The story
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11th November 2022 at 2:25 pm #87231f6exbParticipant
Did you notice something wrong this week about names and date?
17th November 2022 at 11:27 am #87257The-Letter-WrigglerParticipantLets recap from 4B
763 Boxes 1st 43 box slides are more worn
40 is lowest box number on register in last few months (??? its 38 in the case files)
9 binary characters per box
512 encodings (ie 9 bit binary 000000000 to 111111111 = 0 to 511 decimal)***
B. Tallmadge – most common entry name*** there is more binary info in 5A when you have decrypted it.
763 is still giving me trouble, so far 760 is the norm.Just noticed there are TWO date<->box that do not add up but is that important?
______M__D__Y
SUN 07-10-22 > 07+10 = 17
MON 07-11-22 > 07+11 = 18
THU 07-21-22 > 07+21 = 28
MON 08-01-22 > 08+01 = 09
MON 08-08-22 > 08+08 = 16
MON 08-15-22 > 08+15 = 22 <??? DATE GIVES 23 but 22 written down
SUN 08-21-22 > 08+21 = 29
TUE 08-30-22 > 08+30 = 38
THU 09-01-22 > 09+01 = 10
MON 09-05-22 > 09+05 = 14
WED 09-07-22 > 09+07 = 12 <??? DATE GIVES 16 but 12 written down
MON 09-12-22 > 09+12 = 21[Edited by Harry – You surely didn’t think I would answer that, did you?]
17th November 2022 at 3:04 pm #87300The-Letter-WrigglerParticipant@Harry
Thanks for ANSWERING my question (it wasn’t a no!) it was something new to me and I enjoyed reading about it.17th November 2022 at 3:04 pm #87301RhydwenParticipant763 is the product of two primes.
18th November 2022 at 4:22 pm #87312madnessParticipant“organiSation”
18th November 2022 at 4:22 pm #87314f6exbParticipantAbout message #87231 I noted two quirks:
– In 5B, at the begining, we have ” think we made a mistake in hiring Jade”, “she told me that Jade…” and at the end “, could you keep tabs on Jodie? ”– “Tallmadge used the British date convention when he signed in on the eleventh of June.” instead of July.
21st November 2022 at 2:08 pm #87325The-Letter-WrigglerParticipant5A recap
512 pictograms outlined, the remaining
248 were not. (512+248=760) (why not 251 to give 763?)512 being 9 binary digits of 0’s and 1’s
(000000000->111111111 = 0->511)
248 being 9 binary digits of 0’s to 7 digits of 1’s plus 2 digits of 0’s
(000000000->111111100 = 0->508)with and without grid (add left most 0 or 1, 0000000000 – 1111111100 10 bits)
0000000000 1111111100 = 0-1020 decimal, final range 512+509= 1021The reading is to be left to right and down so box 23 is
1 0 1
1 0 0
0 1 1= 101 100 011 giving (10 digit binary)
(0)101100011 = 355 decimal if it has a grid
(1)101100011 = 867 decimal if it has no gridDisclaimer: This is my own workings it may or may not be correct.
23rd November 2022 at 2:47 pm #86956madnessParticipant23rd November 2022 at 2:47 pm #86957madnessParticipant24th November 2022 at 4:35 pm #87369f6exbParticipantI think Madness has a crystal ball!
The code on the slip of paper 23 says “lady”.
26th November 2022 at 4:15 pm #87373The-Letter-WrigglerParticipant@f6exb
What is the binary value of box 23? That decimal should lead you to a female spy agent. I read up about her a week ago (see posts #87257 & #87300)
Of course whether she is or will be part of the story I no not.30th November 2022 at 9:00 pm #87399f6exbParticipantI also read these stories, but some say that agent 355 did not really exist.
In the Culper Ring code, 355 translates into “Lady”.7th December 2022 at 4:04 pm #87470f6exbParticipantI think that on the papers, there are messages written with invisible ink.
(Google “Spy techniques of the revolutionary war”.)7th December 2022 at 4:45 pm #87471The-Letter-WrigglerParticipantHa ha, yea, can’t wait for Harry to do a cipher in invisible ink !!!
[Ah, now you have me thinking!
Harry]7th December 2022 at 9:53 pm #87476The-Letter-WrigglerParticipantWhat’s in that gap Harry? Do I have to hold my laptop near to a radiator to read it?!! 😉
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