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Hmm, is there something wrong with this challenge, or is it me? Normally I'd be 95% sure it's something wrong with my approach, but I'm not getting any indication of what I'm doing wrong, so I fall back on suggesting the challenge may be broken!

I can work out the answer within the time limit, and the Java applet confirms it's correct, but when I submit the answer, the server just says "'xxx' is wrong" for whatever value I submitted. This is different to the message it gives if you do go over he time limit.

As the only clue here is the Java applet itself, and the Java applet says my answers are correct, I'm a bit stumped.

i think the challenge is right because others have solved it...

It was working correctly when I solved it, but it seems now it is not.

I cannot remember how I solved it, so I cannot do it again in exactly the same way now. But when I tried to newly solve it today, I found what gfoot is saying seems true. I tried both ways; one is copy-and-pasting the value and press the submit button in my web browser, and another is full automation with the URL in which the name and password are embedded.

hmmn, i'll take another look then. perhaps something changed on the server.

Would it help if I sent you my solver?

yeah, please do

okay, challenge fixed now. thanks, gfoot!

adum wrote:okay, challenge fixed now. thanks, gfoot!

Lol, is this challenge broken again?

It appears as tho, If I give it the answer before the 20 second time limit is up, i get an "answer incorrect". If i wait until after the 20 seconds have past, i get an error "you too XX seconds, but were only allowed 20 seconds".

I'm pretty sure my answers are correct because even the java applet says "correct" when i check it. It just seems that something is wrong with how it checks time or the applet doesn't match the final verification code.

it shouldn't be broken as nothing has changd there recent.y gfoot, would you mind trying again to see if you have a problem?

I'm afraid it still works for me.

thanks!

adum wrote:thanks!

Ok then something is wrong. Maybe its because I've tried more than 10 times and now if I fail, I can't resubmit the correct answer in less than 20 seconds because I have to wait 30 seconds to try again.

Is it at least true in this case that if the java applet says "correct" and you submit that answer before the timer runs out that the problem SHOULD be solved?

yes, that's correct.

For those who run into the same problem (at least in the near future). Google Chrome apparently has a problem submitting the answer for this problem.

It appears as tho Chrome requests the problem page twice, but only seems to display the first of the two requests, so I'm assuming that the second request causes the problem to get a new answer generated and thus the answer to the first problem is no longer valid.

Not sure why Chrome is doing this, and it may be fixed later. Just an FWI for anyone who is having trouble and is sure they're getting the correct answer!

I keep getting the error message "Applet not found". Is the applet really gone or do I have a browser issue?