Reuters: Woman Enigma Cracker Ignored

[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:26:44 +0100, Q G Campbell wrote:

>Budianski describes how "Rejewski tried QWERTZU for the entry ring
>[mapping] but got nowhere. But, perhaps more imaginative than Knox, or
>perhaps better grasping the Germans' lack of imagination, Rejewski
>decided to take a wild guess that the order was alphabetical. As if 'by
>magic', the solution to the [fast] rotor's wiring began emerging on the
>paper before him." The rest is history, as they say.

A clear case of applying Occam's razor to the problem I'd say, together
with using a few practical experiments rather than trying to theorise
blindly.

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