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So, did anyone here participated in trying to http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-fermilab-code-both-11jul11,0,1755934.story" sent to Fermilab a few weeks ago?
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ZapperZ said:So, did anyone here participated in trying to http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-fermilab-code-both-11jul11,0,1755934.story" sent to Fermilab a few weeks ago?
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It is ternary code and has been deciphered as such already. But what people might not have thought about is the concept of top and bottom !Evo said:The top and bottom just look like binary code with the spaces representing zeros.
I think it might be worth to give it a try ! Considering that it is very likely an insider...WarPhalange said:Weird notches in an archaic language? This is a job for FORTRAN.
The top and bottom parts sayEvo said:Of course, if the person isn't very intelligent, what makes sense to them may not make sense at all. I wouldn't assume the sender is intelligent.
The name is a not-very-well known fermilab physicist (now retired)."FRANK SHOEMAKER WOULD CALL THIS NOISE."
"EMPLOYEE NUMBER BASSE SIXTEEN."
Still probably some kid. Why would an older person send such a pointless message?humanino said:The top and bottom parts say
The name is a not-very-well known fermilab physicist (now retired).
The top and bottom part making sense, there is a good deal of chance that physicists will want to figure out the rest of it, especially if it is difficult. So, since it must be an insider who knows about the retired guy, we have only two possibilities : either it is a very very bad joke and the middle is noise, or it actually makes sense and those guys will eventually figure it out. The sender must have knows that they would decipher the top and bottom easily. There remains a possibility that he is testing them, trying to see if they can make sense out of noise ! (that is, be fooled that there is sense, find one, but there really was not). Whatever, in any case, I think it is quite amusing.Evo said:Still probably some kid. Why would an older person send such a pointless message?
Yes, I see your point.humanino said:The top and bottom part making sense, there is a good deal of chance that physicists will want to figure out the rest of it, especially if it is difficult. So, since it must be an insider who knows about the retired guy, we have only two possibilities : either it is a very very bad joke and the middle is noise, or it actually makes sense and those guys will eventually figure it out. The sender must have knows that they would decipher the top and bottom easily. There remains a possibility that he is testing them, trying to see if they can make sense out of noise ! (that is, be fooled that there is sense, find one, but there really was not). Whatever, in any case, I think it is quite amusing.
It is especially interesting that the bottom part says "basse 16", and the middle part has numbers and letters up to G attached, like in base 16. It might not be an error that "base" has been written with two "s".Evo said:Yes, I see your point.
Evo said:Still probably some kid. Why would an older person send such a pointless message?
You think too highly of me. But we'll see, I wish ! :tongue2: jimmysnyder is very good in the brain teaser section, maybe he'll crack it first !Evo said:Maybe you'll be the one to solve it.
WarPhalange said:It's a publicity stunt to get more cash from the government.
LowlyPion said:I did note a couple of other considerations about the original letter image.
That is looking at the shading on the blank unlined 3 hole paper and the hole punches of the image - such as it is - it might be reasonable to think it came from a 3 ring binder with the middle ring bent slightly toward the top. Moreover, inferring from the curvature of the paper I'd guess it was a 1" thick binder, and not a 2" or greater. Also as a guess I'd say it was one of the few papers in the binder or it was toward the back.
What is not known is whether the Fermilab itself punched the holes and kept it in a binder in this manner as part of their filing or whether that image is the original as received.
Alienjoey said:The holes punched in it were not in the original and a tiny sliver has been cut off the top of the page where the fax information was printed."
The "Mysterious Letter Sent To Fermilab" refers to an unidentified letter that was sent to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, a particle physics research facility in Illinois, USA. The letter contained cryptic symbols and messages, and its purpose and sender remain unknown.
The letter was sent on March 26, 2021, and was discovered by a Fermilab staff member who noticed it in a pile of mail. The letter was addressed to the laboratory's director and was postmarked from the city of Joliet, Illinois.
The letter was written in a coded language, using symbols and numbers. It also included a map of the Fermilab site with a highlighted area, along with a message that read "no hunting". The contents of the letter have not been deciphered yet, and the meaning behind the map and message remains a mystery.
No, this is the first time Fermilab has received a mysterious letter. The laboratory is used to receiving correspondence, but this letter was unlike any other and has sparked curiosity among scientists and the public.
Fermilab has handed over the letter to the local authorities for further investigation. The laboratory is also working with codebreakers and linguists to try and decipher the letter's contents. However, no significant progress has been made so far, and the letter remains a mystery.