One for the Naval historians...
JUDGE'S DA VINCI CODE REVEALED
And who says the justice system desn't have asense of humour?
By Stephen Howard, PA
The High Court judge at the centre of the Great Da Vinci Code Judgment Mystery revealed all today.
Mr Justice Peter Smith released a press statement explaining how he constructed the hidden message in his ruling over the Da Vinci Code case.
And far from being an arcane guide in the quest for the Holy Grail, it turned out to be a tribute to the judge's great hero - Admiral John "Jackie" Fisher.
The 53-year-old judge, whose recreations include military history, said the code took him 40 minutes to devise and 40 minutes to insert in the 71-page judgment which ruled that Dan Brown, author of the Da Vinci Code, had not copied from the earlier work, The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail, as alleged by the authors.
He said he had inserted the code for his own amusement and it had nothing to do with the case.
"I hate crosswords and do not do Sudoku as I do not have the patience," he said.
After a hint from the judge that the Fibonacci Sequence should be applied to the letters highlighted in his judgment, the code has been solved to read: "Smithy Code Jackie Fisher who are you Dreadnought."
The admiral revolutionised sea warfare by introducing the first modern battleship, HMS Dreadnought.
In his press statement, headed "Da Vinci Code Hints", he says The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail refers to the Dossiers Secret and the hidden message.
"It is revealed by spotting that certain random letters appear to be different in form from the majority of the text.
"Applying that to the judgment reveals the following highlighted letters: SMITHYCODEJAEIEXTOSTGPSACGREAMQWFKADPMQZVZ
"(the first part reveals there is a message).
"There is no significance to the placing of the letters in the text.
"DVC also uses codes. The most liked one is apparently a numerical one (p.255 The Fibonacci Sequence). In the book it is changed.
"The correct sequence up to 21 is: 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21
"The code is created by letter substitution.
"The letter change is creating by applying the Fibonacci Sequence numbers above letter by letter.
"The relevant number shows where you start for each letter to substitute. Thus the first letter is identified by rewriting the alphabet stating at the first letter in the alphabet ie for the first letter A = A. The second letter is also started at 1; the third at 3. When 21 is reached the code reverts back to 1 etc and repeats that until all the letters are substituted.
"A message ought then be revealed (there is a deliberate typo to create further confusion). The message reveals a significant, but now overlooked event that occurred virtually 100 years to the day of the start of the trial."
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And who says the justice system desn't have asense of humour?
By Stephen Howard, PA
The High Court judge at the centre of the Great Da Vinci Code Judgment Mystery revealed all today.
Mr Justice Peter Smith released a press statement explaining how he constructed the hidden message in his ruling over the Da Vinci Code case.
And far from being an arcane guide in the quest for the Holy Grail, it turned out to be a tribute to the judge's great hero - Admiral John "Jackie" Fisher.
The 53-year-old judge, whose recreations include military history, said the code took him 40 minutes to devise and 40 minutes to insert in the 71-page judgment which ruled that Dan Brown, author of the Da Vinci Code, had not copied from the earlier work, The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail, as alleged by the authors.
He said he had inserted the code for his own amusement and it had nothing to do with the case.
"I hate crosswords and do not do Sudoku as I do not have the patience," he said.
After a hint from the judge that the Fibonacci Sequence should be applied to the letters highlighted in his judgment, the code has been solved to read: "Smithy Code Jackie Fisher who are you Dreadnought."
The admiral revolutionised sea warfare by introducing the first modern battleship, HMS Dreadnought.
In his press statement, headed "Da Vinci Code Hints", he says The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail refers to the Dossiers Secret and the hidden message.
"It is revealed by spotting that certain random letters appear to be different in form from the majority of the text.
"Applying that to the judgment reveals the following highlighted letters: SMITHYCODEJAEIEXTOSTGPSACGREAMQWFKADPMQZVZ
"(the first part reveals there is a message).
"There is no significance to the placing of the letters in the text.
"DVC also uses codes. The most liked one is apparently a numerical one (p.255 The Fibonacci Sequence). In the book it is changed.
"The correct sequence up to 21 is: 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21
"The code is created by letter substitution.
"The letter change is creating by applying the Fibonacci Sequence numbers above letter by letter.
"The relevant number shows where you start for each letter to substitute. Thus the first letter is identified by rewriting the alphabet stating at the first letter in the alphabet ie for the first letter A = A. The second letter is also started at 1; the third at 3. When 21 is reached the code reverts back to 1 etc and repeats that until all the letters are substituted.
"A message ought then be revealed (there is a deliberate typo to create further confusion). The message reveals a significant, but now overlooked event that occurred virtually 100 years to the day of the start of the trial."
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