Hi, I have now set my 2nd Hillclimbing program going on Stage Six, (one swapping pairs, the other swapping pairs of pairs) but as my antidelluvian (sp?)...
Adrian Channing
achanning@...
Apr 2, 2000 12:29 pm
1919
Ok guys, own up .... Which of you just stole the Enigma machine from Bletchley Park?...
Terry Froggatt
TJFROGGATT@...
Apr 2, 2000 1:44 pm
1920
Not related to the solving of the code book, but I'm sure people will be interested in this. Its just been on the news in the UK that an Enigma machine has...
Chris Forde
cjf@...
Apr 2, 2000 7:18 pm
1921
Is there any way I can get the encoded messages on my computer without scanning it all in. Does anybody know a website that posts the encoded messages??...
Tiger2099@...
Apr 3, 2000 1:36 am
1922
... is a keytext to be found somewhere. We really didn't know even that for certain until now. from singh's page on 4thestate.co.uk: "the key-text for stage 5...
davidsan@...
Apr 3, 2000 2:17 am
1923
In a message dated 4/2/00 8:37:27 PM, Tiger2099@... writes: << Is there any way I can get the encoded messages on my computer without scanning it all...
lobert@...
Apr 3, 2000 2:43 am
1924
In a message dated 4/2/00 9:18:31 PM, davidsan@... writes: << i have been grovelling through past messages here. one interesting thing -- a couple...
lobert@...
Apr 3, 2000 2:45 am
1925
... My point was that up until Jeff's comment we didn't know for certain that Singh's remark could be taken literally or whether he was being coy. ... As with...
Richard Kaplan
kaplan@...
Apr 3, 2000 5:32 am
1926
If yo're going to reparse these numbers as dates, remember that the book was written in England. 9th October could just as easily be 10th September. Reminds of...
Phil Robinson
phile@...
Apr 3, 2000 9:41 am
1927
There is a story in the newspapers this morning that an Enigma Machine has been stolen from Bletchley Park over the weekend. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news for...
david_thomas@...
Apr 3, 2000 9:42 am
1928
... The machine that was stolen is one of the Enigma machines used by the German military intelligence service, Abwehr. There probably are more than three of...
Frode Weierud
Frode.Weierud@...
Apr 3, 2000 10:29 am
1929
Is this an April Fool's Day joke on the part of Bletchley? ... From: Terry Froggatt [SMTP:TJFROGGATT@...] Ok guys, own up .... Which of you just...
McMullan, Ken (Belfast)
Ken.McMullan@...
Apr 3, 2000 10:36 am
1930
I have recently begun to write the code for my attack on stage 8, using the techniques outlined in Jim Gillogly's paper (see OneList Links for URL, and refer...
Sandy Macpherson
sandy@...
Apr 3, 2000 11:17 am
1931
...that is the title I meant to put on the previous message, not "Sandy Macpherson". - Sandy...
Sandy Macpherson
sandy@...
Apr 3, 2000 11:41 am
1932
From Sandy Macpherson: <<...that is the title I meant to put on the previous message, not "Sandy Macpherson". >> I could tell who that message was from, at...
Jeffrey Hill
71161.2761@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:40 pm
1933
... Yes, dividing phi by a constant just slows things down on older hardware and doesn't add any information. The only reason to do it is if you get stuck and...
Richard Kaplan
kaplan@...
Apr 3, 2000 1:43 pm
1934
... Agreed: there's no need to divide. I didn't. I simply wrote "/136530" in my notes. I presume that you are trying to avoid needing more than 16-bit...
Terry Froggatt
TJFROGGATT@...
Apr 3, 2000 7:51 pm
1935
Sounds like some of you out there could do with some cycles on a MIPS machine. I might be able to swing that (approx 500 MIPS on my site just generating heat)....
Phil Robinson
phile@...
Apr 3, 2000 10:29 pm
1936
lots of dots before spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I'm enjoying the gold bug on the train at the moment and just as soon as I've...
Paul Mandell
mandellp@...
Apr 4, 2000 7:22 am
1937
First character of line n? How does this explain the number 6? Surely in this scheme, the first word of the keytext would be represented by '11'. ...
Phil Robinson
phile@...
Apr 4, 2000 8:28 am
1938
After reading most of the post's here, I think that you are trying to make the code harder than what it is. My thought are that the answer must be avaible...
job3210@...
Apr 4, 2000 8:30 am
1939
... I think that everybody has expressed that thought at some stage or another. ... A PC could help to take the footslogging out of it, but no more. Cracking...
Phil Robinson
phile@...
Apr 4, 2000 9:33 am
1940
The consensus seems to be that the keytext is :- 1. In TCB itself 2. A text referred to in TCB 3. Something else, but equally as related Something has been...
Hayes, Ian IC
hayes.ian.ic@...
Apr 4, 2000 10:00 am
1941
Ooops, I was thinking of another suggestion of the nth character in line n type thing, which would render single digit codes irrelevant. If the numbers refer...
Phil Robinson
phile@...
Apr 4, 2000 10:10 am
1942
... Hi, My name is Fabrice and I am french too. I have cracked the first, second, and fourth message. But the third is still a problem for me. I dont know if...
webmcelib@...
Apr 4, 2000 12:27 pm
1943
About stage 3, If you are french and have some difficulties to read the english messages in this list, there is a french message about stage 3. It could help...
Gilles Brochier
Gilles.Brochier@...
Apr 4, 2000 2:52 pm
1947
Bitte geben Sie nicht Codewörter oder Dekodierungen dieses Meldungsbrett frei. ... [BLATANT SPOILER DELETED]...
Richard Kaplan
kaplan@...
Apr 4, 2000 6:38 pm
1948
Sandy please get this blatant spoiler off the list ASAP! To whomever posted this: it is AUSSCHLIEßLICH VERBOTEN to post codewords and plaintexts of ANY STAGE...
Richard Kaplan
kaplan@...
Apr 4, 2000 6:53 pm
1949
OK, guys, I think Drobick has got the message about spoilers... As for the Vigenere table I think you are confused by the numbers, but they are not needed. The...
Uffe Hylin
uffe@...
Apr 4, 2000 7:49 pm
1950
Ladies and Gents, A colleague emailed this to me earlier today. I thought it might amuse. "Apparently, Milton Keynes Police have received the following ransom...
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