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the fermilab code

o fermilab recebeu um fax criptografo: uma sequência de riscos, relação de símbolos, letras e números, e mais risquinhos.

sem tempo e/ou competência, inteligentemente resolveu pedir ajuda a internet no dia 15 deste mês: Code crackers wanted!, conclamando nerds interessados.

dois dias depois, apareceram duas respostas com alguma parte decifrada:

Breaking the Fermilab Code

Fermilab’s Strange Letter - Progress

são extremamente recomendados os comentários nos links citados E nos abaixo para acompanhar a força tarefa de cráqueres, mas principalmente para ler as piadinhas nerds infames sobre o tema:

Fermilab Calls For Code Crackers
Breaking the Fermilab Code

exemplos:

The Roswel aliens that were stranded on earth brainwashed some NEC employees who planted the code in all fax machines to send the fax to fermilabs who then posts it on the internet (which would be invented in 40 years) and thereby transmitted to mars…

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Agreed, first grouping is probably base-3, 2nd is key with the index being hex, and 3rd grouping is base-2.. and if I convert it out.. it ends up drawing an image of the goatse.cx guy… damnit!

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You’re thinking waaay too deep.

Turn the page 90 degrees clockwise.

It says ‘Hi’

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4.4MB image link on the front page of Slashdot? I sense a great disturbance in the force…

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This is by far the most convoluted way of getting someone’s email adress spammed.

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