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The internet mystery that has the world baffled
The Telegraph ^
| 25 Nov 2013
| Chris Bell
Posted on 11/25/2013 5:24:19 PM PST by Chode
One evening in January last year, Joel Eriksson, a 34-year-old computer analyst from Uppsala in Sweden, was trawling the web, looking for distraction, when he came across a message on an internet forum. The message was in stark white type, against a black background.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: 201201; 201301; 201401; 20140104; 201709; 20170905; 4chan; anonymous; ciansa; cicada; cicada3301; cicadas; code; cypher; emerge; emergence; epigraphy; epigraphyandlanguage; intelligence; internet; joeleriksson; lefthand; mystery; nsacia; numbersstation; purpleink; ruleoffour; skins; sweden; uppsala; voynich; voynichmanuscript
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To: Chode
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posted on
11/25/2013 5:45:51 PM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(What we said when we said what we said was. Period. End of story.)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
i'd vote for him...
22
posted on
11/25/2013 5:46:22 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
23
posted on
11/25/2013 5:46:38 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: Chode; Revolting cat!
To: GeronL
Occult and black magic
25
posted on
11/25/2013 5:47:20 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Berlin_Freeper
15th century, damn...
26
posted on
11/25/2013 5:49:29 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: SIDENET
KEY: MANCHESTERBLUFF
July 4th
Gen’l Pemberton, you can expect no help from thisside ofthe river. Let Gen’l
Johnston know, if possible,when you can attack the same point on the enemy’s
line. Inform me also and Iwill endeavorto make a diversion. I have sentsome
caps*. Isubjoin despatch from Gen. Johnston.
27
posted on
11/25/2013 5:51:44 PM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
To: a fool in paradise
Dungeon got me the evil eye at work a couple times...
28
posted on
11/25/2013 5:52:33 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
Skynet works in mysterious ways.
29
posted on
11/25/2013 5:53:49 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(A Communist is nothing more than an honest Democrat...)
To: Chode
30
posted on
11/25/2013 5:54:04 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: MarineBrat
and they thought Y2K was a problem
31
posted on
11/25/2013 5:54:33 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
It’s the ALGOL60 code for Healthcare dot gov.
To: ShadowAce
33
posted on
11/25/2013 5:57:31 PM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: Chode
“There, a robotic voice told them to find the prime numbers in the original image. By multiplying them together, the solvers found a new prime and a new website: 845145127.com.”
How do you find a prime number by multiplying anything? That was a good stopping point for me.
34
posted on
11/25/2013 5:58:53 PM PST
by
dgbrown
To: SIDENET
“Ovaltine?....A crummy commercial?....Son Of A Bitch”!!!!!
35
posted on
11/25/2013 5:58:55 PM PST
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a GREAT life!)
To: Chode
At first glance at the title... I thought it was a story about the Obamacare website....
Very interesting article though .....
36
posted on
11/25/2013 5:58:56 PM PST
by
Popman
To: Chode
They’re beginning again in January 2014. I read the whole thing with interest and very little comprehension.
YOU go gettem, Tiger.
37
posted on
11/25/2013 5:59:14 PM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Kickass Conservative
LOL...
38
posted on
11/25/2013 6:00:56 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Organic Panic
na, this works, but to what end
39
posted on
11/25/2013 6:02:28 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: dgbrown
the author might of misunderstood that they simply multiplied the numbers but the answer wasn't a prime number because, 845145127.com is real, i went there, but right now it's blank
40
posted on
11/25/2013 6:12:42 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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