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ZutAlors! · Daedalian Member

Actually, that took a lot less time than you might think-- I picked 13 pseudo-randomly, spent maybe ten minutes doing a word search, and another 15 minutes making up some serious-sounding prose to go along with. I probably spent just as much time trying to correctly code it as "constructing" it. Plus it was kind of fun: I'm particularly proud of "And then 'soap', crossing with 'know' (or maybe 'no') in the original text [indicates] that more bathing (or perhaps less) is called for."

The relatively short length of time needed, of course, is the point. If I can find "meaning" in a half-an-hour, in a *single* short sample of "Boro code", using only a limited set of ELS, then it shouldn't be surprising that other people can find interesting things when the length of their source material is greater by like four orders of magnitude, and they use more ELS numbers. And they have more time on their hands than I do, too.

firemeboy · Daedalian Member

There was a bad movie that dealt with this, and a pretty good one. Both works of fiction. The Omega Code is the bad one, and PI is the pretty good one.

Vinny · Promiscuous enough

In Pi, when the guy was like poking this brain with a pencil, laying on the floor of a subway station (the brain), and this weird screeching sound ensued every time the tip of the pencil touches the brain, what the heck is up with that? That has got to be one of the most disturbing scene I have ever seen.

Termital · Daedalian Member

While the kabbalists at Pi seemed intent on doing a lot of letter to number additions and such, the movie is not about ELS or codes hidden in bizarre texts. Pattern there is a shorthand for understanding in general.

jadesmar · Bad Puppy

Antrax: You are definitely the expert here but, I understood that the ancient Hebrew alphabet had no vowels, although letters such as Aleph may have been used as place holders. Later, vowel markers were added (below/ below and above/above?) in order to help with the translations, but some/most of the biblical texts did not contain these markers.

jadesmar · Bad Puppy

This may be of some interest.

Straight Dope Staff Report: What's up with the "Bible Code"?

The Ktulu · Daedalian Member

This may be of some interest to jadesmar
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