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April 27, 2006 01:34 PM | cunctator

Smithy Code

when nerds make legal rulings...

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Justice Peter Smith's puzzle is not as involved as the Da Vinci Code Quest, but more appealing, in a way.

Hints:

  • From the ruling: "The key to solving the conundrum posed by this judgment is in reading HBHG and DVC"
  • The different ways codes are broken in "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" and "The Da Vinci Code" should be considered.
  • Apply one of the code-breaking methods used in "The Da Vinci Code"
  • Think mathematics
  • His entry in Who's Who — in which he lists an interest in the history of Jackie Fisher, an admiral who modernized the British Navy, a possible reason that his e-mail address contains the word "pescator," implying fisherman
  • The date 2006 is significant