January 23, 2006
Forum
We have a basic forum set up using Drupal and you can try it out at
www.maths.soton.ac.uk/drupal
I'm afraid you will need to register to use it. Let me know how it works out there or here. Meanwhile here are the names of the Challenge 8A winners. Well done to everyone whether or not you won a prize this year!
Matthew Newcombe, Brendan Donnelly, Tom Fuller and Stuart Craft from Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Ruth Franklin from Manchester High School for Girls, Greater Manchester, Manchester
Frances Bennett from Bedford High School, Bedfordshire, Bedford
Steven Lamerton from The Corsham School, Corsham
Kahil St Aimee, Rui Abrunho and Micheal Rodrigues from St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College, London
Nick Mcglashan Chris Cherng, Edward Oram, Dave Sankey from Reading School, Reading
Chris Moore Chay Paterson, Martin Ramsdale from Devonport High School for Boys, Plymouth
Jane Aston from Longslade Community College, Leicester
Philip Davies Anthony Price, Charles Donaldson from Heart of England School, Coventry
Robert Thompson Robert Thompson from Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Torquay
We also decided to send everyone who submitted a correct decryption of Challenge 8B a free copy of Flutter by Bonobo from the iTunes store (once we have figured out how to do it!)
Harry
Posted by Harry at January 23, 2006 03:28 PM
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Cecil,
Here's my solution. If any of the spaces are in the wrong place that's my fault.
LOMONOSOV RIDGE WEATHER STATION TRANSMISSION 0500 HOURS APRIL 23RD 1959 WINDS NW 36 KMH VISIBILITY 15M TEMPERATURE MINUS 35 DEGREES CENTIGRADE ATTACHMENT REPORT FROM THE CAPTAIN OF THE LENINSKY KOMSOMOV COMRADES I HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN REPORTING THE TOTAL SUCCESS OF OUR MISSION OUR SURFACE TROOPS MADE THE RENDEZVOUS WITH THE SPETZNAZ AND CAUGHT THE AMERICAN MARINES JUST AS THEY TRIED TO ARRANGE THE THEFT OF THE BEACON ALTHOUGH HEAVILY OUTNUMBERED OUR HEROIC TROOPS KILLED 35 OF THE ENEMY AND SHOT DOWN THE VERY PLANE THE CAPITALISTS WERE USING IN THEIR MONSTROUS ATTACK ON OUR TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS A FULL REPORT WILL FOLLOW OUR CASUALTIES WERE HEAVY BUT OUR COMRADES MADE THEIR SACRIFICE KNOWING THAT THEY WERE PROTECTING THE GLORIOUS MOTHERLAND BEFORE THEY DIED THEY REPORTED THAT THEIR ASSAULT ON THE CAPITALIST INVADERS RESULTED IN THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE BEACON AND THIS WAS LATER CONFIRMED BY OUR RECONNAISSANCE PARTY WHO DISCOVERED THE WRECKAGE IN THE BURNING PLANE HAVE NO FEAR COMRADES THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FACTORIES MEANS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE LOSS THE CREW OF THE LENINSKY KOMSOMOV HAS PERFORMED IN A TOTALLY DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL AND RESOURCEFUL WAY OUTWITTING THE ENEMY AT EVERY STEP ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR THE SOVIET NAVAL TRAINING REGIME OUR GLORIOUS SUBMARINE HAS SHOWN IT IS ABLE TO OUTMANOEUVRE AND EVADE THE BEST THAT THE ENEMY CAN THROW AT US WE TRULY NOW HAVE DOMINION UNDER THE WAVES WE ARE RETURNING TO BASE AT ONCE AND EAGERLY AWAIT OUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE MOTHERLAND
Posted by: Bryn at January 31, 2006 04:14 PM
Might just be my browser but the picture of the solution to 8B is rather unclear and unreadable. Could someone possible post a text version so we can find out the end of the story?
Thanks.
Posted by: cecil at January 31, 2006 01:09 PM
Harry,
When will we hear if we've got tickets to the Bletchley Park prize giving and tour?
Thanks
eleven1
[Early next week online or by email. Harry]
Posted by: eleven1 at January 27, 2006 05:49 PM
how do you register to use the forum?
[Underneath the log in there is a link to "Create New Account". Follow the instructions and I will then activiate the account. Harry]
Posted by: lara at January 26, 2006 01:58 PM
Thanks very much for the prize.
It was our last ever chance to win one and we did!
Good luck to those next year.
Nick
Posted by: Nick at January 25, 2006 05:04 PM