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Code used by founding father is finally cracked
« on: November 30, 2012, 2224 UTC »

Code used by founding father is finally cracked

The Associated Press

Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 | 12:26 p.m.

The margins of an obscure book at a Brown University library are filled with clusters of curious foreign characters: a mysterious shorthand used by 17th century religious dissident Roger Williams.

For centuries the scribbles went undeciphered. But a team of students there has finally cracked the code.

Historians call the now-readable writings the most significant addition to Williams scholarship in a generation or more.

Williams is Rhode Island's founder and best known as the first figure to argue for the principle of the separation of church and state that would later be enshrined in the Bill of Rights.

Senior math major Lucas Mason-Brown cracked much of the shorthand, which consists of 28 symbols that stand for a combination of English letters or sounds.
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Re: Code used by founding father is finally cracked
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2012, 0140 UTC »
Well ... what did it say?
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Re: Code used by founding father is finally cracked
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2012, 0207 UTC »
Quote from: zackers on December 07, 2012, 0140 UTC
Well ... what did it say?

Then it wouldn't be a secret ;D

Peace!
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Re: Code used by founding father is finally cracked
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2012, 1859 UTC »
"Al Fansome, check your tire pressure."
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Re: Code used by founding father is finally cracked
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2012, 0645 UTC »
Ok, who let this guy back in here? I thought I had banned him...

Quote from: Pigmeat on December 07, 2012, 1859 UTC
"Al Fansome, check your tire pressure."
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Re: Code used by founding father is finally cracked
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2012, 0713 UTC »
Quote from: Fansome on December 08, 2012, 0645 UTC
Ok, who let this guy back in here? I thought I had banned him...

Quote from: Pigmeat on December 07, 2012, 1859 UTC
"Al Fansome, check your tire pressure."
it's so nice to see you boys playing together again  ;) ;)
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Re: Code used by founding father is finally cracked
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2012, 0225 UTC »
You can't ban me Fansome, I'm a Radio God.
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