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GCHQ cracks Frank Sidebottom's codes (2019)
- mellosouls 4y agoFrank talking about the Beatles (it's a little known fact he was a founding member): https://youtube.com/watch?v=yrM6sLx_DXo https://youtube.com/watch?v=yrM6sLx_DXo
- bediger4000 4y agoBetween weird self bondage exercises and this sort of pop culture time wasting, it looks like GCHQ maybe has too much time on their hands.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y agoActually, if you want to increase innovation, keeping a bunch of smart people around with a lot of leeway in investigating stuff that interests them seem like a good way. Examples are AT&T Bell Labs and Xerox PARC.
- djaychela 4y agoLove the idea of padding out the real code with interlaced randomness. Is this something that is present in any other codes? I guess once you know it's random then it no longer serves its purpose, but it stumped them for a while...
- eklitzke 4y agoThis is a common technique in transposition ciphers, which are one of the oldest ciphers used since at least ancient Greek times.
- klelatti 4y agoIf you’re not familiar with Frank then this clip may help determine if you find him hilarious or mystifying. Frank with David Soul (yes that David Soul) performing The Fall’s ‘Hit the North’. https://youtube.com/watch?v=NiduNJG-Ltk https://youtube.com/watch?v=NiduNJG-Ltk