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the puzzle that flirts with you, never gives the password, and somehow stays the most interesting thing in the room
means A person, thing, or situation that is mysterious, puzzling, or hard to understand or explain.
from From the Greek 'ainigma,' meaning a riddle or dark saying, which grew from 'ainissesthai,' to speak in riddles or hint obliquely — itself rooted in 'ainos,' a fable or pointed tale. It entered English in the 16th century by way of Latin 'aenigma,' carrying that same flavor of meaning spoken sideways, never straight on.
- nazi codebreaker
- Germany's WWII Enigma machine was cracked at Bletchley Park
- key count
- settings ran to roughly 150 quintillion combinations
- greek root
- from ainigma, meaning a riddle or dark saying
- turing's prize
- breaking it shortened the war by years
enigma machine — german encryption device used in wwii, cracked by british codebreakers at bletchley park in 1941
the voynich manuscript — 15th-century handwritten codex with unknown script and language, housed at yale's beinecke library, still undeciphered
kryptos sculpture — cia headquarters artwork with 4 encrypted messages, created by jim sanborn in 1990, 3 parts solved, 1 remains unsolved