TIL: There is a sculpture with four cryptic passages in it that stands outside the CIA's George Bush Center for Intelligence in Virginia
3 out of the 4 passages have solutions to date.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KryptosOpen linkView original on lemmy.world191
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George Bush Center for Intelligence, that's funny
It's next door to the Trump Center for Humility.
Up the road from the Biden youth centre
Adjacent to the Raegan center for racial tolerance.
Beside the Kennedy School of Driver's Education
John Quincy Adams Native American Museum.
The Bill Clinton Marijuana Museum.
The Andrew Jackson Museum for the Appreciation of Native American Culture
It’s named after the elder George Bush, GHWB.
Who was CIA Director before VP, President
Yeah. Only for one year though. I had previously thought his CIA involvement was more extensive.
Yes it is. If it was named after dubya it would be funnier. Still the worst levels of the old testament, but funny, in an ironic, we are all doomed way.
Damn, thats a callback
When i was 14 i won a scholarship for school and was able to travel to Canberra and do some random crap.
Ontop of that we were able to put on a play for some high up generals and MP's.
I put in one joke that was basically "we have received intelligence from he USA... then someone intergects America has intelligence?"
Had the crowed in stitches.
It's fun to think you're political opposites are dumb. But in reality the dude did exactly what he and his squad wanted, changing the course of history for decades to come. Yes rove and Cheney did lots but ultimately they all played their role and achieved (terrible) greatness
Right, this is named after George H Bush.
Wired did a series of articles about this (before they turned into a shopping site) here is one from 2009. They're pretty fun to read, including how the NSA may have solved the first three before the CIA. I'm sure that went down well.
https://www.wired.com/2009/04/ff-kryptos/
Wired isn’t a shopping site?
Sure aren't. This person's response to you is a string of weird lies.
Isn't*
I just omitted the "they" of "they sure aren't [a shopping site]"
No?
(OP implied it was for some reason)
Oh, huh
The reason is that they are a lying weirdo
I just looked at their homepage for the first time in years. I only counted 8 'the best sex toys for every body' articles (that's an actual title). So, it seems they are better, not Chris Anderson better though.
Why are you lying? The closest thing to what you are talking about is an article called "What Should Your Sex Toys Be Made of?".
Then toward the bottom there is a buying guide, something people want to know: What products are worth buying.
But sure, paint them as some piece of shit doing nothing but hocking products.
https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-sex-toys-and-tech/
The title on the homepage is 'The Best Sex Toys for Every Body' just like I said. Wired used to be much better.
That's not what you said. Lying again.
what is wrong with you you little angry nerd
yeah liars are only annoying to nerds, great point weirdo
freaking paywalled
Wired is a soft paywall, clear your cookies, or use a different browser and you should be ok
ah, I was on my phone. I can see it now on my desktop.
The 4th is the colonels secret recipe and a list of the 13 different herbs and spices.
Chicken
Grease
Salt.
It's not secret anymore. The Colonel's great grand nephew or something posted the recipe online.
Ooh TIL! found it on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC_Original_Recipe#Joe_Ledington
Ooooo 2 extra herbs and or spices!?!?!
Not even the Colonel knows what those two bonus herbs and spices are.
I'm betting whimsy and wonder
The secret ingredient is Wuv
Surely you mean "love."
Who's been screwing with this thing!!?
I belive one of them is shame.
The creator said at some point that there is a typo that makes the 4th unsolvable or something.
Source? There are typos in all 4 puzzles, but they're intentional and clues to a further riddle.
I've solved the fourth one. It says, "We killed JFK. There, I said it."
Does it say what he was doing in Dallas November the 22nd 1963?
It looks like they already have two plaintext samples, would they be able to try Vignere keys that result in both plain texts simultaneously? Every other panel was solved with Vignere