My chance to contribute (since I don't know much about Oracle DBA stuff): http://www.mwotrc.com/rr2005_08/decoders.htm ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Day Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:19 AM To: niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Secret Decoder Ring for kernel stubs? "Secret Decoder Ring" > > On 11/29/06, Niall Litchfield < niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > I'm curious as to the derivation of "Secret Decoder Ring" by the way. It comes from a TV show in the US in the 60's. At the end of the show they would put an encrypted message on the screen. It was a simple, fixed offset transposition encryption. The secret decoder ring came in a cereal box and simplified the decryption. Usually the message was something like "Kids, remember to ask your mom to buy more Toasty O".