Challenge HN: Can you decrypt these messages? [pdf]
nsa.govThis document is available in higher fidelity, and with greater context, here: http://www.cufon.org/pdf/4_NSA_Tech_Journal_Articles.pdf
They comprise an exercise in interpreting coded messages, and are not intended to be interpreted as a genuine ET transmission.
Is this real or just an exercise? (sorry if that sounds stupid - you never know what kind of shit gets posted here)
It's an exercise. See revolvingcur's link: http://www.cufon.org/pdf/4_NSA_Tech_Journal_Articles.pdf
It's real.
Meta-question: How do you include two different links (pdf/scribd) in the submission URL?
scribd is a YC company. Any pdf submissions automatically get scribd.
Previous discussions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124940 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=175378
Scribd links automatically generated for PDFs. I wonder if they check for mimetype, or they just assume it from the extension..
Scribd link is auto added by HN system if the original URL ends with '.pdf'.