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Challenge HN: Can you decrypt these messages? [pdf] (nsa.gov)
30 points by HelloBeautiful 5531 days ago
3 comments
revolvingcur 5531 days ago
This document is available in higher fidelity, and with greater context, here: http://www.cufon.org/pdf/4_NSA_Tech_Journal_Articles.pdf

They comprise an exercise in interpreting coded messages, and are not intended to be interpreted as a genuine ET transmission.

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mdink 5531 days ago
Is this real or just an exercise? (sorry if that sounds stupid - you never know what kind of shit gets posted here)
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cookingrobot 5531 days ago
It's an exercise. See revolvingcur's link: http://www.cufon.org/pdf/4_NSA_Tech_Journal_Articles.pdf
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HelloBeautiful 5531 days ago
It's real.

http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/

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portman 5531 days ago
Meta-question: How do you include two different links (pdf/scribd) in the submission URL?
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covercash 5531 days ago
scribd is a YC company. Any pdf submissions automatically get scribd.

Previous discussions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124940 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=175378

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shadowpwner 5531 days ago
Scribd links automatically generated for PDFs. I wonder if they check for mimetype, or they just assume it from the extension..
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HelloBeautiful 5531 days ago
Scribd link is auto added by HN system if the original URL ends with '.pdf'.
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