WW2 Pigeon Code Decrypted By Canadian?

Albanach writes "At the start of November Slashdot reported the discovery of a code, thought to be from the Second World War, found attached to the leg of a pigeon skeleton located in an English chimney. Now a Canadian by the name of Gord Young claims to have deciphered the message in less than 20 minutes. He believes that the message is comprised mostly of acronyms."

No point in...

[fyngyrz]

...squabbling about this.

Also,

[Mitreya]

I have inherited a number of books and each one of them can be used to decode the message!

Not bad...

[broginator]

...for just winging it.

All I have to say is...

[nuckfuts]

atyeu ushtr tasga poend
stsgd yyenb shjdm plkag

Re:All I have to say is...

[Carewolf]

atyeu ushtr tasga poend
stsgd yyenb shjdm plkag

fu2

I found the codebook online

[Crypto Gnome]

It makes for an interesting read [barclaycomms.com].

Re:No point in...

[fyngyrz]

flamebait.... squab... lol

First time since I joined I thought a mod was funny. :)

Re:These guys are killing me.

[tysonedwards]

"Things to do: Stop milk, pay papers, invade Czechoslovakia!"

Slashdot: 2517

[CanEHdian]

On this date in the year 2517, slashdotters are trying to decode the following message (believe to be related to a covert intelligence op codename 'Twitter'): STOP #SOPA #PIPA #HR1981 #NDAA #CISPA #MPAA #RIAA #ACTA #TPPA

Re:The Alleged Decoded Message

[Tablizer]

I sometimes get email at work resembling:

"Please fix the JKUR web-site because the Chief of LKMSF is coming during the EYHFKD conference to inspect the MSFLSA before the JOTMS sees it. Thus, it has priority IBRKM! I mean it, too."

Maybe I should hire this Canadian dude.

Re:Well, duh

[K. S. Kyosuke]

It seems that "txtspk" actually originated from pigeon messaging :)

I believe it's called pidgin messaging. *ducks*

Re:Hilarious description

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't fret. In the movie version it'll be cracked by an American.

Re:Slashdot: 2517

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a simple solution and have written it in the margin.

Re:Backronyms

[NJRoadfan]

If you've ever wondered why Microsoft keys use groups of five, now you know).

That would explain why the coded message seems to work as a Windows XP key!

Re:Well, duh

[Anonymous Coward]

No ducks. Pigeons.

ABC's new deal with XYZ...

[SeaFox]

...Gord Young claims to have deciphered the message in less than 20 minutes. He believes that the message is comprised mostly of acronyms.

Maybe they got the age of the message wrong. This sounds like a modern corporate press release.