[UA] Enigma

[Joe Murphy (Broin)]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Paul Stolze" <holycrow at mindspring.com>
To: <UA at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:40 PM
Subject: [UA] Enigma


[snip]
> The solution, as Poe found (or someone pretending to be Poe) was
> encryption.  If a copy of the lyric is ritually encrypted, ALL the copies
> lose their power.  Unfortunately, the ritual requires that the ciphered
> copy be made public, like a sword in a stone for all challengers.  And
when
> it gets unbound, the chances are good that more and more people will read
> it...
>
> -G.

A little like the Monty Python one about the joke with the power to kill.
The one that's so dangerous, it can only be translated into a foreign
language by a huge team of volunteers, all translating a single word.

Joe.
--
Joe Murphy (Broin)
broin at dial.pipex.com

"You'll regret being so damn abusive when
the electric UFO gods transphase in from
Dimension 10 to appoint me manager of
the universe."  - The Drummer, Planetary.


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