The Search for Secret Shuttle Parts

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The Search for Secret Shuttle Parts

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday February 9, 2003 @03:01AM from the submitted-over-and-over-again dept.

Slashdot readers have been submitting this story about the search for secret shuttle parts with all sorts of insane conspiracy theories attached to their cut & paste of the URL. It's apparently just the box that handled encryption for messages, so of course Uncle Sam wants it back. Quite the needle in a haystack tho.

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eBay? by BibelBiber · 2003-02-09 03:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Before you start searching the ground start looking on eBay. Maybe its easier to find stuff there....
"Secret Government Property" by twoallbeefpatties · 2003-02-09 03:16 · Score: 5, Funny

And of course, there's no better way to keep people from being interested in opening a little black box than to write "Secret Government Property" on the faceplate.

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Re:Secret Government Property???????? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-09 03:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Disguise?
It is an 8-track tape player.
box explained... by pelvismaximus · 2003-02-09 03:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Ok, the veil of secrecy is off - it's a black-box text conversion device. To encrypt communications, it takes the first letter of the word, moves it to the end of the word, and adds an "ay". This type of encryption is also going to be replacing CSS for DVD's, so there's a lot of money being poured into finding it now. ;) Shhhh....
Re:Secret Government Property???????? by pr0nbot · 2003-02-09 03:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Secret Government Property? They should have disguised it as an 8-track tape player.

Or a copy of Daikatana...
Re:Insane Conspiracies? Hardly! by publicdomain · 2003-02-09 04:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Score: (-1, Plagiarism)

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