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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: code

code stories: 2 news summaries
OPINION

Don't Let This Army Captain Wear a Beard

Uniform, appearance exceptions a slippery slope to ruin

Nov 12, 09 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Following the Fort Hood shootings, top Army brass have worried about a “backlash” against Muslim soldiers. Funny, then, that the Army itself is creating the climate for backlash by eroding the uniform code with concessions to religious custom, writes Elaine Donnelly . Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a Sikh, was granted... More »

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uniforms • US military • US Army • American Muslims • Sikh • facial hair • religious attire • code

 200-Year-Old 
 Presidential Code 
 Cracked 

Mathematician unravels cipher that stumped Jefferson

Jul 2, 09 2:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A code that stumped Thomas Jefferson and other cryptologists for over two centuries has finally been cracked, the Wall Street Journal reports. The cipher—sent to Jefferson in 1801 by mathematician Robert Patterson as an example of the perfect code—piqued the interest of defense cryptologist Lawren Smithline, who tackled... More »

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encryption • mathematics • Thomas Jefferson • code

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