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[Egan_BW]

Then what?

[TheBiggerFish]

I dunno, it was a thought.

[Empiricist]

If it is DNA or RNA, this may be relevant. Because adding additional nucleotides seems like something Von Nost would do, not specifically for encryption, I mean just in general.

[Harry Baldman]

The start codon need not be the first trigram (digram, tetragram) by any means. It never is in translation, at least. There can be quite an untranslated region in both the front and the back of the actual bit that gets translated. This is a fun option, since that means the whole thing becomes greatly dependent on reference frame.

But five is a prime number, meaning that it's either a single-helix or it's actually ten bases and this is converted to base-five. Or that origin genetics break math?

It doesn't really matter, since a single strand is all we appear to have (although this not being the case, what with the deliberate separation into lines, is also possible).

So then. One thing we need to figure out is how many codons we really need. There seem to be 5 bases. That gives us 5 by 5 or 25 symbols, which is possible as an encoding mechanism if the Doctor is not fond of the letters 'x' or maybe 'z'. Probably three though, just as Mother Nature likes it, though that would mean 125 total symbols possible.

Hm. Either looks somewhat likely, truth be told.

Maybe each line is a word, it just occurred to me. That means you need a correct reference frame for each.

[NJW2000]

Is all life origin? Or just humans? Because DNA is all life.

[Urist McCoder]

If it is DNA or RNA, this may be relevant. Because adding additional nucleotides seems like something Von Nost would do, not specifically for encryption, I mean just in general.

That article was published 15 days before the cipher was; you may be on to something.

[Egan_BW]

Is all life origin? Or just humans? Because DNA is all life.

All organic life, including aliens.

[NJW2000]

Wow. So the cipher is a study or origin, or uber-origin, perhaps, with the extra thingummy.

[chaotic skies]

Quick question: What doctor are we talking about? I appear to have missed something.

[AoshimaMichio]

Quick question: What doctor are we talking about? I appear to have missed something.

There's only one Doctor.

[chaotic skies]

Now I'm even more curious, it's 11:23 here, and I have school tomorrow.

FFUUUUUUUU-

[TheBiggerFish]

So has anyone made any progress on this?

[chaotic skies]

Don't think so.

[Skyrunner]

It was inevitable....


.... A big part of the reason IRL ciphers get cracked is because they have access to a tooon of ciphertext. Also, people make mistakes when using the cipher which can be exploited.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Piecewise should post the cleartext, and leave us to figure out what the cipher is.