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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. 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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  2. 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: 5, Funny

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

    2. 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. ;)

    3. 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?

  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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.

  6. 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! ;-)

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

    *sigh*

    If only his name was John Libcrypt...

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