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277 if we encode information in whether each card is face up or down
by pesfandiar 2y ago
277 if we encode information in whether each card is face up or down
- RedNifre 2y agoNot quite, because you won't be able to tell the deck orientation any more.
- whartung 2y agoSo, then 275? With the both the top and bottom card face down? That's going in my next spy novel. Spy 1 gets together with Spy 2, for cracking game of Cribbage, and at the end, Spy 2 walks out with a deck of cards, but it's actually a 256 bit encryption key.
- praptak 2y agoSome cards are not symmetrical, (e.g. any seven or a five of not-diamonds) so they can encode two bits of information.