WW2 Pigeon Code Decrypted By Canadian?

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WW2 Pigeon Code Decrypted By Canadian?

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 16, 2012 @08:24AM from the pinned-down-send-fries-and-gravy dept.

Albanach writes "At the start of November Slashdot reported the discovery of a code, thought to be from the Second World War, found attached to the leg of a pigeon skeleton located in an English chimney. Now a Canadian by the name of Gord Young claims to have deciphered the message in less than 20 minutes. He believes that the message is comprised mostly of acronyms."

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No point in... by fyngyrz · 2012-12-16 08:27 · Score: 5, Funny

...squabbling about this.

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1. Re:No point in... by fyngyrz · 2012-12-16 09:10 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  flamebait.... squab... lol
  First time since I joined I thought a mod was funny. :)
  
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Also, by Mitreya · 2012-12-16 08:31 · Score: 3, Funny

I have inherited a number of books and each one of them can be used to decode the message!
Not bad... by broginator · 2012-12-16 08:32 · Score: 2, Funny

...for just winging it.

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All I have to say is... by nuckfuts · 2012-12-16 08:48 · Score: 4, Funny

atyeu ushtr tasga poend
stsgd yyenb shjdm plkag
1. Re:All I have to say is... by Carewolf · 2012-12-16 08:52 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  atyeu ushtr tasga poend
  stsgd yyenb shjdm plkag
  fu2
I found the codebook online by Crypto+Gnome · 2012-12-16 09:03 · Score: 4, Funny

It makes for an interesting read.

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Re:These guys are killing me. by tysonedwards · 2012-12-16 09:19 · Score: 4, Funny

"Things to do: Stop milk, pay papers, invade Czechoslovakia!"

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Slashdot: 2517 by CanEHdian · 2012-12-16 09:28 · Score: 4, Funny

On this date in the year 2517, slashdotters are trying to decode the following message (believe to be related to a covert intelligence op codename 'Twitter'): STOP #SOPA #PIPA #HR1981 #NDAA #CISPA #MPAA #RIAA #ACTA #TPPA

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1. Re:Slashdot: 2517 by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-16 10:57 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I have a simple solution and have written it in the margin.
Re:The Alleged Decoded Message by Tablizer · 2012-12-16 09:55 · Score: 4, Funny

I sometimes get email at work resembling:
"Please fix the JKUR web-site because the Chief of LKMSF is coming during the EYHFKD conference to inspect the MSFLSA before the JOTMS sees it. Thus, it has priority IBRKM! I mean it, too."
Maybe I should hire this Canadian dude.

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Re:Well, duh by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2012-12-16 09:56 · Score: 5, Funny

It seems that "txtspk" actually originated from pigeon messaging :)
I believe it's called pidgin messaging. *ducks*

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Re:Hilarious description by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-16 10:38 · Score: 2, Funny

Don't fret. In the movie version it'll be cracked by an American.
Re:Backronyms by NJRoadfan · 2012-12-16 11:06 · Score: 3, Funny

If you've ever wondered why Microsoft keys use groups of five, now you know).
That would explain why the coded message seems to work as a Windows XP key!
Re:Well, duh by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-16 14:24 · Score: 5, Funny

No ducks. Pigeons.
ABC's new deal with XYZ... by SeaFox · 2012-12-16 15:17 · Score: 4, Funny

...Gord Young claims to have deciphered the message in less than 20 minutes. He believes that the message is comprised mostly of acronyms.
Maybe they got the age of the message wrong. This sounds like a modern corporate press release.