... et d'autres hypothèses qui en découlent
Bon, alors on a établi que 11 serait probablement égal à U. Reprenons les messages ci-dessus, qui sont supposés commencer par "once you". Je remarque dans le texte une séquence assez particulière : 9-102-C-416-Y-O-216.
Bon, Y-O-216 nous pousse à penser que 216=U. Regardons le 216 : 216 a sept occurences dans le texte (ouch !). D'après une petite estimation (sommaire et grossière) réalisée avec mon dico, environ 2,5 % des mots commencent par des U en anglais (on retrouve à peu près cette proportion dans les textes aussi). Il est donc fort probable que Beale se soit retrouvé avec un nombre de U assez restreint, et a donc dû les utiliser plusieurs fois chacun. "Que diantre oui, m'objecterez-vous, mais on a déjà 11=U, et ça fait donc une quinzaine d'occurences du U dans le texte si on prend 216=U, sur un texte de 520 lettres, on est déjà à environ 3%, d'autant plus que Beale a dû avoir utilisé plus de deux signes pour coder un U, sinon c'est trop facile, donc le pourcentage sera trop élevé et on a dû faire une erreur !". Premièrement, ce sont des hypothèses, donc facilement réfutables et difficilement démontrables dans le cas présent. Et deuxièmement, il est fort possible que la lettre U soit utilisée plus de fois que la normale dans ce texte. La raison ? Il s'agit d'instructions, donc le "you" est vraisemblablement répété un bon nombre de fois ; de plus, le trésor se situerait aux environs de Bufords - je ne sais pas si ça peut vraiment influer, mais si le nom du village est répété souvent, ça peut influencer...
Donc j'aurais plutôt tendance à dire que 216=U avec une bonne probabilité, mais sous réserve que le début soit bon (ce qui n'est pas sûr) et/ou que 11=U. Donc, pure hypothèse, mais bon...
En remplaçant 216 par U dans différents textes :
Texte "brut", où l'on met juste 216=U et 11=U :
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"Once you quit" + 216=U :
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"Once you exit" + 216=U :
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Voilà pour le cas du 216...
PS : Traitez-moi d'obsédé, mais vous ne trouvez pas que 9-102-C-416-Y-O-216 ressemble furieusement à O-N-C-E-Y-O-U ? Voilà les textes qui y correspondent :
Avec "Once you quit" :
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Avec "Once you exit" :
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