I have a longstanding fascination with numbers stations. Thanks to Virus, I have a complete set of the Conet Project discs, and thanks to Becky, a copy of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
Now, it appears that numbers stations are taking to the internets, over VoIP. I've been watching this pretty darn closely, and have slipped these links to a couple friends of mine actually involved with crypto, professionally. I'm utterly captivated by this latest chase, and I hope that if it's actually crackable (i.e. whoever's doing this isn't using a One Time Pad) we get a public answer. Drug traffic? Google recruitment scheme? Young cryptos in love? Makin' me craaaaazy.
UPDATE: The fourth number has been revealed to be a free ticket contest for the 2600 crew's HOPE Conference. The 2600 guys deny any knowledge of the other three numbers.
Pass me mah tinfoil hat, please. The HAARP musta fried my brain when I was up in Alaska.
You've read Cryptonomicon, right? I'd bring it Friday but I'm only halfway through. You'd think that by page 565 you'd be more than done with a normal book, but NO, this is Neal Stephenson, the crazy genius. You'll love this, if you haven't picked it up yet. I guaran-damn-tee ya.
Oh yeah, I've heard of it, but I've no time for a thousand-page book while I'm working on my own, darnit. And they don't make an audio version of it, curse 'em.