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WW2 Carrier Pigeon and Undecoded Message Found In Chimney

Posted by Soulskill on from the flue-the-coop dept.

BigBadBus writes "The BBC is reporting that the remains of a World War 2 carrier pigeon were found during renovation of a chimney in England. What is interesting is that the pigeon's remains still had its message attached to the leg ring; even more interesting, this is the first recorded instance of a code being used rather than plain text. The successor to WW2 code-breaking HQ Bletchley Park, the GCHQ, is trying to decipher this unique code. Maybe a Slashdot reader can beat them to it?"

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  1. Re:Undecoded by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, it's natural language's wonderfully concise way of expressing "coded, but subject to ongoing attempts at decoding it" so that everybody who occasionally talks to people instead of machines immediately understands it.

  2. Re:Britain's "Animals In War Memorial" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The same is true for many of the soldiers.