RE: VMs: Re: entropy, shorthand systems, gallows characters

["Marke Fincher" <MarkeFincher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd
> waht I was rdanieg The  
> phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to
> rscheearch taem at  Cmabrigde 
> Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
> ltteers in a  wrod are, the olny 
> iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be
> in the  rghit pclae. The 
> rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it
> wouthit a  porbelm. Tihs 
> is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter
> by istlef,  but the wrod 
> as a wlohe.  

Of course, if you encrypted this text the character 
frequencies would be the same as the unjumbled version
but it would successfully mess up the stats on repeated 
words.

Marke
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