Sunday, May 3, 2009
Codes, Ciphers & Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Labels:
Codes,
Puzzles,
Stranger Than Fiction,
Thrillers
I sometimes hear people react to thrillers and puzzle novels as unrealistic or "the sort of thing that just doesn't happen." I can't help but thing that people who say that sort of thing just aren't paying attention.
Like the sculpture at the CIA compound in Langley that is in a cipher so complex even the CIA isn't entirely sure what it says. From WIRED Magazine...
Mission Impossible: The Code Even the CIA Can't Crack
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