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"A trio of codebreakers has accidentally stumbled upon a lost series of secret
letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots in the years before her execution in
1587.
The incredible, seven-year-long correspondence was encrypted so successfully,
the documents were archived in an unmarked file and mistakenly placed in a part
of France's national library involved with Italian affairs.
When researchers randomly stumbled upon the 57 letters, however, it was clear
none of them had anything to do with Italy. They were written in French and
appeared to contain a sophisticated cipher system based on mysterious symbols.
When cryptographer and computer scientist George Lasry, music professor Norbert
Biermann, and physicist Satoshi Tomokiyo finally broke the code, they were
shocked to find out whose words they were reading."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
