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    Question Wonder what the secret message says?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20164591

    Apparently the capsule on the pigeons leg is of the sort used by SOE!!!
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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    Sounds pretty interesting but how much more information on top of what we already know could it really give?

    Suppose we will only find out once they decode it but i cant see it being particularly earth shattering.

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    Going to be interesting seeing what this says

    Unless its something like I need to get away from Captain Blackadder

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    Let's hope it's not the single surviving copy of the worlds funniest joke - that needs decoding by multiple parts by separate teams to avoid disaster!

    In reality it's probably a request for a Branston or HP sauce replen.

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    Depenmds how it was encrypted. If it was a one-time pad and the original key is lost, it will be well nigh impossible to break. However, the name of the originator is known, so if the records are intact and it can be determined what mission he was on at the time, there is a possibility it could be decrypted.
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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    It was written in 1940, and it's the exact details of Hilter's security arrangements that would've allowed an immediate, successful assassination attempt. It turns out that the bird was shot down by a German spy in Surrey and stuffed in the chimney pot in the hopes of foiling the attempt.

    Dan Brown has already bought the novelisation rights...

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    Quote Originally Posted by scaryjim View Post
    It was written in 1940, and it's the exact details of Hilter's security arrangements that would've allowed an immediate, successful assassination attempt. It turns out that the bird was shot down by a German spy in Surrey and stuffed in the chimney pot in the hopes of foiling the attempt.

    Dan Brown has already bought the novelisation rights...
    'The Pigeon Code'

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    Wonder what the secret message says?

    "ACHTUNG! Ve haf captured zis pidgeon..STOP..Please find enclosed delayed action nerve gas vich ve haf developed..STOP..Happy Christmas Tommy..END MESSAGE."

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    "Last intel report proved vital in preventing enemy intrusion. Please send more intel with equally fat juicy carrier pigions."
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    'Apple Computer Inc hereby patent all methods of message encryption. '

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    It was a recipe for pigeon pie - this was a selfless suicide gesture by the pigeon for the good of pigeonkind.
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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    "Need moar tanks"

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    Valiant.

    if you've not watched it.... shame on you.. get it rented NOW!

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    Has he cracked it? "Gord Young, from Peterborough, in Ontario, says it took him 17 minutes to decypher the message after realising a code book he inherited was the key."

    GCHQ remain convinced the message is impossible to decrypt, but Mr Young believes "folks are trying to over-think the matter..".

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    Re: Wonder what the secret message says?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ferral View Post
    Going to be interesting seeing what this says

    Unless its something like I need to get away from Captain Blackadder
    Speckled Jim for sure

    Loved that episode.

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