In March, Felix is sending you messages on dealing with relationships.
Edgar Allen Poe was a famous student of cryptography, the study of codes and secret messages. Poe wrote an essay, “A Few Words on Secret Writing” in which he offered a substitution cipher. Felix has adapted Poe’s cipher to the keys on a computer keyboard. Because this cipher is difficult, he is giving you two hints – the word angels written in the cipher and the vowels in this cipher. Good Luck.
Angels = ) ‘ ; . & ]
A E I O U = ) . ? ^ }
& ? ] [ . ‘ [ ^ ^ [ : . > ] ) ‘ # . { . > \ ^ ‘ . $ ? & & . ‘ @ ^ \ ( . ? ‘ ; $ ? [ : \ ^ }
20220309 – Listen
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the first writers to use ciphers in his plots. His short story, “The Gold Bug.” Increased the public’s interest in cryptography. Poe used a substitution code in “The Gold Bug.” This week’s code is based on Poe’s code published in 1844.
Below is the code which uses characters or symbols for letters.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
) | ( | / | # | . | , | ; | : | ? | @ | ! | & | % |
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N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
‘ | ^ | * | < | > | ] | [ | } | { | $ | “ | \ | “ |
The solution to this week’s puzzle is:
Listen to others and everyone will enjoy being with you.