry Roux
Syracuse University
lroux@xxxxxxx
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>>> incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 03/27/04 06:33PM >>>
Hi Larry,

At 17:24 27/03/2004 -0500, Larry Roux wrote:
>My theory is that line initial gallows are breaks - sentence and paragraph 
>or idea breaks.  Or they are encryption/table scheme changes.  They should 
>not be considered part of the word.  The first word on f1r "fachys" should 
>be considered "f" (start) "achys"

I'd guess that probably a majority of non-hoax proponents here would agree 
that page-initial (and almost certainly paragraph-initial) gallows likely 
serve a specific function - but what?

If the VMs is a cipher-system, then the inclusion of such a mechanism would 
appear to make the whole system unique. While this weakens the pro-cipher 
argument (because nobody likes saying "the reason the VMs hasn't been 
broken is because it is unique"), anomalous page-initial gallows-related 
behaviour exists, and as such it still needs explaining.

On the other hand, natural and artificial languages would seem (IMHO) to be 
structurally antipathetic to this kind of page-centric behaviour (never 
mind Neal keys, etc).

Similarly, it would surely be a bizarre hoaxer who decided to hoax 
something that looks like a cipher table-change mechanism if no known 
history of such a mechanism existed at the (suspected) time of that hoax. 
Essentially, why fake a history that never existed? If you go down that 
route, you end up in acutely unsatisfactory Baudrillardian territory, 
arguing that the VMs is (somehow) a simulation of a non-existent 
cipher-system... essentially the worst of both worlds. :-o

In summary... as a general rule, I'd say that if paragraph-initial gallows 
do have a function, it would surely seem most likely to be related to a 
complex cipher-system, simply because other explanations seem to fare even 
worse. :-o

>I am now leaning towards all gallows being separate - ie cphody would 
>really be "p" chody - just put together for ornamentation purposes, but 
>that is due to a few examples and gut guessing.

Be careful not to confuse "ornamentation" with "misdirection"! :-)

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


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