Honour for Colossus code-cracker

**MIG-31** · Jan 28, 2008, 02:03 PM

Source: BBC News
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An amateur cryptographer who beat the British World War II computer Colossus in a code-cracking challenge has been honoured for his skills. Joachim Schueth solved a German cipher in just 46 seconds, more than three hours quicker than the 60 year old PC.

He received a prize from the National Museum of Computing, which included a valve from the Colossus machine. Mr Schueth deciphered the code using a laptop and a program he wrote specifically for the challenge.

IvanV · Jan 28, 2008, 03:47 PM

A nice contest, and kind of soothing for owners of older PCs - no matter how weak your desktop is, you can still regard it as a slightly aged supercomputer!

Also, in order to not miss a chance to be mean to the BBC's writer, I have to notice that calling the Colossus a PC is quite wrong.

Jan 28, 2008, 02:03 PM	#1
MIG-31 DH News MOD Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 42,581 Rep Power: 186 System Specs	Honour for Colossus code-cracker Source: BBC News _______________ An amateur cryptographer who beat the British World War II computer Colossus in a code-cracking challenge has been honoured for his skills. Joachim Schueth solved a German cipher in just 46 seconds, more than three hours quicker than the 60 year old PC. He received a prize from the National Museum of Computing, which included a valve from the Colossus machine. Mr Schueth deciphered the code using a laptop and a program he wrote specifically for the challenge. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Jan 28, 2008, 03:47 PM	#2
IvanV DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3,142 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	A nice contest, and kind of soothing for owners of older PCs - no matter how weak your desktop is, you can still regard it as a slightly aged supercomputer! Also, in order to not miss a chance to be mean to the BBC's writer, I have to notice that calling the Colossus a PC is quite wrong. __________________ Feed the porkers and don't touch the buttons!