2 days ago, I posted a cipher and asked my readers to break the code. And the sentence is: I hope no one is planning anything behind my back. I smell smth.The intended target didn’t get the message, but could well apply to this merry band of plotters :D. Their plots could rival that of Guy Fawkes of surprise parties. I’ll write about the fun party maybe later (no, I won’t tell you what’s the party about).

The cipher uses the Bacon Cipher, but first, the clues:

• The Bible Code
  Well, it’s something like the Bible Code. Observant readers would have noticed that every second word of a sentence is randomly capitalized.
• Binary Numbers
  Since the words are randomly capitalized, all that is left is to wonder whether the small letters are 0s or 1s. In this case, the capitalized characters are 1s.
• Double Letters
  Some words had to be typos with double letters (most notably thatt), because the cipher calls for 5 letter words
• Clues are everywhere in the article
  It is even in the title. Numb3rs is the TV series. Francis Bacon was one of the clues as well. The Janus List was the last episode of season 3 of Numb3rs, and dealt with the Bacon Cipher. “The secret message is effectively hidden in plain sight”, when searched, will lead to the Bacon Cipher page on Wikipedia.
• Grammar
  There were some words in my article that I wouldn’t use in a normal situation.
• Will Shakes
  … is William Shakespeare. Some people suspected Francis Bacon to be the true author of Shakespeare’s works. Because he used the Bacon’s Cipher.

So… some people like Liss wondered why it couldn’t be solved, since she knew the Bacon’s Cipher as well. I’m not going to make it that simple am I? I simply switched the 0s and 1s.

Here’s the table of ciphers:

Have a nice day. And I have wonderful housemates. VERY wonderful housemates.

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