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Russia is clearly not worried about a nuclear attack.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/11/u...rnd/index.htmlAfter 51 years, the Zodiac Killer's cipher has been solved by amateur codebreakers
More than 50 years after the so-called Zodiac Killer first began terrorizing the streets of Northern California, a code-breaking team is believed to have finally cracked one of the killer's mysterious coded messages sent to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969.
Dubbed the "340 cipher," the message was unraveled by a trio of code breakers -- David Oranchak, a software developer in Virginia, Jarl Van Eycke, a Belgian computer programmer, and Sam Blake, an Australian mathematician.
Decoding the cipher revealed the following message. It was sent in all capital letters without punctuation and included the misspelling of paradise:
"I hope you are having lots of fun in trying to catch me
That wasn't me on the TV show which brings up a point about me
I am not afraid of the gas chamber because it will send me to paradice all the sooner
Because I now have enough slaves to work for me where everyone else has nothing when they reach paradice so they are afraid of death
I am not afraid because I know that my new life will be an easy one in paradice death."
The TV show the message refers to is "The Jim Dunbar Show," a Bay Area television talk show. The cipher was sent two weeks after a person claiming to be the Zodiac Killer called into the show.
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I love how he wrote "paradice". If there had been an intarweb back then he may have dropped his msg as a poast.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-la...erica-55327903Peru: Police conduct drugs raid dressed as Santa Claus and elf
A police drugs-squad in Peru have raided a house dressed as Santa Claus and an elf, detaining a suspected drug dealer.
A police spokesman said the man was accused of selling drugs outside his house, near a school.
Officers, wearing flak jackets under their costumes, arrived in an undercover van before breaking into the house where they discovered a bag that appeared to contain drugs, balaclavas and a gun.
The country's police have used disguises during raids for some time and say the method is an effective tactic.
They have been known to dress up as homeless people and street sweepers in the past.
Next yr they'll confuse them criminals by dressing up as police
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The New Guardians of the Galaxy“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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Let's hope Guardians of the Galaxy 3 will be better than 2 (which I didn't like
) /cts.
In other "other news":
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/20/u...rnd/index.htmlPythons might become a new menu item in Florida if scientists can confirm they're safe to eat
I just skimmed this article and found no mention if those would be dead or alive. Which may have a bit of an impact
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I like the idea of eating invasive species. If gives people a financial incentive time to hunt invasive species and thus control their population.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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British in India say "Cobra effect". So be careful.
One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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Some Russian spies are about to get fired (at the very least). And watch your underpants.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of ManComment
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Dangerous things in Russia:- Windows
- Tea
- Underwear
Indifference is BlissComment
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Finally the Trump Administration makes sense.
There's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.Comment
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Best of The Beaverton.There's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.Comment
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I guess while he is still slightly relevant, Trump is doing his April 1 jokes now.
(I'm still waiting for Civil War 2)
There's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.Comment
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In monolith news: Gingerbread for Christmas!
(Maybe a DP on my part, but this is the correct thread for this story...)Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-ArmsComment
- The Altera Centauri collection has been brought up to date by Darsnan. It comprises every decent scenario he's been able to find anywhere on the web, going back over 20 years.
https://apolyton.net/forum/other-gam...rio-repository -Check it out, and enjoy some excellent Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire action. - 25 themes/skins/styles are now available to members. Check the select drop-down at the bottom-left of each page.
- Call To Power 2 Cradle 3+ mod in progress: https://apolyton.net/forum/other-games/call-to-power-2/ctp2-creation/9437883-making-cradle-3-fully-compatible-with-the-apolyton-edition
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