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Subject: Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #1
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 21:50:07 +0000
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Dominic R. Scales writes
>
>Hi, y'all
>
>  although this LOOKS like a simple substitution cypher there's more to it
>  that could meet the eye :)
>
>  It is a mirror cypher where the characters are mapped to others that look
>  similar when flipped (or rotated):
>
>  i p m n 
>  ! b w u 
>
>  some are a bit more complicated like:
>
>  y L a 6
>  h r g e
>
>  if you see the mirror/rotated image of the character, it's very simple to read...
>  !t hon z66 fy6 w!LLoL\Lofgf6q !wga6 ot fy6 cygLgcf6L' !f,z ^6Lh z!wbr6 fo L6gq'''
>
>               ....
>         _\.@@@@@@@@@.
>          @(@(()@;@@@@/_
>         @      `@@@@@@.
>        _{_~~___``)@@@@;
>       (=|*)( * )===,-.@
>        `-'/ `-'  ##|?)@
>         {( ;     ###'&'
>         # ###    ###:@
>         #.`--' #####&
>         `########",'
>          `#####' |
>        ___/\     /\___
> DRS ,~'   \/\ " /\/   `~.
>
>Dominic
                                          
! conrq uof yg^6 zg!q !f p6ff6L whz6rt ... fygux                                     

bz: fy6 b!cfnL6 ot hon !z ^6Lh aooq !uq66q
                                          
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