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Secret Agents Hold Code-Breaking Contest
Spudley writes "I just heard on the BBC that the British Government's not-so-secret code breaking organisation, GCHQ, has launched a little Christmas crypto challenge for all you budding secret agents. Should be fun to try it out... even if you're not brave enough to actually send in an entry."
... is obviously 42.
Drink your ovaltine?
Unknown host pong.
that page just looks like a few columns of perl code to me.
Trolling is a art,
You win the contest, they recruit you, then you spend the rest of your life drinking vodka martinis, getting shot at, and having gorgeous women fall at your feet. (Time to start code breaking!)
They'll know
1) You're too smart for the good of the country and
2) You're disloyal enough to cozy up to a foreign spy agency.
Can you say "do-not-fly list"? Thought so.
GCHQ has launched a little Christmas crypto challenge for all you budding secret agents. To submit your entry to the challenge, just pick up your phone, call your mother, and tell her your solution!
I would have assumed the US has an equivalent of the GCHQ organization. I enquired about it and was told we have No Such Agengcy.
SLASHDOT: news for people who can't concentrate on work or have no life at all and got tired of yelling back at the TV.
From the challenge page:
Screw that. If a bunch of secret agents are running a contest, I expect to win at least a friggin' mini-missile launching pen or some C4 toothpaste w/ detonator toothbrush.
Wait -- maybe the books are hollowed out and contain flasks that convert into single-shot 9mm pistols!
Too bad I can't even balance my checkbook, let alone compete in this contest. If you win, let us know if the books including an expandable titanium katana sword bookmark.
IronChefMorimoto