Antievolution.org - Antievolution.org Discussion Board -Topic::Joe G.'s Tardgasm

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Posted: May 07 2018,16:24

Quote (N.Wells @ May 07 2018,17:21)

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[from Joe] No one but an imbecile asks what the probability is there is a specific letter in some sentence.

And code-breakers, of course, because frequencies of letters can be crucial in breaking codes that work by simple substitutions for specific letters.

yep, substitution ciphers are easily broken by asking what the probability of a letter in a sentence is.

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