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Story: German man beats WWII Colossus codecracker

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Posted by: Tom Espiner (Monday 19 November 2007, 5:43 PM)

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Actually...

Hello there,

Thanks for taking the time to post a talkback. I found the story ironic too. However, I did mention that Schüth deciphered the signals before the Colossus team received theirs:

From the article:

"[Schüth] cracked the most difficult code yesterday," said the museum's spokesperson on Friday. "We're absolutely delighted. He used specially written software for the challenge. Colossus is still chugging away, as we got the signals late."

Maybe I should have pulled that out a little more.

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Tom

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