Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:53:49 +0100, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: > >>> "Given the function hashlib.sha256, enumerate all the possible inputs >>> that give the hexadecimal result >>> 0a2591aaf3340ad92faecbc5908e74d04b51ee5d2deee78f089f1607570e2e91." >> I tried some "parrot" variants but no dice. :-( > > Oh, everybody expects parrots! That's not unexpected -- as a clue, I > wrote that "the message is predictable for being totally unexpected". > > The input was "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!", which is another > Monty Python catchphrase. > > Bugger - Got everything except the trailing exclamation mark ...
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