Comments on: Reading on the grid http://wrecking.org/cbd/2005/07/31/reading-on-the-grid/ Software studies, technical communication, writing studies, web accessibility, and new media. Life with my girls. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:05:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jonathan http://wrecking.org/cbd/2005/07/31/reading-on-the-grid/#comment-9 Jonathan Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:37:18 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/?p=11#comment-9 Possibly, but I'm thinking of simple analog devices such as a Cardano grille, etc. Each communicant has a regular or irregularly shaped grid that they overlay on the message. The words thus revealed are the real message. Given the number of combinations and possible shapes, it can be difficult to crack. The resulting plaintext will usually sound stilted somehow, however. Possibly, but I’m thinking of simple analog devices such as a Cardano grille, etc. Each communicant has a regular or irregularly shaped grid that they overlay on the message. The words thus revealed are the real message. Given the number of combinations and possible shapes, it can be difficult to crack.

The resulting plaintext will usually sound stilted somehow, however.

]]> By: cbd http://wrecking.org/cbd/2005/07/31/reading-on-the-grid/#comment-8 cbd Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:38:48 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/?p=11#comment-8 How so? Is this because digital images are conceptualized as grids, at least for rasterized data? How so? Is this because digital images are conceptualized as grids, at least for rasterized data?

]]> By: Jonathan http://wrecking.org/cbd/2005/07/31/reading-on-the-grid/#comment-7 Jonathan Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:46:02 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/?p=11#comment-7 Grids feature prominently in cryptography or, more precisely, steganography or semagraphy, since it's arguably the most sophisticated way to disguise a message within what seems to be unencoded text. Grids feature prominently in cryptography or, more precisely, steganography or semagraphy, since it’s arguably the most sophisticated way to disguise a message within what seems to be unencoded text.

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