The curious case of the WWII carrier pigeon and the unbreakable code
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A British couple discover the remains of a WWII carrier pigeon behind their chimney. It was carrying a coded message. Code experts believe the code used was something called a One-Time Pad Cipher, and that the message will remain unbreakable, why is that? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20456782
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A description of how I broke the code: http://www.singingbanana.com/codechallenge2012.htm
Here's another excellent explanation from Rule The Web (http://www.youtube.com/user/rtwvidz) http://ruletheweb.co.uk/blog/2012/03/singing-banana-code-challenge-2012/
Published 03/05/12
QED Gold: Originally uploaded 4th February 2011
Take a random pile of coins. If I tell you how many coins are heads and how many coins are tails, can you separate the pile into two piles with the same number of heads in each. And can you do this with your eyes shut?
Take the same number of...
Published 02/26/12
QED Gold: Originally uploaded 31st January 2011.
Take a random pile of coins. If I tell you how many coins are heads and how many coins are tails, can you separate the pile into two piles with the same number of heads in each. And can you do this with your eyes shut?
Published 02/20/12
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