In 1992, William Gibson published Agrippa,  a poem coded on a floppy disk such that after one reading it would destroy itself forever. Quinn DuPont, a PhD student studying cryptography, built an emulation of the self-destructing poem and has a challenge to cyberpunks and cryptographers: be the first person to crack the poem’s code and win a copy of every one of Gibson’s books ever published.
Pop-upView Separately

In 1992, William Gibson published Agrippa,  a poem coded on a floppy disk such that after one reading it would destroy itself forever. Quinn DuPont, a PhD student studying cryptography, built an emulation of the self-destructing poem and has a challenge to cyberpunks and cryptographers: be the first person to crack the poem’s code and win a copy of every one of Gibson’s books ever published.

51 Notes/ Hide

  1. kropotkinskaya-station reblogged this from millionsmillions
  2. askeletonofhabit reblogged this from millionsmillions
  3. angeloricci reblogged this from millionsmillions
  4. atomicyawn reblogged this from millionsmillions
  5. bibliophibian reblogged this from bibliophileforrent
  6. bibliophileforrent reblogged this from millionsmillions
  7. callmetrimtab reblogged this from millionsmillions
  8. idrewyouasquirrelbecauseiloveyou reblogged this from millionsmillions
  9. leavingishuman reblogged this from millionsmillions
  10. nicoledissonance reblogged this from millionsmillions
  11. salvadordalidomenech reblogged this from mechanografia
  12. michaeldwaynesmith reblogged this from millionsmillions and added:
    Cyberpunk throw-down!
  13. mechanografia reblogged this from divinecadence
  14. chirpchirrup reblogged this from sassygwaine
  15. jsimonsmith reblogged this from millionsmillions
  16. divinecadence reblogged this from sassygwaine
  17. sassygwaine reblogged this from millionsmillions
  18. linearmovement reblogged this from millionsmillions
  19. jkonrath reblogged this from millionsmillions
  20. This was featured in #Poetry
  21. towitistowoo reblogged this from kchayka
  22. killjulidead reblogged this from millionsmillions
  23. bamn2015 reblogged this from millionsmillions
  24. thusspakestu reblogged this from millionsmillions
  25. kchayka reblogged this from millionsmillions
  26. tiptoethrutheetulips reblogged this from millionsmillions
  27. millionsmillions posted this