THE COMICAL SOLUTION TO THE 340 CIPHER

3/23/2020

THE 340 CIPHER WAS CRACKED ON DECEMBER 3RD 2020 BY DAVE ORANCHAK, SAM BLAKE AND JARL VAN EYCKE, SO THIS EARLIER ARTICLE SHOULD BE VIEWED IN RESPECT TO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.

Professor D.C.B. Marsh told the San Francisco Examiner on October 22nd 1969: "The killer wouldn't dare, as he claimed in letters to the newspapers, to reveal his name in the cipher to established cryptogram experts. He knows, to quote Edgar Allen Poe, that any cipher created by man can be solved by man. Zodiac has not told the truth in his cipher messages to the Examiner, the Chronicle and the Vallejo Times-Herald. Zodiac has not done this, because to tell the complete truth in relation to his name - in cipher code - would lead to his capture. I invite Zodiac to send The American Cryptogram Association a cipher code - however complicated - which will truly and honestly include his name". According to Edgar Allen Poe, any cipher created by man can be solved by man. Which is why Zodiac created the apologetic "sorry no cipher".

The video has a minor error - the "rope" in the bottom right quadrant should look like the image on the left. Click to enlarge.

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Rubislaw 32 link

3/24/2020 04:35:34 am

If I may just take this opportunity to share some '' influence '' information , Richard , as passed on to me , by the contributor '' GenZ ''.
'' I've got a little list...they never will be missed . '' is quoted in the Science Fiction novel '' Stranger in a Strange Land '' ( 1961 ) by the well known author , Robert Heinlein .

'' Stranger in a Strange Land '' is considered a ground breaking novel , and has influenced the lyrics of songs by Billy Joel , U2 , The Byrds ,Police and Iron Maiden , since .

There are certainly hints that the Zodiac had a penchant for the genre of Science Fiction , with possible allusions , with the 2001 New Years Card , and Benicia High School Note . In addition , the nomination of '' Edward Hyde '' as a leading character , in '' War of the Worlds '' by H G Wells .

It's possible that the Zodiac was originally lead to the light opera of The Mikado , through his reading , as an alternative , or in addition to , an airwaves medium such as Radio or Television .

Rubislaw 32 link

3/24/2020 04:51:04 am

To keep up to speed , '' Edward Hyde '' , as in the title of the Desk Top Poem , and alter-ego of Dr.Jekyll .

The author Robert Heinlein , spent the remaining 18 years of his life , as a resident of Carmel -by-the-sea , and therefore a neighbour of '' Dirty Harry '' whose original nemesis was Scorpio .

'' Peek through the Monterrey Pines ''....and round and round in circles .

Richard

3/24/2020 05:11:33 am

I am sure that Zodiac was a well read individual Rubislaw, including comics and novels of science fiction. The Tim Holt comic book, Dick Tracy comic book, and the satirical comedic opera of The Mikado, blended with the Most Dangerous Game, and possibly a sprinkling of Charlie Chan, Alfred Hitchcock and the Batman comics (hence the Riddler notes, if Zodiac), present a picture of a man driven by satire and crime. It is perfectly feasible Robert Heinlein featured on this Little List. Remember, "its just one big thirteenth" from the 13 Hole postcard was taken directly from a comic strip (wasn't it Charlie Brown). I believe Zodiac found the Tim Holt comic book well before October 27th 1970, in the Fairfield letter, and could have been in the back of his mind for the "by knife" attribution on the car door on September 27th 1969. The Zodiac circle depicts people around a wheel, just like the wheel of fortune or rota fortunae. If you look at the Tim Holt comic book, Redmask is tied around a wheel, just like the rota fortunae - The origin of the word is from the "wheel of fortune"—the zodiac, referring to the Celestial spheres of which the 8th holds the stars, and the 9th is where the signs of the zodiac are placed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rota_Fortunae#Origins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rota_Fortunae#/media/File:Lydgate-siege-troy-wheel-fortune-detail.jpg

https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=21570

https://russianicons.wordpress.com/2018/04/13/the-wheel-of-time/

Quote: Moving farther outward, we come to the ring of the Zodiac — the twelve signs of the Zodiac still commonly found today — Aries, Taurus, Gemini — and all the rest. On the very outer rim — riding the wheel up and down — we find several human figures — rising to wealth and glory at the top, then falling down again:

Zodiac, rota fortunae, wheel of death, wheel of fortune, the 12 Zodiac signs and Tim Holt can all be interlinked.

Rubislaw 32 link

3/24/2020 05:59:36 am

There has been some talk ( again ) recently , ruminating on the Zodiac being born in the Zodiac sign of Aquarius . '' The Water Carrier '' , with suggested allusions to water , in his crimes .

Doubtful ( ? ) , I would think , and no more likely than any other sign of the Zodiac . 90 % of the human race has tended to settle by water and , it was only the advent of The Industrial Revolution that allowed more people to move away from the predominance of water.

Although '' cheap comedy '' , there used to be a joke banded about , before social justice for gay people....along the lines of an introductory gesture by gay folk :

'' I'm Aquarius '' ( ....'' I'm a queery ass '' ...) .

That may hold more resonance with the Zodiac's sense of humour ( ? ) . Refer : '' I'm gona do my thing at Qir School . ''

Richard

3/24/2020 04:46:37 pm

If you had to pick the month Zodiac was born, what would it be and why?

Rubislaw 32 link

3/24/2020 05:07:03 am

...by the way , a claimed solution to Scorpion's S5 cipher ends the penultimate sentence , and starts the ultimate sentence , thus :

....university uglies . Espresso coffee...

Note :
...university ug L I E S . E S P resso coffee ...

Do you like it , Richard ? (...in relation to '' that'' letter to John Lynch ..4 days before Presidio Heights )

In the claimed solution to S5 , there is also a reference to hermaphrodite prostitutes :

Hybrid Genders

Could be construed as :

High Bridge Enders...these being the Zodiac's visual markers , for the Golden Gate , as the Zodiac practised his getaway part of '' The Presidio Heights Project '' .

Rubislaw 32 link

3/24/2020 06:47:39 pm

I'm not really in a position to answer that , Richard , since I would be swayed by a suspect's date of birth . Middle of a calendar year anyway , but do not believe that the Zodiac's own birthday was of that much significance to him .

As is so often perceived to be telegraphed , Halloween and Christmas were the Zodiac's times of significance .This I believe , because they meant so much to him , as a child and adolescent . More particularly , the sense of family and local community spirit , at these times , and the Zodiac would come more out of his own shell of being a bit of a loner , for these occasions , specifically .

Rubislaw 32 link

3/24/2020 07:08:35 pm

I believe that we observe a distinct dichotomy with the Zodiac , when it comes to greetings and celebration of an event , marked by a date .

Compulsive writer or not , the Zodiac enjoyed the process of selecting cards to denote a special occasion , and then making those cards more personalised , before presentation .

The Zodiac's receiving of cards , though probably appreciated , did not amount to the fun to be had , by participation in someone else's special occasion .

therese

9/10/2020 09:39:58 am

I always figured that "Fk" was to replace the word "frankly", which he would have to replace if his name was Frank Hart****

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