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  • It's basically code-cracking and trying to get into the setter's mind.

    kisobel: Objectives 2010 kisobel 2010

  • Make Blog has a great roundup of links and coverage for the opening of Bletchley Park's recreation of the Polish "bombe" code-cracking devices that were instrumental in breaking the German Enigma cipher in World War II.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The German participants in the code-cracking challenge will transmit three enciphered messages - one hard, one very hard and one ultra hard.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • And VeriFace still requires typed-in passwords as a back-up means of access—which means it is no less vulnerable to hackers and code-cracking software.

    A Lenovo laptop that knows your face 2008

  • The monks also made a mean espresso, and by his third day code-cracking Conrad was sleepless, fatigued, and jittery as he reviewed his progress on the screen before him.

    The Atlantis Prophecy Thomas Greanias 2008

  • And VeriFace still requires typed-in passwords as a back-up means of access — which means it is no less vulnerable to hackers and code-cracking software.

    A Lenovo laptop that knows your face 2008

  • I enjoyed the book because of all the code-cracking business, I didnt really care about the plot because I thought it was just preposterous, and to quote a friend who has also read it, "the premise with which the whole plot hangs upon, and is expounded throughout the book falls apart like a pack of cards" but it was a good read nonetheless.

    Filmstalker: Reviewers slate Da Vinci Code 2006

  • This time around, Langdon assists in a murder investigation which turns into another code-cracking adventure through crypts, catacombs, and cathedrals where the Harvard professor must stop the Illuminati from destroying the Vatican City.

    2008 October 2008

  • I did enjoy the going back in time scenes that you have pointed out and some of the code-cracking reminded me of "A Beautiful Mind."

    Filmstalker Review: The Da Vinci Code 2006

  • Over the years, NSA code-cracking techniques have continued to improve along with technology.

    USATODAY.com - NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls 2006

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