| Title: | The Joy of Lex |
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love |
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM |
| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1192 |
| Total number of notes: | 42769 |
>======================================================================= > SPRITE::OSMAN Mathematics at DEC 9-JAN-198 > Note #205.9 -< Cryptography problem >- >----------------------------------------------------------------------- If you set your password to PATCHWORK, then you can alternatively log in with WATCHWORD. If you set your password to GEOLOGIST, then you can alternatively log in with NEOLOGISM. If you set your password to BLUNDERER, then you can alternatively log in with PLUNDERED. If you set your password to DENOUNCER, then you can alternatively log in with RENOUNCED.
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| 51.1 | Ghost::DEAN | Tue Feb 12 1985 18:26 | 2 | ||
Why is this? | |||||
| 51.2 | SPRITE::OSMAN | Wed Feb 13 1985 14:25 | 6 | ||
It has to do with the fact that each password is nine characters long. The sum of the ranks of the first and last characters of each of the pairs adds to the same thing. Please see note 205 in the math notes file for a more detailed babble. | |||||
| 51.3 | Ghost::DEAN | Wed Feb 13 1985 17:41 | 1 | ||
Where is this Math Notes file? | |||||
| 51.4 | SPRITE::OSMAN | Fri Feb 22 1985 16:08 | 13 | ||
If you have SHELF installed, you can access the math notes file (and any other notes filesof interest) without knowing where it is (which is why I can't just tell you where it is even though I visit it often!). Do this: $ shelf/shop 2 math In general, SHELF is nice because you get to visit notes files by "English words" instead of "node::sys$notes:obscure_file.nam". If your system manager is having any trouble installing SHELF, I can probably give some assistance (or delegate some assistants). | |||||