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hugh3
on Oct 27, 2011
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DARPA: reconstruct shredded documents, win $50,000
Alternative hypothesis: the point of the competition is to make people think that reconstructing shredded documents is harder than it is.
Why? So that the enemy will keep on shredding documents instead of burning 'em.
malkia
on Oct 28, 2011
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If that's the case, it reminds of Enigma, and how the allies were sending spy teams trying to steal an enigma, while they already had one.... Hmmm....
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Why? So that the enemy will keep on shredding documents instead of burning 'em.