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Modern · ((n−1) mod 9)+1

English reduction

Each ordinal value is reduced to 1–9. A and J and S are all 1. That is a smaller machine. Hits become easier. That fact belongs in the method.

The commercial name “Pythagorean” is a modern numerology label. Ancient Pythagorean number philosophy is a different object. CIPHER will not perform the bait-and-switch.

English reduction · 26 cells. A J S are 1.
  1. A1
  2. B2
  3. C3
  4. D4
  5. E5
  6. F6
  7. G7
  8. H8
  9. I9
  10. J1
  11. K2
  12. L3
  13. M4
  14. N5
  15. O6
  16. P7
  17. Q8
  18. R9
  19. S1
  20. T2
  21. U3
  22. V4
  23. W5
  24. X6
  25. Y7
  26. Z8

A smaller machine. More doors open. That fact belongs in the method, not in a glow around a hit.

Same English spelling as the 42. Different face. I 9 + T 2 + H 8 + A 1 + C 3 + A 1.

Adams already wrote the motto. We counted it later. Apostrophes are stripped, so DON’T PANIC and DONT PANIC agree.

A smaller machine finds more doors open.
That does not make a particular door meaningless.
It changes what the door can support.

Notes

  1. A correction. TEXAS is 69 in ordinal, 15 in reduction. Prior notes that said “reduction 69” are withdrawn.
  2. Same machine, many doors. ITHACA reduction 24. DON’T PANIC, THE FIELD, ENDLESS LOVE, and MILLIWAYS: 42.