For future hackers

#1

Post by nose » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 5:54 AM UTC

For future hackers
nsa.gov

Re: For future hackers

#2

Post by henning » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 7:15 AM UTC

Fuck the NSA.

Re: For future hackers

#3

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 7:34 AM UTC

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Re: For future hackers

#4

Post by noonespecial » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 9:22 AM UTC

Is this some kind of onion-esque joke?

I don't even know how to respond to this... some sort of personal stack overflow.

The more I think about it, the worse it gets.

Re: For future hackers

#5

Post by rw » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 9:40 AM UTC

Has anyone here done an NSA math program, like the one that happens over summer?

Re: For future hackers

#6

Post by bayareaguy » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 9:41 AM UTC

Some of the puzzles on the brainteasers page are are fun - http://www.nsa.gov/kids/games/games00001.cfm

Re: For future hackers

#7

Post by noonespecial » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 9:52 AM UTC

bayareaguy wrote: post #6

Some of the puzzles on the brainteasers page are are fun - http://www.nsa.gov/kids/games/games00001.cfm

That's one of the curious parts about the whole thing. Any mind capable of the brain teasers, or even grasping the rudimentary explanations of cryptography found on the site, is likely to be quite unimpressed by "D-Dog" and "Crypto-Cat".

Half the site says "Nova", the other half "The Electric Company", and its all put on by the NSA? The dissonance hurts my brain. Sigh My tax dollars at work.

Re: For future hackers

#8

Post by pavelludiq » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 9:58 AM UTC

Its bad enough that TV commercials brainwash kids.

Re: For future hackers

#9

Post by ComputerGuru » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 12:47 PM UTC

Anyone else getting Mercury Rising flashbacks?

Re: For future hackers

#10

Post by joeread » Wed, Jul 09, 2008, 2:21 PM UTC

henning wrote: post #2

Fuck the NSA.

Yeah private contractors and industry do the real work.