Subj : Re: Voynich Manuscript
To   : Ogg
From : Jeff
Date : Mon Jan 24 2022 01:08 pm

On 24 Jan 2022, Ogg said the following...
 Og>  Og>> Perhaps, the closest analogy would be why do people
 Og>  Og>> configure BBSes?  LOL!
 Og>  J> Heh! Or TempleOS, a biblical-themed x86 operating system
 Og>  J> designed by a schizophrenic.
 Og> Yes.. I am familiar with that story. But apparently, it was a  
 Og> fine work from a technical standpoint.

Indeed.

 Og> By comparison, the VM is just a undecipherable (yet  
 Og> artistically beautiful in some ways) mess.

Or is it? Until we can prove that it contains no message, then the
possibility exists that it does. And yet, we can't prove that it does contain
a message.

Another example of a message that has not been decoded is the Kryptos
sculpture in Langley, VA. The first three of its messages have been
deciphered, but the fourth remains a mystery but not due to lack of effort.
And yet it was made to be decoded, albeit with much difficulty. So there are
things that we cannot yet decode.

And there are also things that are deliberate hoaxes. The problem seems to be
distinguishing between the two.

Jeff.

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