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Crack a Password, Save Norwegian History

Posted by chrisd on from the did-they-try-god-or-sex-yet dept.

Christian writes "With the death of the only person who knew the password to an archive held at a museum in Norway, suddenly the data became inaccessible. The result? A nationwide radio appeal asking for "hackers" to volunteer to help solve the problem! The Norway Post has the story." I wonder if they looked under his keyboard yet..

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  1. Love all round... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mesenger: John is Dead!
    Meseum: (in sync) Ahhh, he was a lovely fellow, never bothered a soul... wonderful guy... absolutely great...
    Mesenger 2: He was the only one who knew the password to the history archive!
    Mesuem: That F&%cker! How dare he die... mother f%#cking asshole!
    Messenger 2: Hey... don't kill the messenger!

  2. Don't worry, I've already cracked it by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've already cracked it. Got the archives open right here. Let's see:

    In the year 1005, the 1337 v1k0rs raided the English coast for raping and pillaging...

    1. Re:Don't worry, I've already cracked it by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

      In case people care to see the rest of the database:

      Username: navne
      Password: passord

  3. Re:Slashdoted Text by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ottar Grepstad

    Heh. The director's got two Unix utilities in his name and he *still* can't hack the system.

    I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere.

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    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
  4. As a Swede, all I can say is... by weird+mehgny · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...this only happens in Norway :)

    1. Re:As a Swede, all I can say is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yes, if we understood what the Danes said we might get offended. Fortunatly we don't.

      /The other Swede

    2. Re:As a Swede, all I can say is... by kilogram · · Score: 3, Funny

      ... and Norwegians make fun of Swedes... Somehow it does not complete the circle... :)

    3. Re:As a Swede, all I can say is... by fallacy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Which are invariably themselves...

    4. Re:As a Swede, all I can say is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...just wait till you get computers, then we'll the laughs will be ours.

    5. Re:As a Swede, all I can say is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Maybe if they didn't talk with their mouths full :-)

    6. Re:As a Swede, all I can say is... by iphayd · · Score: 3, Funny

      I guess that would be because you are all blond, and the password would be "password"?

    7. Re:As a Swede, all I can say is... by jahalme · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, and while the swedes and norwegians are attemtping to grok complicated concepts, such as passwords, we finns write our own operating systems. ;)

    8. Re:As a Swede, all I can say is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      ya, because all of your passwords would be 'borkborkbork'! ;-) (c.f. swedish chef of j. henson's _muppets_ fame, if you lived under a rock during all of the 1980s or something)

    9. Re:As a Swede, all I can say is... by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 5, Funny

      But, when it comes down to it, what could they possibly hope to learn by recovering this archive of Norwegian history? How Norwegian troops threw grenades at the Swedes, and, consequentially, how the Swedes pulled out the pins and threw them back?

  5. Sorry, can't help... by juliao · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish I could help, but I do intend to travel to the US at some later time in my life, and I don't want to be arrested for circumventig a protection device or something... Boy, do you americans have stupid laws...

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    free the mallocs!

  6. Re:so.. how are we supposed to store passwords? by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tattoo the password inside their body. Or inside their pants; IT operators' pants are never removed near / by other people anyway.

    RMN
    ~~~

  7. Re:this dosn't make sense. by hyoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crack a password, save history.
    Get a cable modem, go to jail. [slashdot.org].

    What kind of crazy backwards world are we living in?

    Ladies and Gentlemen of slashdot it does not make sense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor you must acquit.

  8. Public access? by ciryon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well? What's the URL so we can all try it? They gotta trust me, I'm swedish! ;-)

  9. Done! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    The translated text is:
    • 0wn3d England
    • Got 0wn3d by danes
    • Got 0wn3d by swedes
    • Got 0wn3d by Germans
    • Found oil
    • Smacked a seal
  10. And sometimes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...we all unite and call ourselves europeans and make fun of the americans (not including canadians).

    1. Re:And sometimes... by dadragon · · Score: 3, Funny

      (blinks) Isn't that sort of like "The Germans, not including The French" ?

      No. To a European, "America" == North and South America, including Canada, Mexico, USA, Peru, French Guiana, etc.

      I love it when a European tells me that an average American is so badly schooled that the average European better knows their American history. After asking them who Malcolm Little is, which they never know, and after patiently listening to how some hollywood movie has history all wrong (what a shocker, that), I usually give them an example of classy European geography like this, and send them on their way.

      1) Who is Malcolm Little?
      2) It's a matter of perspective, a European considers all of North and South America to be "America", Americans and Canadians consider the USA to be "America".

      It's like in Canada, somebody from BC would tell you that the "west" is BC and Alberta, somebody from Alberta will tell you it's BC, Alberta, and maybe Saskatchewan. And somebody from SK will tell you that the "East" is Ontario and Quebec, where somebody from Ontario or Quebec will tell you that they're "Central" Canada, when technically they are not, the centre is in Manitoba.

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      God save our Queen, and Heaven bless The Maple Leaf Forever!
  11. And in other news.... by Ooblek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Days ago, Ottar Grepstad, director of the culture center and literary museum on the west coast of Norway, was busy selecting his expert of choice to hack a password known only by a dead man. It has been revealed that only minutes after his public appeal for a skiller hax0r to recover this password, his archive was ow3nd by Kevin Mitnick. The notorious hacker released information found in the archive that seems to indicate that Britney Spears was concieved by using frozen sperm from non other than Mike Tyson himself. The egg donor was only referred to in the archive as "Camilla" and it is suspected she is the same woman that Prince Charles is dating.

  12. Re:so.. how are we supposed to store passwords? by say · · Score: 3, Funny
    No. When you retire from work, you are no longer a sysadmin. Then you are a human being. It's true! Although you have the infinite power of sysadmining now, it will disappear overnight when you retire.

    So.. hah!

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    Roses are #FF0000, violets are #0000FF, all my base are belong to you
  13. The password is not the true problem... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The biggest problem is finding someone who will admitt that they knew DBase IV, and is will to use it again.

  14. Re:Slashdoted Text by Hiro+Antagonist · · Score: 5, Funny

    *sigh*

    If only his name was John Libcrypt...

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    --
    I Hit the Karma Cap, and All I Got Was This Lousy .sig.
  15. Re:Slashdoted Text by VivianC · · Score: 3, Funny

    [The] Only trouble was that the expert who had helped the donor with the archiving work had died, and had failed to pass on the password.

    Sounds like a job for John Edward, master hacker!

    --
    Viv

    Gmail invites for ip
  16. I Too am the Sole Archivist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    However, since I am using Windows, I doubt anyone will have much difficulty getting in :)

  17. Re:I've got the password! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No no no, it can't be something as simple as the name of his dog...

    The password is much more complex: It's the name of his dog backwards - noone could figure that out now, could they? :)

  18. Re:so.. how are we supposed to store passwords? by gregfortune · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like a good way to get into bed too. The only way for the "bad guys" to get your password is to send a really hot girl over to your house. Ya know, this is probably the last hope for most ./ readers.

  19. Re:so.. how are we supposed to store passwords? by 56ker · · Score: 1, Funny

    Tattoo the password to their skull - then when they die shave off all their hair to get at it!

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    Video Game cheats, hints a
  20. In Still Other News by milo_Gwalthny · · Score: 3, Funny

    UN Peacekeepers were sent in to Scandinavia today to avert the escalation of an increasingly bitter round of invective between representatives of the area's countries. Tensions began to abate, however, as the traditional taunting gave way to the relatively modern sport of "USA-Bashing."

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    Milo
  21. On the guy's missal by stere0 · · Score: 2, Funny
    " I have found a miraculous password to this database, but there is not enough space in the margin for me to write it down"
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    Trollem mirabilem hanc subnotationis exigiutas non caperet