im really enjoying my coding theory module

i did some maths for fun on it.

Morse Clhlde!

-based on Morse Code but plugging it back into an alphabet based structure

Use of dots and dashes

dots;

every odd numbered occurence of a dot in a letter = i
every even numbered occurence of a dot in a letter = j

similarly,

dashes;

odd numbers of dashes = l
even numbers of dots = h

so, taken from morse,

before next letter = p
before each word = n
before new sentence = fs

EXAMPLE

hello world

ijijpipiljipiljiplhlnilhplhlpiljiljiplij

my name is jethro

lhplihlnlipilplhpinijpijinilhlpiplpijijpiljplhl


Cons
each letter has only one corresponding set of letters, so not strictly polyalphabetic.
using a code to make a code - if someone guesses its morse theyre on to an instant winner
placeholders p, n, fs give breaks to look at closely

so the conclusion is, its very easy to crack.

Pros
it was a lot of fun to make :P

blimey.

i enjoyed my maths day today!! its not a first, but the number of times ive enjoyed a full day of maths probably is still in the single digits. Amazing!

im guessing its the mark of a good book

because i am reading a book where some of the characters in it annoy me so much i put the book down in rage - only to pick it up again 20 mins later...



ive noticed my housemate enjoys computer games when they take this form - he usually only bothers completing games when they make him swear at the telly, ones that resolutely get on his nerves enough for him to be....taunted by it! i think thats what im getting at. the completion is a way of enacting justice upon it - a salve for all the pains it takes you through.

i think thats what im aiming for in this book. i hope for either retribution, repentance, or some kind of different state of affairs to appear. so how? by finishing the blasted thing.

run out of noddy notes? here, take some real money.

this aint everybodys objection, but one reason why some people are atheists is because they enjoy doing the things they enjoy doing, and find God an affront to pleasure, a killjoy. for these people, attaching a faith attaches some kind of leech that drains the life out of.. life! even if it means being right orrr holy or some other sought-after virtue, it doesnt seem worth the exchange.

one of the reasons why i am a christian is because it constantly makes me aware that what god finds enjoyable goes far and beyond any of my attempts to be settled and happy in this world - his treasures run deeper than my worldly treasure. he actually ups the ante! my interests arent interesting enough to continue happily pursuing for the rest of my life - even if it was the only life i am warrant to have! so i concede this fact, knowing that he's got something better in store. even in this present time, something better.

epic run

i ran (well stop-start, but for the most part ran) an epic run of doom with stephen across the sussex downs countryside. the scenery was cracking. a lot of trees and bushes and grass has frost crystallised on to it in a fascinating iron filing kind of way, and where a cloud ventures too near the fields, the fields nestled them in, and the devils dyke was no exception. fantastic! heres a google map of the route we took -


said site had the route down as 9.3 miles. i think that takes off the chocs somewhat =)

free

being able to do what you want doesn't make you free
theres such a thing as a cage of liberality

no, being free,
it starts with having what you really need
and it ends with having what you really need