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It took the lawyers-cum-cryptographers from the Olswang law firm in London two days, and a good many hints from Justice Peter Smith, to crack the secret coded message the judge playfully concealed in his ruling in the recent "Da Vinci Code" copyright case. The answer to the puzzle Smith called the "Smithy Code" was a simple phrase, an homage to Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher, known as Jackie, credited with modernizing the British Navy in the early 20th century. The phrase, confirmed by the (...)