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stephengillie on Dec 21, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Seven Codes You'll Never Ever Break

So 2 of these probably aren't even codes, just gibberish.

So what if false positives are created? We can just brute-force the analysis of those to find the right one. Are you forgetting the sheer magnitude of quantum, digital, & human-analog computing power we have available today?

podperson on Dec 23, 2012 [–]

I think you're forgetting to check your hubris at the door.

Given the folks who've attacked these problems, the ones that have yielded to brute force thus far: 0.

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