You have touched upon two key issues with hill climbing a) is it fast enough and b) do I have enough data for my scoring system. As for speed, I too wrote my...
Vince Tehel
vince_tehel@...
Nov 1, 2000 10:26 am
4921
How does one try and crack homophonic ciphers like Beale and Zodiac?...
allenlorenz@...
Nov 1, 2000 4:46 pm
4922
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR ONELIST'S CIPHER CHALLENGE GROUP This version (March 2000) contains answers to the following questions: 1) Where can I get an...
CipherChallenge@egrou...
Nov 1, 2000 5:32 pm
4923
“The key to solving one of the most vexing and profound problems of modern mathematics could lie in a most unusual place: Minesweeper, a simple computer game...
Jim Mays
jim@...
Nov 1, 2000 10:29 pm
4924
Jim, What does it mean by solving minesweeper for any size board? Another can someone who is good at programming please e-mail me as skukok@... as I have...
Simon Kilby
skukok@...
Nov 2, 2000 10:43 am
4925
The following URL is of some interest, the algoriham is as secure as RSA and over 20 times faster as well as some other benifits. ...
Simon Kilby
skukok@...
Nov 2, 2000 4:20 pm
4926
... The "as secure as RSA" turned out to be the hopeful exuberance of one of the Baltimore researchers rather than an accurate description of the strength of...
Jim Gillogly
jim@...
Nov 2, 2000 4:34 pm
4927
Please do not post the answer here because of its spoiling possibility, but please can someone answer me off line. I and some colleagues are just starting to...
rod_ward@...
Nov 2, 2000 5:16 pm
4928
This article was mentioned on BBC radio 5 today it was quite interestign to see the presenter could not get round the word algoritham. The search is on. By the...
Simon Kilby
skukok@...
Nov 2, 2000 8:57 pm
4929
Well, I finally JUST solved stage 3 after getting some hints from TCBSpoiler. While the month+ that I spent trying various solutions will probably serve as...
Don Baldwin
donb@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:07 pm
4930
<<I'm positively looking forward to a change of pace in 5!>> be careful what you wish for.... you may get it (eg, from slow to "glacial") <g> Alexandra...
alexandra.dixon@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:12 pm
4931
Hi there don simon, trevor and myself have just completed S3 and are now moving onto S5... would you like to join us? regards Shaun ... From: Don Baldwin To:...
Shaun Manners
smanners@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:44 pm
4932
I hope you realise what exactly it is you are wishing for. Hee hee hee ho ho ho ha ha ha. </maniacallaughter> ... From: Don Baldwin <donb@...> To:...
Julian Grammer
security@...
Nov 3, 2000 12:34 am
4933
Americans on the CipherChallenge list will recognize the show "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire" - in fact I think the Brits will too, as I think our version is a...
alexandra.dixon@...
Nov 3, 2000 5:33 am
4934
... Didn't Cherokee and Choctaw soldiers also handle some of the tactical secret communication in the European theater? Or am I confusing it with World War I?...
Jim Gillogly
jim@...
Nov 3, 2000 5:52 am
4935
Alexandra, The last SOS programme did not include any references to Navajo. It focusses totally on the key distribution problem, and Simon Singh interviewed...
David Sutton
davidsutton@...
Nov 3, 2000 7:27 am
4936
<<The last SOS programme did not include any references to Navajo. >> I got the impression that the penultimate SOS program covered the Enigma so I inferred...
alexandra.dixon@...
Nov 3, 2000 8:19 am
4937
alexandra wrote: <<The last SOS programme did not include any references to Navajo. >> ... There was a very brief mention of Enigma at the end of the 4th...
Chris Card
ctcard@...
Nov 3, 2000 9:01 am
4938
... If so, it wouldn't be the first time WWTBAM has got it wrong. The UK version once asked: What is the smallest number of strokes a tennis player must make...
Jeremy Humphries
jrh@...
Nov 3, 2000 11:20 am
4939
The more the merrier as far as I am concerned. SImon ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? From homework help to love advice,...
Simon Kilby
skukok@...
Nov 3, 2000 12:39 pm
4940
There is a German version of the show too. Timo...
Koch.Timo@...
Nov 3, 2000 12:42 pm
4941
Hello! We just thought that you would like to know that Simon Singh will be in Stockholm on Monday November 6. This is when the prize cermony for the Cipher...
Stealthy Swedes
fan@...
Nov 3, 2000 1:04 pm
4942
Stealthy Swedes <fan@...> writes: followed by the questions and cermony. ^^^ ispell... -- Torbjörn...
Torbjorn Granlund
tege@...
Nov 3, 2000 1:18 pm
4943
Dear fellow cipherchallengers, wow now I finally received this stunning RSA-shirt with the patented algorithm on it and of course a nice letter of RSA Inc....
In a message dated Fri, 3 Nov 2000 12:34:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, <alexandra.dixon@...> writes: << And I know that the executive producer of the...
lobert@...
Nov 3, 2000 2:08 pm
4945
... From: Chris Card <ctcard@...> To: <CipherChallenge@egroups.com> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 9:01 AM ... a ... work ... And after all this time...
Mike Boyle
mbbr20656@...
Nov 3, 2000 3:08 pm
4946
RSA could lose out due to the speed issue PGP is much faster and neither has been broken. SImon ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
Simon Kilby
skukok@...
Nov 3, 2000 4:01 pm
4947
Hey Shaun and Simon, Could you contact me offline about stage 5? Thanks, Don B (donb@...)...
Don Baldwin
donb@...
Nov 3, 2000 5:37 pm
4948
<<What is the smallest number of strokes a tennis player must make to win a set (standard singles play - no defaults, forfeits, etc.)? The options were 12, 24,...
alexandra.dixon@...
Nov 3, 2000 5:49 pm
4949
Dear Stealthy Swedes, Congratulations! I would love to be there to see you win your prize. Please keep us posted about news coverage on the 'net so we can...
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