Comment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by kryptosfan
No worries, worse things have happened!
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All in your head or not, what’s the difference? Here in the 5th dimension of imagination, we understand there isn’t really one. PS This is my real face, but you’re not really looking. And your fly is...
View ArticleComment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by KryptosFreak
I will become a vigilante called bluejay
View ArticleComment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by Batman
Godspeed, Bluejay. May you always fly free and find what you are looking for!
View ArticleComment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by Pon
Perhaps the paper wasn’t originally intended for K3. Maybe it was prepared with P’s and C’s for K1 or K2 or K4 and went unused until some convenient paper with a grid was needed for K3.
View ArticleComment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by kryptosfan
Another idea would be that he was trying to illustrate to the interviewer how plaintext becomes ciphertext and just doodled on the side of his copy of K3. Same idea but different direction.
View ArticleComment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by Nicholas LaMey
I feel that the words (T)rembling (H)ands in K3 may be the alphabet key for the NYPVTT=BERLIN crib. Sanborn alternates between two seperate passhrases. Alphabet key: TH Passphrase: KRYPTOS Ciphertext:...
View ArticleComment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by kryptosfan
Could you ELI5 that for me?
View ArticleComment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by Nicholas LaMey
Using the Keyed Vigenere Cipher as K1 and K2. However in K4 Sanborn uses two seperate passphrases, alternating between each one. In K1 he uses Palimpsest. In K2 he uses Abscissa. Now for K4 he uses...
View ArticleComment on Is Kryptos K3 A Lie? by kryptosfan
You know, going back to Howard Carter, I think they doubly emphasized that K3 is false. If you re-read his journal entry you’ll see that they did not move slowly at all but feverishly.
View ArticleComment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by KryptosFreak
Woah. Amazing. So what’s the answer
View ArticleComment on Kryptos, section 3, Jim Sanborn’s notes by Nicholas LaMey
The above was my attempt at a proposed method of encryption that Sanborn used on K4. It fits nicely with the 6-letters that he gave us– however, my attempt at the entire solution is still a...
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AGBSSUSA I Z U D I I O T A F I O X T V I S D S Q Q Z O W S Z F D G H O S S D S Q Q ? I H E Y J T H N I H E E Y Z A W L M A G H C A X Q F I E F B R G Z E I N A P T R M T I O H U D I X A T H S Z H N M N...
View ArticleComment on Anagram Action by Name Required
PALIMPSEST and ABSCISSA Maybe the key is something like abc and kryptos, like first two? Anyway hope this helps.
View ArticleComment on Anagram Action by kryptosfan
How would this help? There’s no key to this one, it’s just rearrangement.
View ArticleComment on Methods by maximus
I failed too much in the past half year. I think this is no coincidence. But I’m looking forward to a positive future.
View ArticleComment on Methods by kryptosfan
I shudder at the thought of what my “failed too much” threshold would look like. I’ve probably gone past most people’s limit of failed attempts.
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