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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. 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...

  2. 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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  3. 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 fallacy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Which are invariably themselves...

    2. 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.

    3. 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. ;)

    4. 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?

  4. 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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  5. 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
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  6. 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.

  7. 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! ;-)

  8. 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.

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

    *sigh*

    If only his name was John Libcrypt...

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  10. 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.