OT Enigma machine up for auction

[rwsaunders]

Cool piece of history for you WWII buffs...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/16/enigma.machine.auction/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[Ahneida Ride]

Mathematics at it's finest.

The decoding can't be overestimated.

[tv_vt]

My wife's father was one of those working at Bletchley Park on breaking the code. He had a degree in Math (actually he was pursuing a "Maths" degree at Cambridge when he was 'invited' to be part of the team to work on it). Sure beat serving on the front lines...

She's been to Bletchley Park - there's a museum there. Fascinating story. Good movie, too - Enigma. Based on book of same name by Robert Harris, for anyone looking for a good read and an interesting bit of history.

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[Louis]

After all that work it turned out to be:

A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, etc... :p

[stephenmarklay]

I saw that this morning too. I think if I had gobs of money I would have to own that. A very significant piece of history.