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Breaking the Fermilab Code

Posted by kdawson on from the paging-frank-shoemaker-white-courtesy-telephone-please dept.

Saiyine sends word that the mysterious code received at Fermilab, which we discussed last Friday, has been mostly decoded, inside of two days, by two separate people. The poster at the second link seems to have constructed a more complete rationale for the message.

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  1. Re:solved within 7hrs... by bobdotorg · · Score: 5, Funny

    they wouldn't misspell such a simple word (BASE), ... (hence looking at "BASSE" for a clue as to some other meaning).

    Clearly,
    All your Basse are belong to us.

    Sorry.

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  2. Answer =! Question. by kidsizedcoffin · · Score: 4, Funny

    I got an answer of 42.

  3. Re:I don't understand the interest by Zoolander · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't understand the interest in this. It's just some code a person came up with. Why is decoding it so interesting? Why did Hillary climb Everest? She'll do anything to get a vote.
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  4. Done! by g0dsp33d · · Score: 3, Funny

    The middle stanza says "I've wasted a million man hours".

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  5. Re:Regarding TFB(A) by zwei2stein · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obligatory:

    1) FRANK@SHOEMAKER@WOULD@CALL@THIS@NOISE

    2) ?

    3) profit

    (Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING ... jeez)

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  6. Re:Ahhh by 246o1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    why would i have been involved?

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  7. Re:That was ridiculously quick by wattrlz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Makes me wonder if the NSA gets stuff like this on a regular basis.

    I'm pretty sure they will now.