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The first January cryptogram was:
DON'T
WORRY
ABOUT
PEOPLE
STEALING
YOUR
IDEAS.
IF
YOUR
IDEAS
ARE
ANY
GOOD
YOU'LL
HAVE
TO
RAM
THEM
DOWN
PEOPLE'S
THROATS.
HOWARD
AIKEN.
Aiken (1900-1973) was a mathematician and early computer designer
(to solve one of his mathematical problems) leading to the
Harvard Mark I computer (1944).
Correct answers came from
Delmar Burkitt,
Andrzej Derdzinski,
John Jackson,
Bob Kaplan,
Jeff Lamb,
Alma Litten,
Julia Minturn,
Carla Nuenke,
Carole Perlman,
Amanda Ryal,
Dennis Tomlinson,
Nick Wolf,
Jeff Wolfe,
and
Sally Yocom.
The second cryptogram was a Haiku structure (3 lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables, respectively)
as the first code word indicated.
The answer was
CHAOS
REIGNS
WITHIN.
REFLECT
REPENT
AND
REBOOT.
ORDER
SHALL
RETURN.
designed as a Japanese computer error message.
Ironically, there were two unintentional "computer" errors
in this cryptogram, for which I apologize (not sure how they slipped in despite my
earlier proofing).
The N in WITHIN was omitted and RE TURN should have been
one word.
Correct answers came from
Andrzej,
Alma,
Julia,
Carla,
Carole,
Nick,
Jeff,
and
Sally.
In the third puzzle, the order of merit of the six
competitors (using initials) was C F A D B E.
Andrzej Derdzinski,
Elizabeth Roote,
Bob Kaplan,
Jeff Lamb,
Dennis Tomlinson,
and
Jeff Wolfe
were correct.
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