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Artist: James Sanborn
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| Desiderata |
Check this out peeps, if you haven't already known of this.
In 1990, artist James Sanborn unveiled sculpture that had elaborate codes embedded in it's four sections. Called Kryptos, it sits on the grounds of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) headquarters in Langley, Virgina. Sanborn figured the CIA's code-crazy spies would solve his artistic puzzle in months, if not sooner.
Twenty years on, no one has cracked it, and Sanborn, now 65, is getting impatient. In November 2010, he made an unprecedented concession, providing a clue for a string of six characters (NYPVTT) in the 97 -character block that has resisted cryptanalysis (when decoded, it reads BERLIN). Sanborn told The New York Times that the continuing mystery is part of the work's appeal, but if no one breaks it soon, he might release another hint-when he turns 75.
http://elonka.com/kryptos/sanborn.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos |
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| EgosXII |
| maybe nobody cares enough? :conf: |
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| Desiderata |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
maybe nobody cares enough? :conf: |
That has to be the most illogical Post to this Thread.
Did you even bother reading the Wikipedia link and how many people are working on it?
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| LAdazeNYnights |
No, he didn't.
I remember reading the Times in November when Sanborn released the hint. I was vaguely familiar with Kryptos previously, though.
It's so cool :) I wonder how much longer it will take to crack- it must be quite a code if, after that hint, supercomputers still are unable to crack it. |
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| EgosXII |
| quote: | Originally posted by Desiderata
That has to be the most illogical Post to this Thread.
Did you even bother reading the Wikipedia link and how many people are working on it?
:wtf: |
dude, i barely read your post; whattyu think this is, the 'likes-to-read-long-things" forum??????? :rolleyes: |
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| Desiderata |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
dude, i barely read your post; whattyu think this is, the 'likes-to-read-long-things" forum??????? :rolleyes: |
:mad: lol |
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| EgosXII |
| quote: | Originally posted by Desiderata
:mad: lol |
it actually is pretty interesting though :) |
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| Desiderata |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
it actually is pretty interesting though :) |
:cool: |
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| dj_alfi |
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
it actually is pretty interesting though :) |
it might be. but that's really besides the point. this is the cor, and in the cor we supply a cor version. failure to do so results in diciplinary actions, most often in the form of ridicule. it also renders the topic un-corworthy for all time to come.
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| Desiderata |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_alfi
it might be. but that's really besides the point. this is the cor, and in the cor we supply a cor version. failure to do so results in diciplinary actions, most often in the form of ridicule. it also renders the topic un-corworthy for all time to come.
cor members seen contributing in "faulty" threads, in any manner besides hateful, will be excluded from the TA2.0 pre-registered list, and loss of all accumulated credibility. |
How clever of you. And I have seen worse Thread than this by far. |
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| Desiderata |
Here you go...
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| Lira |
| I like where this thread is going now :gsmile: |
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