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TAR16 - EP5: "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?" (France)
Dånooky:
I think Joe & Heidi's main problem with the morse code was that they didn't expect a real long message. They tried phrases that begun with T, V and W all of which were words in the correct answer. Maybe they thought it was a shorter one and got further confused.
slayton:
Someone else pointed out that the code was two sentences in two different languages.
It doesn't even seem like they were told what sound was a dot and what sound was a dash.
Doing that with bombs going off around you doesn't seem easy for someone who doesn't know anything about morse code.
Dånooky:
--- Quote from: slayton on March 15, 2010, 04:43:21 PM ---It doesn't even seem like they were told what sound was a dot and what sound was a dash.
--- End quote ---
Alas Joe & Heidi knew how it worked, and they were probably on the right track. They probably didn't think it was two sentences.. Still I agree the bombing made it extremely difficult
DrRox:
From his demeanor and his lack of knowledge of Morse Code, Joe was obviously never a Boy Scout.
Nume:
I realize that it would take some time, but I just think with the time they had, they should have been able to slowly work out what each letter was in the code. There was noise around them, but the code came through a headset, and I dont think just hearing it was their biggest issue. I'm not saying it was easy, but they had well over 2 hours to get it (2 hours just from their starting times, not counting jordaneff getting lost multiple times and having to do speed bump). I just dont feel that sorry for them, like some ppl seem to. Sure is sucked that they had to do an extra task, but thats part of the game and the task was not impossible. Also on the positive side, I know that Jordaneff will be absolutely no threat to the teams I actually want to do well :P.
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