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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
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To: Chode

Fascinating. Umberto Eco would have a ball with this crowd. And they were running the thing through TOR. Poor, innocent children.


41 posted on 11/25/2013 6:14:27 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Veto!
i have played with codes and cyphers for years, but this is WAY out of my league
42 posted on 11/25/2013 6:15:23 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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To: Billthedrill
had to look him up
43 posted on 11/25/2013 6:19:33 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: a fool in paradise

Leather Goddesses of Phobos?


44 posted on 11/25/2013 6:19:37 PM PST by jim-x (9/11/2001 - Never forget, Never forgive.)
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To: jim-x
her and Leisure Suit Larry would have made a good couple
45 posted on 11/25/2013 6:23:57 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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To: Chode
Ovaltine?

Retch.

The rest is kool though.

46 posted on 11/25/2013 6:28:06 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: jim-x

47 posted on 11/25/2013 6:28:24 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Antihero101607
" Batman?"

cicada?

48 posted on 11/25/2013 6:29:14 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Chode; Revolting cat!; GeronL; Daffynition; Slings and Arrows
Those Nigerian bankers are getting crafty.


49 posted on 11/25/2013 6:30:46 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: GeronL

In mystical circles, they call “good magic” the right hand path, and “black magic” the left hand path. Of course, a Christian would consider all of it forbidden, but they have their own little moral judgements on the matter.


50 posted on 11/25/2013 6:30:53 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: a fool in paradise
0bama's brother???
51 posted on 11/25/2013 6:32:21 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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To: a fool in paradise

lol


52 posted on 11/25/2013 6:33:40 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Boogieman

but isn’t that left-handedism?


53 posted on 11/25/2013 6:34:06 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Chode

Half brother. His parents kept having kids, just not with each other.


54 posted on 11/25/2013 6:34:19 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise
but of course... what was i thinking???
55 posted on 11/25/2013 6:36:20 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: a fool in paradise
Is that the new Obamacare website?


56 posted on 11/25/2013 6:36:41 PM PST by whodathunkit
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To: Darksheare

Ping.


57 posted on 11/25/2013 6:37:18 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Chode


58 posted on 11/25/2013 6:37:47 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Chode

Perhaps it is an Internet equivalent of a Numbers Station.


59 posted on 11/25/2013 6:39:06 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: whodathunkit

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.


60 posted on 11/25/2013 6:40:28 PM PST by Billthedrill
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