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Dilbert
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12 Jun 2009, 9:16 pm

On another forum:

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/for ... 2000000041

That's the first time I ever did anything like that. I liked it!

Question for this forum is: should I try to forget this or do I give in and read more? ;)

So... can anyone recommend any books on code breaking? History of Bletchley Park and German Enigma machine for example? :roll:



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12 Jun 2009, 10:31 pm

Which kinds are you interested in?

There are a plethora of different kinds of codes.
Spacial codes, anagrams, alliterative anagrams, algorithmic, sequential, 3d, 2d..etc =P



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13 Jun 2009, 4:35 am

C+ is fun



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13 Jun 2009, 7:03 am

My advice to you Dilbert is that if an interest is fun and doesn't hurt other people---then pursue the interest. One thing I have noticed with my AS is that I have my regular intense interests, but I also get these interests that come along for short intervals that I may never pursue again. Right now, I have been interested in Abraham Lincoln's family and the tragedy of the early deaths of three of his four sons.


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13 Jun 2009, 7:13 am

Dilbert, you might find Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon interesting if you haven't already read it. It's about codebreakers in WW2. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article about the book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon
Hope that helps. Jenny