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Agrippa, A Book of the Dead
- schoen 8y agoI've followed this story off and on since the book was originally published (and read the poem a number of times), but I learned quite a bit of new information from this article. I'd recommend reading it even if you think you're already familiar with the story!
- schoen 8y agoWikipedia also mentions that this account has been questioned: > However, according to a dissenting account by hacktivist and MindVox co-founder Patrick K. Kroupa, subterfuge prior to The Transmission elicited a betrayal of trust which yielded the uploaders the text. Kirschenbaum declined to elaborate on the specifics of the Kroupa conjecture, which he declared himself "not at liberty to disclose".
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- makmanalp 8y agoAghhh, what I wouldn't give to have experienced this :-) I don't know how many were ever "printed", but it doesn't seem like any resurfaced online - I guess that makes sense, given the nature of the thing!
- dsr_ 8y agohttp://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/ http://agrippa.english.ucsb.edu/ seems apropos. Includes an emulation.
- hhh 8y agoI've always loved this thing, and enjoyed the first encounter I had with it.
- NKosmatos 8y agoI remember reading about this project some time ago, but it was before HN... A small phrase from the article that most fellow HN readers will appreciate: “A hacker always takes the path of least resistance,” said Templar years later. “And it is a lot easier to ‘hack’ a person than a machine.”
- CommieBobDole 8y agoHere's a direct link to the text of the poem, which I have always enjoyed. http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/source/agrippa.asp http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/source/agrippa.asp
- saagarjha 8y agoThe encryption scheme, for those curious: http://www.crackingagrippa.net/submissions/robert_xiao.html http://www.crackingagrippa.net/submissions/robert_xiao.html