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  1. ICIT2LOL
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    Truly fascinating stuff


    I read this this morning US once again boasts the world's fastest supercomputer | ZDNet


    and being a great fan of Alan Turing one of the founding minds behind computers wondered just how long would this machine have taken to crack the Enigma code of the Germans during WW2?? when a lot of the basic decoding was done by this man through genius and pure psychological power of the human brain and his colleagues at Bletchington Park in the UK??
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    ICIT2LOL said:
    Being a great fan of Alan Turing one of the founding minds behind computers wondered just how long would this machine have taken to crack the Enigma code of the Germans during WW2?? when a lot of the basic decoding was done by this man through genius and pure psychological power of the human brain and his colleagues at Bletchington Park in the UK??
    I totally agree ICIT2LOL, a great man and mind indeed, we owe him so much for his selfless dedication .
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    Paul Black said:
    I totally agree ICIT2LOL, a great man and mind indeed, we owe him so much for his selfless dedication .
    Yes mate pity they treated him as they did I am straight but what he got was abhorrent in anyone's civilized mind
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    Hi ICIT2LOL,

    I totally agree.
    If you haven't seen the The Imitation Game then it is definately worth watching.
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    Paul Black said:
    Hi ICIT2LOL,

    I totally agree.
    If you haven't seen the The Imitation Game then it is definately worth watching.
    Watched it twice my friend and read four different books on him one if I remember rightly was an autobiographical piece.


    Just what amazes me is just how ideas get into the minds of those people am reading a book on Nicolas Tesla at the moment while plodding on the treadmill - another great mind.


    If you like physics books then one that drew me in was "The Restless Universe" by Max Born.
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    Well, sorry to be a bore, but he went to Bletchley Park, NOT Bletchington Park.

    I know my comments wont undo the tide of progress, but I thought I should point it out.
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    iko22 said:
    Well, sorry to be a bore, but he went to Bletchley Park, NOT Bletchington Park.

    I know my comments wont undo the tide of progress, but I thought I should point it out.
    No probs iko I had Bletchington stuck on my mind for something maybe something to do with the royal wedding
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    Hi ICIT2LOL,

    ICIT2LOL said:
    If you like physics books then one that drew me in was "The Restless Universe" by Max Born.
    I just Googled it and it sounds very interesting.
    I am not one who reads books to be honest, but I will keep it in mind for future reference, thank you.
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