Category Archives: Cryptography

On This Day — The Zimmermann Telegram Is Intercepted (January 16 1917)

Posted on January 16, 2024 by L

“No account of the stirring episodes leading up to our entry into the World War can be considered complete without at least a reference to the one in which the Zimmermann telegram played the leading role.”  War Department Office of … Continue reading →

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KRYPTOS Week — Introduction : Sculpture Dedication Ceremony at the CIA (November 3 1990)

Posted on November 4, 2023 by L

“Maybe you’re mistaken–maybe this first part of the Kryptos code is really not a polyalphabetic Vigenere Tableau after all — maybe it’s a different type of code entirely. Or maybe it is a Vigenere code, but it’s been double or … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Zimmermann Telegram Is Intercepted (January 16 1917)

Posted on January 16, 2023 by L

“No account of the stirring episodes leading up to our entry into the World War can be considered complete without at least a reference to the one in which the Zimmermann telegram played the leading role.”  War Department Office of … Continue reading →

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On This Day — First Modern Computer Delivered to German Aerospace Institute (May 12 1941)

Posted on May 12, 2022 by L

“The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.” Konrad Zuse (June 22, 1910 – December 18, 1995) Inventor of the world’s first programmable Turing-complete computer   May 12 2022 … Continue reading →

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Crypto Games — A Poem to Anna [Vigenère Cipher]

Posted on May 8, 2022 by L

P J I E Q D R L V Q F L N J V E F M I D V T G X M V I E G O P D Y U F X P J Z H … Continue reading →

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On This Day — The Zimmermann Telegram Is Intercepted (January 16 1917)

Posted on January 16, 2022 by L

“No account of the stirring episodes leading up to our entry into the World War can be considered complete without at least a reference to the one in which the Zimmermann telegram played the leading role.”   War Department Office … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Ludwig Boltzmann Ends His Life (February 20 1844 – September 5 1906) [2021]

Posted on September 5, 2021 by L

“Bring forward what is true. Write it so that it is clear. Defend it to your last breath!” Ludwig Boltzmann September 5 2020 — Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann (February 20, 1844 – September 5, 1906) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher … Continue reading →

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On This Day — Remembering Navy Cryptanalyst Agnes Meyer Driscoll (July 24, 1889 – September 16, 1971) [2021]

Posted on July 24, 2021 by L

“Once the pursuit of truth begins to haunt the mind, it becomes an ideal never wholly attained. We can never achieve absolute truth but we can live hopefully by a system of calculated probabilities.” Agnes Meyer Driscoll July 24 2019 … Continue reading →

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80 Years Ago — First Modern Computer Delivered to German Aerospace Institute (May 12 1941)

Posted on May 12, 2021 by L

“The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.” Konrad Zuse (June 22, 1910 – December 18, 1995) — Inventor of the world’s first programmable Turing-complete computer   May 12 … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Crypto Games : A Poem to Anna [UPDATE : Back to KRYPTOS]

Posted on May 8, 2021 by L

P J I E Q D R L V Q F L N J V E F M I D V T G X M V I E G O P D Y U F X P J Z H … Continue reading →

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