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They say if you crack this one , you get to be hired by British Intelligence....
- 12-04-2011 #1Linux Engineer
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- 12-04-2011 #2forum.guy
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Don't know the real purpose of it, but there's a news article about it here:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technolo...eks-new-spies/oz
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You get to apply for a job at gchq anyway
The solution which kind of undermines the value of the challenge.If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate! (Zapp Brannigan)
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You mean if you crack it, British Intelligence gets to hire you
Originally Posted by nujinini 
They say if you crack this one , you get to be hired by British Intelligence.
- 12-04-2011 #5Just Joined!
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If stage 3 is linked to cygwin, wouldn't they have to hand over the source under the terms of the GPL?
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The contest reportedly ends today, so hopefully they will at some point reveal how many (if any) actually do get hired as a result of solving the puzzle.
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