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Student Uncovers US Military Secrets
karthik_r085 writes "According to The Register, An Irish graduate student has uncovered words blacked-out of declassified US military documents using nothing more than a dictionary and text analysis software. Claire Whelan, a computer science student at Dublin City University was given the problems by her PhD supervisor as a diversion. David Naccache, a cryptographer with Gemplus, challenged her to discover the words missing from two documents: one was a memo to George Bush, and another concerned military modifications to civilian helicopters."
Must... Uncover... Words!
-Imidazole2
> Damn! I was hoping for downloads.
You can download the blackspace from the usual goatse site.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Please oh please somone MOD ZOGGER'S COMMENT UP!!! I can't believe how many people are unaware of PNACs goals, let alone their call for the "Pearl Harbor" like attack on American soil, which IIRC was written in their first public document. I've shown their site to I don't know how many people, most of which dismiss it as a hoax (even the true Bush-haters). Believe me, IT IS NOT A HOAX. They very clearly spelled out their plans in 1997 (even earlier if you look into Wolfowitz's documents from the first Bush administration). All they needed was a puppet whose ass they could all shove their hands up, and boom - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Seriously, please look into it, read it, digest it, and think about it when it comes time to vote again...
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
Al Quida has already proven it will behead people just for what they know, without criminal charge, without provocation, without family access, without legal representation, without regard for international criticism, without regard for international laws and norms, without safeguards for personal safety, without justification or oversight by the courts.
Big difference, beheading and detaining. but then War is hell. Best to hope the next missile doesn't fly up your ass or perhaps you would best fight the war with tea and more BS.
Yeah, I'll go along with that. Twang twang, and all. (Spanish guitar, OTOH -> :)
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I have entirely too many hobbies.
Including brewing very good beer
My feeling is that there won't be any of the "william" dark left after tonite; regardless of my ten hour day tomorrow, I feel the need...and it's so GOOD - proud of my mix, yay, verily forsooth, etc. I just hope I can find the notes on what I put into it. Been a while.
t_m_p; Photoshop *is* a hobby. After all, it's fun, you enjoy it, and you don't get paid for it, neh?
That makes it a hobby in my book. Hobbies are supposed to be FUN!
Cheers!
SB
(PS - Yeah, I'm weird. It gets worse when you get older, assuming you don't get assimilated. I tend to think of it as cultural divergence for individuals. Perhaps we need a support group
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
The US having bases under treaty there does not equate whatsoever to us occupying the oilfields. None of those countries would agree with nor acquiese to us occupying their energy production facilities.
I'm not saying that we *couldn't* occupy the oilfields - I'm saying that we *don't* and that the cost to do so would be enormous (and we probably wouldn't be able to supply those troops sufficiently to guarantee ownership, either, given where those oilfields are and the logistics of supply delivery.) Do you think we have endless resources?
There's a huge difference between having military forces in a country on delineated bases, and having them occupy strategic and defended resources in that country; which you don't seem to understand at all. We may have the best military in the world, but that doesn't mean that all our opponents would roll over as easily as Iraq's military did.
Quit quoting google at me and tell me what basis your speculation in the original post has some basis. Just how much more overseas deployment do you think the public would stand for before even the GW administration had to bow before that pressure? Good Lord.
Good night. I'm not going to post till tomorrow night due to work, so think your response over.
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.