跳舞的小人

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• rramadass · 2019 年

  这篇绝对是必读佳作。阿瑟·柯南·道尔在他的福尔摩斯故事《跳舞的人》（The Adventure of the Dancing Men）里完全照搬了一模一样的密码，只不过把里面的密码符号换成了别的。柯南·道尔自己也承认过爱伦·坡对他塑造福尔摩斯的影响。所以侦探小说迷们……

  This is a must read story. The exact same code was copied by Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Dancing men". He just substituted the symbols in the code with different ones. Arthur Conan Doyle himself acknowledged Edgar Allan Poe's influence in his creation of Sherlock Holmes. So fans of detective fiction…

• a-saleh · 2019 年

  我差点觉得直接引用古代经典典籍像是在开挂（cheat-code）了，但我确实还是非常喜欢《传道书》。而从另一个角度来说，《跳舞的人》（The Adventure of the Dancing Men）则是启蒙了我对密码学兴趣的书/故事。虽然后来我并没有从事 information-security 领域的工作，但从 10 岁一直到大学毕业我都乐在其中，而且我现在依然很喜欢去玩 puzzle-hunt……

  I would almost considered quoting the great ancient literature a cheat-code but I still do really like the Ecclesiastes. From the other end of the spectrum, "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" is the book/story that inspired my interest in cryptography. In the end I never worked in infromation-security but I did enjoy it from my 10 years til I left college, and I still do enjoy going for puzzle-hunts…

• teddyh · 2026 年

  …打算用这种方式来投资你的钱。”“这也太简单了吧！”我叫道。“可不是嘛！”他有点不悦地说道，“任何问题一旦讲明白了，都会显得极其幼稚。[……]” ——《跳舞的人》，《海滨杂志》（The Strand Magazine），第 27 卷，1904 年 1 月，选自阿瑟·柯南·道尔《福尔摩斯归来记》<https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/108/pg108-images.html#c...>

  …propose to invest your money in this manner.” “How absurdly simple!” I cried. “Quite so!” said he, a little nettled. “Every problem becomes very childish when once it is explained to you. […]” — The Adventure of the Dancing Men, The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, January 1904, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle <https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/108/pg108-images.html#c...>

• rramadass · 2026 年

  …我最喜欢的爱伦·坡故事之一。那密码其实就是个基于词频分析的简单单表替换密码（monoalphabetic substitution）。阿瑟·柯南·道尔在《跳舞的人》（The Adventure of the Dancing Men）里“重用”了这个点子，用了跳舞小人的图画来作为密文。顺便提一下，柯南·道尔在《血字的研究》里就曾间接承认过爱伦·坡（通过杜宾这一角色）对福尔摩斯的影响。…

  …one of my favourite Edgar Allan Poe stories. The cipher is just a simple monoalphabetic substitution one based on frequency analysis. The same idea was "reused" by Arthur Conan Doyle in his story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" where he used pictures of dancing men for his cipher text. Note that Conan Doyle indirectly acknowledged Poe's influence (via his character Auguste Dupin) on Sherlock Holmes in "A Study in Scarlet".…

• rramadass · 2024 年

  …当然，面对像芯片等真正尖端的技术，破解难度可能会极其巨大，但若有举国之力在背后撑腰，也并非不可能。正如福尔摩斯在《跳舞的人》（The Adventure of the Dancing Men）中所说：“人能造出来的东西，别人也能解开。”

  …Of course with truly advanced technology like microchips/etc. it may be extremely difficult but with the resources of an entire state behind you may not be impossible. As Sherlock Holmes says in "The Adventure of the Dancing Men"; “What one man can invent, another can discover.”

• rramadass · 2026 年

  太赞了，完美契合了那句名言：“人能造出来的东西，别人也能解开” —— 福尔摩斯，《跳舞的人》（The Adventure of the Dancing Men）。

  Nice, embodies the quote; "What one man can invent, another can discover" -- Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Dancing Men.

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