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Voynich Manuscript Partially Decoded

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the somebody-call-in-Enoch-Root dept.

Thexalon writes:

"University of Bedfordshire professor and applied linguist Stephen Bax has decoded 10 words of the baffling Voynich Manuscript. He focused on proper names that would match the accompanying drawings, which allowed him to find similar drawings in other books of the period."

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:39PM (#3133)

    This time by almost 2 hours. http://it.slashdot.org/story/14/02/20/0024243/anot her-possible-voynich-breakthrough [slashdot.org]

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by lx on Thursday February 20 2014, @03:43AM

    by lx (1915) on Thursday February 20 2014, @03:43AM (#3252)
    Let it go man! You can't be free until you stop competing with the Other Place.

    • (Score: 2, Informative) by JeanCroix on Thursday February 20 2014, @12:11PM

      by JeanCroix (573) on Thursday February 20 2014, @12:11PM (#3540)
      Yup. The only way Riker could beat Locutus was to finally let go of Picard.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by etherscythe on Thursday February 20 2014, @12:58PM

      by etherscythe (937) on Thursday February 20 2014, @12:58PM (#3564)

      Besides, it's not like the Other Place was known for its timely notice of current events. Two hours!? Pick a higher standard!