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Author Topic: Have you read Cryptonomicon?  (Read 4809 times)

steve

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Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« on: March 07, 2007, 12:52:49 PM »
I need help if you have read or know someone who has I am working on a large Geocache in Nashville TN.
Iam 1/3 of the way but now I need to know from the book Cryptonomicon what was Randy Waterhouses grandma's maden name? 
It is a password that I need to move on to the next level. 
I have looked all over the web but with no luck and dont have time to read the book.
If you know please e-mail me at  "Roadking-1@comcast.net"
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2007, 12:56:27 PM »
Don't have time to read the book?  I suggest you make time, mister!
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2007, 01:19:21 PM »
Gosh, I don't know what Randy's Grandma's maden name was, but it might be the same as her maiden name. Try that.
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2007, 03:05:05 PM »
Geocaching cheating?  That's totally against the spirit of the game.  I'm ashamed for you.
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2007, 03:14:49 PM »
Quote from: steve on March 07, 2007, 12:52:49 PM
I need help if you have read or know someone who has I am working on a large Geocache in Nashville TN.
Iam 1/3 of the way but now I need to know from the book Cryptonomicon what was Randy Waterhouses grandma's maden name? 
It is a password that I need to move on to the next level. 
I have looked all over the web but with no luck and dont have time to read the book.
If you know please e-mail me at  "Roadking-1@comcast.net"

heh. . .
ok
1. Yes, I have read, and I know people who have.
2. Ever thought about actually going inside a BOOK STORE (yes, those still exists these days) and either buying and reading the book, or even just standing there and picking out Weird Tingly Feeling her name was out of the book?
C. I, too, am totally ashamed for you; and I dont even Geocache.
4. YOU LEFT US YOUR REAL EMAIL ADDRESS!!!!!  AH HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!! Dummy.
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2007, 03:16:29 PM »
Well, I haven't read Cryptonomicon, but I found Randy's Grandmother's maiden name in like 3 minutes of Googling.

What do I get?
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xolik: WHERE IS OBAMA'S GIFT CERTIFICATE?
Demosthenes: Is that from the gifters movement?

Detta: Crappy old shorts and a tank top.  This is how I dress for work. Because my job is to get puked on.
Demosthenes: So is mine.  I work in IT.

bananaskittles: The world is 4chan and God is a troll.

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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2007, 03:17:51 PM »
Her long lost virginity.
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2007, 03:19:22 PM »
HAHA! I just noticed -- I found her name in... THE PROLOGUE!

So Steve is a big fat liar.
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"I TYPE 120 WORDS PER MINUTE, BUT IT'S IN MY OWN LANGUAGE!"  -Detta

xolik: WHERE IS OBAMA'S GIFT CERTIFICATE?
Demosthenes: Is that from the gifters movement?

Detta: Crappy old shorts and a tank top.  This is how I dress for work. Because my job is to get puked on.
Demosthenes: So is mine.  I work in IT.

bananaskittles: The world is 4chan and God is a troll.

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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2007, 03:20:39 PM »
And a gay pr0n recipient!
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2007, 03:34:59 PM »
Sign him up for communist party stuff, so he can be watched by the feds!
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2007, 03:50:03 PM »
Gay communist porn... Oooooh COMRADE!
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"I TYPE 120 WORDS PER MINUTE, BUT IT'S IN MY OWN LANGUAGE!"  -Detta

xolik: WHERE IS OBAMA'S GIFT CERTIFICATE?
Demosthenes: Is that from the gifters movement?

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Demosthenes: So is mine.  I work in IT.

bananaskittles: The world is 4chan and God is a troll.

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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2007, 10:54:15 PM »
This is an easy one... Randy's maiden name was "Raven".
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2007, 11:14:35 PM »
I'll spoof some emails from him to 2600 and try and get him on some list with the FBI.
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Re: Have you read Cryptonomicon?
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2007, 05:41:03 AM »
I'll put this adress in our Mcafee box as the forward adress for all dumped email.
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