Comments on: BETWEEN SUBTLE SHADING AND THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT LIES THE NUANCE OF IQLUSION

BETWEEN SUBTLE SHADING AND THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT LIES THE NUANCE OF IQLUSION

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:52:33 -0800

If you work at Langley and you need a break from actual intelligence gathering, you can always try to crack the code to the sculpture right outside the cafeteria window. Kryptos is a sculpture by James Sanborn located on the CIA grounds which contains a four-part coded message: sections 1-3 have been solved (with Sanborn admitting he made a typo in section 2). Perhaps you'd like to join Elonka (and the hive mind) in having a go at section 4.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:53:33 -0800

Wikipedia | The Da Vinci Code connection A survey of the location specified in section 2 | More sites about Kryptos

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:53:59 -0800

Inspired, oddly enough, by some Wiki-wandering prompted by this post.

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:56:28 -0800

Great post! If I had time, I would definitely chip in my programming time.

By: MichaelWhyley

MichaelWhyley — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:23:11 -0800

Very good post

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:26:48 -0800

Umm, as a taxpayer I see this along the same lines as putting Metafilter on the login homepage. Get back to work, guys!

By: ericb

ericb — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:47:09 -0800

I'm not going anywhere near this. In the past I spent countless hours attempting to solve Kit Williams' Masquerade. Trying to crack Kryptos' code would likely suck me into a vortex of obsession.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:54:30 -0800

Making "typos" in a coded message is a really good way to prevent people from cracking it.

By: wumpus

wumpus — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:55:16 -0800

and a google maps link to the mentioned coordinates for the conspiracy nuts.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:00:39 -0800

B SHOOR 2 TRINK UR OVALTEEN ?

By: lekvar

lekvar — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:21:24 -0800

ericb, the solution to Masquerade is to take LSD and enjoy the art.

By: hal9k

hal9k — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:49:33 -0800

Making "typos" in a coded message is a really good way to prevent people from cracking it. I'm sure there's enough plame to go around.

By: Falconetti

Falconetti — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:55:11 -0800

Got it after about 45 minutes, it was really quite easy once you figure out that its geospatial placement is crucial.

By: phrontist

phrontist — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:03:54 -0800

Since when is the CIA involved in anything cryptologic?!

By: nomad

nomad — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 18:00:03 -0800

Holy crap there's one of these in Stamford, CT too. I wonder if there are any more and whether they're connected somehow.