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Challenge HN: Can you decrypt these messages? [pdf]

• portman 15y ago
  Meta-question: How do you include two different links (pdf/scribd) in the submission URL?
  • shadowpwner 15y ago
    Scribd links automatically generated for PDFs. I wonder if they check for mimetype, or they just assume it from the extension..
  • covercash 15y 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=1124940 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=175378 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=175378
  • HelloBeautiful 15y ago
    Scribd link is auto added by HN system if the original URL ends with '.pdf'.
  • deleted 15y ago
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• mdink 15y ago
  Is this real or just an exercise? (sorry if that sounds stupid - you never know what kind of shit gets posted here)
  • HelloBeautiful 15y ago
    It's real. http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/ http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/
  • cookingrobot 15y ago
    It's an exercise. See revolvingcur's link: http://www.cufon.org/pdf/4_NSA_Tech_Journal_Articles.pdf http://www.cufon.org/pdf/4_NSA_Tech_Journal_Articles.pdf
• revolvingcur 15y ago
  This document is available in higher fidelity, and with greater context, here: http://www.cufon.org/pdf/4_NSA_Tech_Journal_Articles.pdf 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.