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UVB-76 Explained
Useful Wheat writes "Recently slashdot covered the reappearance of UVB-76. The function of the mysterious transmitter has been revealed: UVB-76 is used to transfer orders to military personnel, along with the time at which they should be executed. 'Words for the radio messages and code tables are selected mainly from the scientific terms of chemistry (Brohman), Geology (ganomatit), philology (Izafat), geography (Bong), Zoology (kariama), history (Scythian), cooking (drying), sports (krolist) and others, as well as rare Russian words (glashatel).' The page continues to list all 23 transmissions that have been made from the station in the past, showing that UVB-76 may be more active than believed."
so....so the Ruskies are running SkyNet?
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for borscht just got a whole lot sexier.
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re: "geography (Bong)"
Is this code given out at 4:20?
Well, there's still Fox News.
Is 1563649 a prime number?
I'm just waiting for someone to update the citation needed on the Wikipedia page to point to this slashdot submission, at which point it will forever be cemented as fact.
You: Gorgeous redhead, red dress, big brown eyes, smile like an angel.
Me: Nerdy-looking guy in torn dungarees and blue T-shirt
You came up to me in Starbucks at 47th St. and Eighth Ave. and said in a golden voice, "Excuse me, but haven't we met in California last year?"
I said, "Uh, yeah. maybe."
You turned around and disappeared on Eighth Ave.
Please, please call me on UVB-76.
If this statement is true, then this statement is true.
It cites a way-back-machine archive of a Russian language geocities page that's no longer available. I've seen more credible citations carved into bathroom stalls.
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No, it's brilliant fieldcraft!!!
By putting your information in the clear on geocities, nobody believes it. You don't even need to encode it or hide it. Everybody ignores it -- it's just discounted as a credible source.
Man, those Russians were brilliant at the spy game. :-P (Actually, from everything I understand, they actually were.)
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Nothing is confirmed until we hear from Netcraft.
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Actually, that statement is true ("If A then A" is a true statement, even if A is false. Since A also refers to whether or not A=>A is true, A is true).
I read TFA and all I got was this lousy cookie
Let me guess. You were president of the Tautology Club back in school.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
for the military personnel that will be executed just because somebody send them an order.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
Respectfully disagree. I think they're funnier when they play into over-rated /. memes. Usually they're the ones that get to +5 Funny.
This comment for example.
Is 1563649 a prime number?
According to an old Geocities page, they are things that fly around in the sky.
I am to understand that they occasionally flip out and kill people.
Nah, those are Ninjas, not UFOs
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I believe that this numbers station is actually a countdown timer for the army of robots created by the soviets in the 80s. When the buzzing sounds end and another codephrase is sent the army will rise up from their vaults that were placed strategically around the world by traveling vacuum salesmen and spread the glorious message of communism, with lasers.
I for one welcome our new robot overlords...
Personally I'd rather have my idiots at home glued to the TV than out doing idiotic things
Let me guess. You were president of the Tautology Club back in school.
If you're right, he was.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
Since we are talking about the possibility of the transmissions being related to espionage missions, it is likely that the transmissions sent from this station (if they were indeed for that purpose to begin with) are NOT the only form of communication available to their field operatives. UVB-76 could be used to signal operatives to change their other communication methods, to switch mission objectives, to begin or end a specific operation, or any of an ungodly number of other tactical possibilities. I don't think it's impossible for the station to have a military purpose at all, if you consider this as a probable use for it.
According to an old Geocities page, they are things that fly around in the sky.
I am to understand that they occasionally flip out and kill people.
Nah, those are Ninjas, not UFOs
I'm not convinced anybody can tell the difference. Nobody that lived long enough to verify it, anyway.
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Changes in UVB-76 tied to viral marketing campaign for new film. Cash strapped Russian government deny any knowledge.
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