The notepad at 2:58 says: "TO DO: Film Cipher wheel video Talk to doctor about corn Pick up dry cleaning Take cats for walk Buy corn Will the nightmares ever end?" I couldn't understand the rest.
Since the cipher wheel is based on numerals you can further make the encrypted message harder to decipher. You can add rules to add, subtract, or perform any other mathematical steps in order to produce the accurate letter. For example, if you have it set so that for say the letter M, the outer most and second outer most rings are set to 2 and 7 respectively, and the unknown rule is to subtract the latter by the former, you would then write down 5 instead. Even further, since each encrypted letter is made up of two symbols instead of one, you can write each letter vertically, but the entire word is written horizontally as normal. Like this for example, using the corn example: 5913 7925 Ciphers are fun.
Yeah, add Caesar Box and what not? ❤️ And about mathematical operations, it's somewhat more complicated. More generally, you are asking for transforming the four numbers (a,b,c,d) to another n numbers, but note that the transformation has to be invertible. E.g, (a+b, a-b) is a good place to start exploring. Other complicated linear combinations, like (a+b, 2a-3b+c, c-d, a+d) are still invertible. That's common sense from linear Algebra, however, for non-linear transformations, more complicated explorations may be required. Note: Without such transformation, the message, if a large one, e.g., a few sentences will be pretty easy to decipher, even without the wheel.
Actually I'm pretty sure it is in fact michael. I don't know how long you've been subscribed, but I've been subscribed to vsauce for quite some years there buddy. I think I would recognize Mic... oh you were joking. But what is a joke?
When michael say "hey vsauce, michael here" he refers to us as vsauce. But his channel name is vsauce. So are we vsauce or is he vsauce. Things that keep me awake at night.
following the rules of English technically the plural of octopus is octopuses, octopi would follow old latin rules that don't apply to English, hence why if you type octopi google even tries to auto correct it
One way around that is to repeat the last letter of each word using another corresponding character in the cypher line to signify a space/period/end. For example, use the inner-most character as a space, period, or end.
Dook, it makes deciphering even easier. If you would make analysis and guess at least a one boundary (which would be easier as well, as "another number" means that if there's XX, it can't be one), you know that in word (with space on the end) 123456, 5 must be 6. Last letter of the word will be of course just a subset of alphabet, so probably you'd get word like 7686 and it means that 8=5=6. Then if there's 1454, then 4=5=8=6 and the game is over - you have already relative to themselves orientation of rings and you are left with 33 combinations. In fact even with a single guess like that you already have sure position of two rings relative to each other which possibly would be game over for cipher as well.
A good addition could be: set the wheel to an initial position. Choose a finite sequence S, wrapped around. After every 5i letters, rotate the 4 wheels S_4i, S_(4i+1), S_(4i+2), S_(4i+3) times respectively, and continue in this way. A second level of security will redefine additional 4 rotations for the 4 wheels every 20 characters in the ciphered text, and you are good to go :D
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Michael is one of the few people I would love to meet one day. Such a lovely and funny guy. Makes me smile every time he talks so enthusiastically about his toys.
8:49 Also, I thought of date and time way before he mentioned it. As I'm sure alot of ppl did. And I'm surprised he assumes no one would think about that.
@Micah Philson I'm *very* sure he is aware of the words Bipod and Bipedal. That has nothing to do with what he said, he was simply putting worth another word that could be used to describe a human that was related to the octopus, that doesn't mean he is unaware of the real term.
I know Michael once said he likes doing DONG more than making original VSauce videos. But i really miss those gotta say. How about a second take on the Banach-Tarski-Paradox? Really like seeing Michael do these kinds of mindfuck themed videos :))))
1:30 - 1:49 just love the fact that you make these "fillers" in the videos ! I would love to see you just talk in a seminar or a ted talk or something because it seems like everything that you talk about is interesting and you make them not boring like so many others!
That's Vsauce for you! One minute we encrypt the word "corn" with a cypher designed after a cute squid, then we discuss the heat death of our universe.
I was watching this video, about 5 minutes in, when my Curiosity Box arrived. Splendid timing to actually handle the cipher wheel while watching the rest of it.
I have had 3 curiosity boxes so far this 1 should arrive soon but takes longer because I am in the UK. Really looking forward to that cphyer wheel and what other surprises it has. Also the t-shirt looks great :) a real highlight for me ever 3 months thanks V Sauce team love you guys.
Sure, see ya there in when the universe dies of the heat death... *waits almost 1 googol years* I guess it's time to watch the last ever Vsauce video...
Is nobody going to mention, how O planted itself on Nines? 9, 36, 69 (nice) and 99. With only one of those numbers being not multiple nines, but still ending with nine is an amazing math coincidence) Was that intentional?
Right!? I seriously miss the kinds of videos he uploaded there. If it truly belongs to TH-cam Red now, then he should just take of Vsauce2 and/or make Vsauce4 and continue. :P
0:05 The code Michael used here was this: A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, and so on, meaning that each letter in the alphabet corresponds to it's position. So, D = 4, O = 15, N = 14, and G = 7.
Problem is, if you got the numbers in order on each wheel, then you've actually got a fairly trivial way to crack it, especially if the same letter is a different number various times in your message. Each wheel represents 26 in order, so it's ultimately a slide cipher that probably wouldn't be as hard to crack as one might think.
Rev JR i don't disagree it is fairly simple especially if all of your numbers were in order. I think it would be far more effective if each block of 26 were randomized and only a small team had wheels that were in the same order. But like he said in the introduction its a toy.
I just found out about this channel through the comment you posted on reddit, since I wondered and researched where you've gone and I am SO S O glad you're still making videos! This vodeo is great btw, like every other video you're in! :D
Hey Michael I had a PS to go with the last comment I just wrote I was wondering now I know you donate a percentage of each one of the quarterly curiosity boxes but my question is this now is Alzheimer's very similar to dementia or vice versa it means a lot to me because my grandmother has both Alzheimer's and Dementia so the work you do truly touches my heart and you explain things very well and easy to understand so I'm hoping you get this and maybe it could even be the topic of a future video or just somehow you know an answer thank you and keep up the good work.
Steven Louton "Dementia is a syndrome, not a disease. ... Dementia is a group of symptoms that affects mental cognitive tasks such as memory and reasoning. Dementia is an umbrella term that Alzheimer's disease can fall under. It can occur due to a variety of conditions, the most common of which is Alzheimer's disease."
The notepad at 2:58 says:
"TO DO:
Film Cipher wheel video
Talk to doctor about corn
Pick up dry cleaning
Take cats for walk
Buy corn
Will the nightmares ever end?"
I couldn't understand the rest.
We need ⅛x (i mean 0.125x)
2:59
Next:
.... by BECK
...... ....... about "(idk is it Ears or bars)"
... ...... .. .. hear me
Ask neighbor about "ears"
I am 100% sure that every word in that bucket said corn
choomatt there was only one piece of paper
Well he wasn't wrong then xD
lOl
I purchased it
You are correct
yes i think we all are
"michael's toys" intros are always so strange that they become hilarious.
Ozy Michael embraced the memes a long time ago. He's transcended memedom
Lol
It's on purpose my doggies
not only is michael smart but he has turned to the dank side
Sexy pic
Since the cipher wheel is based on numerals you can further make the encrypted message harder to decipher. You can add rules to add, subtract, or perform any other mathematical steps in order to produce the accurate letter. For example, if you have it set so that for say the letter M, the outer most and second outer most rings are set to 2 and 7 respectively, and the unknown rule is to subtract the latter by the former, you would then write down 5 instead.
Even further, since each encrypted letter is made up of two symbols instead of one, you can write each letter vertically, but the entire word is written horizontally as normal. Like this for example, using the corn example:
5913
7925
Ciphers are fun.
Nope Naw isnt that the same cipher the germans used in WW2 named the Lorenz cipher (or Tunny as the british named it) just with a slight diffrences.
TO MENY Woooooorrrrrrddddddsssss
Yeah, add Caesar Box and what not? ❤️ And about mathematical operations, it's somewhat more complicated. More generally, you are asking for transforming the four numbers (a,b,c,d) to another n numbers, but note that the transformation has to be invertible. E.g, (a+b, a-b) is a good place to start exploring. Other complicated linear combinations, like (a+b, 2a-3b+c, c-d, a+d) are still invertible. That's common sense from linear Algebra, however, for non-linear transformations, more complicated explorations may be required.
Note: Without such transformation, the message, if a large one, e.g., a few sentences will be pretty easy to decipher, even without the wheel.
Yall here talking about ciphers meanwhile I'm remembering Gravity Falls and all of its codes
00:00 When you are desperately trying not to say „Hey VSauce, Michael here!“ xDxD
ye
Welcome to 4 15 14 7
@@gachastocks6151 I'm pretty sure that says DONG or DING, I'm not sure when they changed the name
@@Infest19 this is a completely separate channel. The vsauce intro is only for vsauce.
@@Infest19 the name is DONG. It is written as D!NG with an exclamation mark/point akin to swear words.
He didn't say Michael here idk if he's actually Michael
Fíl Fóstur He never says Michael here on DONG :(
The only logical conclusion is that this isn't the real Michael
It's not Michael, it's HowToBasic.
Kronomancer Yes
Actually I'm pretty sure it is in fact michael. I don't know how long you've been subscribed, but I've been subscribed to vsauce for quite some years there buddy. I think I would recognize Mic...
oh you were joking.
But what is a joke?
04 05 19 16 01 03 09 20 15
D E S P A C I T O
A legend has spoken
Ayy lmaooo
I bet dolan dark will steal this
At first, I thought you were reading the number sequence from Lost.
4 8 15 16 23 42
WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN MASON?
4:55 look at the top of the paper
Jukka lmao falcon eyes
Michael’s real toy
ha haha omg lol
DONG
Lol. Dong!
When michael say "hey vsauce, michael here" he refers to us as vsauce. But his channel name is vsauce. So are we vsauce or is he vsauce.
Things that keep me awake at night.
We are Vsauce. He is Michael Here.
Maybe he says vsauce micheal. Not vsauce, Micheal.
@@orecula he makes a small but obvious pause between Vsauce and Michael so no.
We and him are both Vsauce
Micheal is made of Vsauce
1:33 wrong its octopussies
Wrong it's you have problems
DogBeef yes
DogBeef wtf are you doing here 😂😂
the greek one is octopodes
No one CAREs!
"Does that mean I'm a dipus? A dipusal? Yes, it does" -Michael 2018
*-Micheal 1:40
your welcome
Vsauce4 = Inq
There actually is a meme channel called Vsauce 4.
Person. Thoughty2?
How to summon Vsauce4
Person. Despacito 2 confirmed.
Mαrbleious oh he did, did he? Rip in peace
wow this Michael guy should make his own channel
He Does Have His Own Channel It's Called Vsauce!!!
woosh
How Amazing What? No way!
Seal Sorry dude thought you were serious, now I realize it was sarcasm. My bad!😉
@@shaunar3117 r/oopsididntmeanto
"I'm gonna go with 99"
There was 69 right there, Michael!
right?!
nice.
Y E S
-69 is a demonitizable word- ignore me
Huh?
Vsauce4 is Inq confirmed
1:30 It’s octopussies
Human Person 007 wow
Sorry but because the word has become English it follows the rules of English and the plural is now octopi
That makes us Diepussies
Aaron H or Bipussies
following the rules of English technically the plural of octopus is octopuses, octopi would follow old latin rules that don't apply to English, hence why if you type octopi google even tries to auto correct it
i feel like Michael forgot the password to vsauce
Yeah I know
He would never admit it since he is so good at codes and numbers. But his password to Vsauce was just too damn cryptic..
3pizza43 probably lmao.
I feel like I've seen this comment before
jenny you have, people have started stealing it now and Ive seen 3 different people comment on different videos the same thing
What's the deal with Michael and Corn?
Probably lobbyist from the corn industry
Max Warner "young corn gets shucked"
Cornhub
I still remember the time in Mind Field when Michael was casually cooking corn.
You could say Micheal's a freak on a leash
Michael is like a more advanced version of Blues Clues
This wheel is missing "space". That means you are giving away the lengths of all your words to everyone.
One way around that is to repeat the last letter of each word using another corresponding character in the cypher line to signify a space/period/end. For example, use the inner-most character as a space, period, or end.
Dook, it makes deciphering even easier. If you would make analysis and guess at least a one boundary (which would be easier as well, as "another number" means that if there's XX, it can't be one), you know that in word (with space on the end) 123456, 5 must be 6. Last letter of the word will be of course just a subset of alphabet, so probably you'd get word like 7686 and it means that 8=5=6. Then if there's 1454, then 4=5=8=6 and the game is over - you have already relative to themselves orientation of rings and you are left with 33 combinations. In fact even with a single guess like that you already have sure position of two rings relative to each other which possibly would be game over for cipher as well.
krzysiu.net you're missing the whole point of repeating the last letter *_INSTEAD_* of having spaces.
** *** ***** **** *******? Didn’t think so.
Unless you don't use spaces.
Are you sure that Michael hasn’t discovered Alien language?
StickMaster500 Michael is the alien, and the alien we all want
WE DIDNT DISCOVER ALIENS MATE
4 15 14 7
He is the alien...
I totally agree. Michael is an Alien sent in human form to drop some knowledge on a feeble minded species.
SEE YOU THERE
Cyranek pls make more vids Cyranek i miss u
Is that his way of saying he's immortal?
Hey Cyranek
O H. H E L L O. T H E R E.
@@wellingtonzani1280 for real
5:15 *nice*
A good addition could be: set the wheel to an initial position. Choose a finite sequence S, wrapped around. After every 5i letters, rotate the 4 wheels S_4i, S_(4i+1), S_(4i+2), S_(4i+3) times respectively, and continue in this way.
A second level of security will redefine additional 4 rotations for the 4 wheels every 20 characters in the ciphered text, and you are good to go :D
"Corn can be found."
- Michael, 2018
This could be used to figure out who HowToBasic is
was*
will*
"Let's start INQripting" 🤔
4:50 the real DONG
whoa chill out spaghett, this man is simply pointing out an easter egg
Damn that's sneaky.
5:15
yes its a real dong, a dingus to be true
this is some next level alien shiiiiiiidd :DDD
Michael: Pffft, latinization of a Greek word.
*precedes to greekify a Latin word*
Might be illiterate, but I think its proceeds. yeah it is, precedes means to come before something.
@@porkbellycutlets427 he's right
Inq is actually really cute.
WHERE CAN I GET ONE LIKE THAT?
Curiosity box
YOU WANT TO BUY VSAUCE 4
WTF
If you look up Inq plush, it should come up!
@@moonrabbit9621 I did and it is not possible to get the big one. Just the small one in the curiosity box
in the curiosity box
I miss those days when he use to say "hey vsauce, Micheal here"
Kaden Madier those are old videos man
Kaden Madier 6 months ago :(
Honestly, the greeting doesn't matter much to me. I just enjoy the content.
SHUBHAM KHARE wisecrack, bro
4:36 look at Michael's sketch pad.
*OwO*
Ya I guess we some dirty minds 😂😂
5:15
Read the channel's name.
The real *_DONG_* in this episode.
lol
That's a great shirt. I always wondered how complex condoms are.
Saninsince992 oh my god why did you have to say this, now I can’t unsee it
Aliens find this in the future and start thinking we worshipped corn
You DON'T?!?!? INFIDEL!!!
We kinda do tho
Corn is awesome, we make fuel, popcorn, bird food, even kitty litter from it
That "ohh" at 1:29 was adorable
Im buying this box
Is this box a monthly subscription on a 1 time purchase? Please respond.
Water Momantic annual subscribers get a new box every quarter (every three months) BUT you can also just buy one as a one time purchase. Oh, you can also subscribe for just 2 quarters at a time!
Thank you, I greatly appreciate your answer.
Now we know that Michael reads everything!
Jacob Tiller or this is a assistant ?
4:44 look at the hidden message on the paper
I thought I was the only one who saw that 😂
Michael is one of the few people I would love to meet one day. Such a lovely and funny guy. Makes me smile every time he talks so enthusiastically about his toys.
REMEMBER, REALITY IS AN ILLUSION THE UNIVERSE A HOLOGRAM BUY GOLD BYEEEE!
egassem sdrawkcaB egassem sdrawkcaB egassem sdrawkcaB egassem sdrawkcaB
Gold is just a hologram too.
Elias 676 Gravity Falls lol
Gravity Falls fans are everywhere.
A X O L O T L MY TIME HAS COME TO BURN, I INVOKE THE ANCIENT POWER THAT I MAY RETURN
1:40 Has Michael just never heard the word Bipod? Bipedal? That's already a word we have.
Micah Philson technically bipus still makes sense
8:49 Also, I thought of date and time way before he mentioned it. As I'm sure alot of ppl did. And I'm surprised he assumes no one would think about that.
Sean Cynical he just mentioned an example, it's not that deep
So are you saying English worksn't like that? Could'ven't you say so more clearly? I think he's got a language degree, so he prob can English good.
@Micah Philson I'm *very* sure he is aware of the words Bipod and Bipedal. That has nothing to do with what he said, he was simply putting worth another word that could be used to describe a human that was related to the octopus, that doesn't mean he is unaware of the real term.
The connection between tim from grand illusions and Michael gets stronger every day.
Now you got me wanting a collab between them
Vsauce from the Nile.
What we did not know, is that there is a mirror image of the universe on that t-shirt to explain that ;)
seems like they are out of ideas.
Wait, so spiders could be called "octopus" as well ?.
By the way, "Inq" has to be the best and most creative name for the octopus.
4:39 And there you can see Michael's real toy.
Loool his real DONG
Lol!!
Me at the start of the video: “Hey! Vsauce, Michael here.”
The video: *WELCOME TO 4 15 14 7*
4 15 14 7: DONG
I thought it was some random numbers!!!
@@ebrucan7161
"Randomness isn't really that random"
- Michael
"You know what?"
*"i c a n d o w h a t i w a n t"*
not dipus or bipus
but bipod
nah am pretty sure its tidepod
bepis
It's biped :/
featherless biped
Alexander Moon No, they mean the same
"you can read them all in a mError"
Thank you Micheal, very cool!
SixSuicideSheep thank you kanya very cool
0:10
I think it's time we blow this scene
Get everybody and the stuff together
Ok, three, two, one, let's jam!
this is so cool. I only wish I had a friend to write encrypted messages too....
3:20 *Michael covers half the symbols and the music intensifies. He is turning us into conspiracy theorists.
i feel like after 10 videos he will be reviewing a stone
I know Michael once said he likes doing DONG more than making original VSauce videos. But i really miss those gotta say. How about a second take on the Banach-Tarski-Paradox? Really like seeing Michael do these kinds of mindfuck themed videos :))))
The intro sounds like Michael is introducing us to the year 415,147 A.D.
Petition for Inq to have a personal Dong channel where our minds are penetrated with Inquisitive Dongs by octopuses.
bring back jake chudnow music
jake chudnow should make new music first
anyone know the names of the songs in this video?
The most important comment
That's right, this xilophone music is a bit ridiculous
Christina Huang this is a dong and if I am right he puts Jake chudnow music in his main vsause channel
ＣＯＲＮ ＧＵＮ コラ印
1:33 How can you blow past you destroying everything I thought I knew so frivolously!
1:30 - 1:49 just love the fact that you make these "fillers" in the videos ! I would love to see you just talk in a seminar or a ted talk or something because it seems like everything that you talk about is interesting and you make them not boring like so many others!
hey micheal, Vsauce here, we miss you :(
What do you mean miss him? He's right here!
Ah yes, my favorite cooking show made of by and for teens like me
We want classic vsauce back
That's Vsauce for you! One minute we encrypt the word "corn" with a cypher designed after a cute squid, then we discuss the heat death of our universe.
5:15 missed opportunity
I don't think there were multiple words in there. I think he made a bunch of papers with corn written on them.
I become somewhat of a corn obsessed myself as of lately
cele42 it's happening. Be safe.
Vsauce why do you keep talking about corn? I am worried michael.
12:58 *CRONCH*
I love mini-Inq! So excited to get my very own in my last curiosity box! :D
I was watching this video, about 5 minutes in, when my Curiosity Box arrived. Splendid timing to actually handle the cipher wheel while watching the rest of it.
5:18 the moment Michael betrayed us all
I have had 3 curiosity boxes so far this 1 should arrive soon but takes longer because I am in the UK. Really looking forward to that cphyer wheel and what other surprises it has. Also the t-shirt looks great :) a real highlight for me ever 3 months thanks V Sauce team love you guys.
Sure, see ya there in when the universe dies of the heat death...
*waits almost 1 googol years*
I guess it's time to watch the last ever Vsauce video...
Is nobody going to mention, how O planted itself on Nines? 9, 36, 69 (nice) and 99. With only one of those numbers being not multiple nines, but still ending with nine is an amazing math coincidence)
Was that intentional?
This is by far the best episode of Michael's toys because the camera randomly zooms in
1:43 so we are bipuses .
Zogurtool actually we are bipod puses
bipussies
bipusidies :)
All joking aside, we are bipeds
"to someone who doesn't know the code" *video ends*
please post on vsauce main
ChefGourmet I feel ya
This is the one episode I found that you were kind of funny in. All of your videos have really good info. Keep it up!
The very end GOT ME man. Michael really cracks me up
So when are you posting a video on the vsauce channel?
It belongs to TH-cam Red now.
Person. No it's not
Yeah. I wish.
yeah, i miss his scientific videos.
Right!? I seriously miss the kinds of videos he uploaded there. If it truly belongs to TH-cam Red now, then he should just take of Vsauce2 and/or make Vsauce4 and continue. :P
11:58 now I know what’s in it
Corn... this whole time... all of your Tweets, how could I not have seen it before... I feel like a fool
Ok, now I finally understand why every single VSauce video ends in everyone dying because of the heat death.
"This is box number 8 by the way"
In the description you say it's box number "VII" (7) - is this another way to encrypt the wheel?!
0:05
The code Michael used here was this:
A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, and so on, meaning that each letter in the alphabet corresponds to it's position. So, D = 4, O = 15, N = 14, and G = 7.
And it says "DONG"
@@alexschott9567 Lies! this channel has ALWAYS been named D!NG
Problem is, if you got the numbers in order on each wheel, then you've actually got a fairly trivial way to crack it, especially if the same letter is a different number various times in your message. Each wheel represents 26 in order, so it's ultimately a slide cipher that probably wouldn't be as hard to crack as one might think.
Rev JR i don't disagree it is fairly simple especially if all of your numbers were in order. I think it would be far more effective if each block of 26 were randomized and only a small team had wheels that were in the same order.
But like he said in the introduction its a toy.
We the people of @HeyVsauceMichaelHere have the following demands: 1) New Inq's Cipher code at the beginning of each episode 2) Universal healthcare.
I just found out about this channel through the comment you posted on reddit, since I wondered and researched where you've gone and I am SO S O glad you're still making videos!
This vodeo is great btw, like every other video you're in! :D
Hey Michael I had a PS to go with the last comment I just wrote I was wondering now I know you donate a percentage of each one of the quarterly curiosity boxes but my question is this now is Alzheimer's very similar to dementia or vice versa it means a lot to me because my grandmother has both Alzheimer's and Dementia so the work you do truly touches my heart and you explain things very well and easy to understand so I'm hoping you get this and maybe it could even be the topic of a future video or just somehow you know an answer thank you and keep up the good work.
Steven Louton "Dementia is a syndrome, not a disease. ... Dementia is a group of symptoms that affects mental cognitive tasks such as memory and reasoning. Dementia is an umbrella term that Alzheimer's disease can fall under. It can occur due to a variety of conditions, the most common of which is Alzheimer's disease."
Steven Louton Alzheimer's runs in my family, I know it's hard to cope with. Stay strong and God bless
He has a video on that topic, "Alzheimer's and the brain", but I don't remember if that really answers this question
4:36 *_-D O N G-_*
When we getting an actual episode of Vsauce? If you aren't counting the youtube red videos, its been a long time...
my favorite way would be agreeing on a certain letter and always starting the secret message with that letter :
Michael is Grunkle Stan confirmed
Nice ending Michael
You have beautiful mind Michael Stevens
*Hey vsauce! Michael here!* :(
bless this channel for making vsauce free again
I cant stop watching these videos... I just ordered a copy of relativity visualized by Michael's recommendation...
Wish I earned an income so I could subscribe to the Curiosity Box...
Prashanth Sharma b
"My favourite way is the heat death."
Legit choked on my coffee.