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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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the dudes in Bletchley Park. The mad bit was that the guy who invented Colossus had a PC in the 90s and had to take a course to learn how to use it. That's some crazy tech development you've got there, 20th century
(, Sun 30 Oct 2011, 18:32, 1 reply, 14 years ago)
I also has Alan Turing Cuff Links. *GLESS* *awaits judgement*
(, Sun 30 Oct 2011, 18:35, Reply)
It's about Tutte and Flowers breaking tunny. That place was amazing. I wish I was that kind of clever
(, Sun 30 Oct 2011, 18:37, Reply)
I shall try to look it up when I get home tomorrow. I wish I was too, I couldn't figure out how the enigma machines worked even with big diagrams and baby talk exlanations.
(, Sun 30 Oct 2011, 18:41, Reply)
ago - The Code Book by Simon Singh. Explained it all in a way that I could, at least for a while, understand. And be a bit obssessed with
(, Sun 30 Oct 2011, 18:48, Reply)
Alan Turing liked young boys, and the local coppers were told to turn a blind eye.
Computers -v- Paedophila in WW2.
How was your Northern Weekend?
(, Sun 30 Oct 2011, 19:16, Reply)
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