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Reconstructed WW II Code Cracker Colossus Defeated
www.physorg.com ^ | 11/16/2007 | Mary Anne Simpson

Posted on 11/16/2007 8:27:55 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 11/16/2007 8:27:56 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: ShadowAce

Ping!............


2 posted on 11/16/2007 8:28:14 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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3 posted on 11/16/2007 8:28:43 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Red Badger

Nice post!


4 posted on 11/16/2007 8:30:16 AM PST by SShultz460 (Mexico: #1 Source of American School Children)
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To: Red Badger

NEW FLASH..A F-22 Raptor out flew a spitfire today, in a test to see which was faster!


5 posted on 11/16/2007 8:30:58 AM PST by conservativehusker (GO BIG RED!!!!)
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To: conservativehusker
I didn’t mean any disrespect to the project — I just thought the article sounded like a put down to the old girl...like making fun of a 70 year old beauty queen because she isn’t as pretty as a 20 year old...
6 posted on 11/16/2007 8:33:17 AM PST by conservativehusker (GO BIG RED!!!!)
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To: ASA Vet; BIGLOOK; Red Badger

Interesting comparisons.


7 posted on 11/16/2007 8:33:34 AM PST by Grampa Dave (("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!"- Jim Robinson, Sept, 30, 2007))
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To: Red Badger

Very interesting post. Thanks.


8 posted on 11/16/2007 8:34:02 AM PST by pt17
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To: Red Badger
Nice One....
The old Guard tells the new Guard, "I am smarter than you...."
9 posted on 11/16/2007 8:34:09 AM PST by From One - Many (Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk. I Will Be Voting for Mr. Duncan Hunter, fellow FReepers.)
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To: Red Badger
Here is the actual message received before deciphering:

The orpedoes-tay have been aunched-lay from the ubmarines-say.

10 posted on 11/16/2007 8:35:17 AM PST by Drawsing (The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
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To: Red Badger

Monitor sub brought back, and matched against a Seawolf sub, lost the race too.


11 posted on 11/16/2007 8:35:35 AM PST by Ancient Drive
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To: conservativehusker

LOL! I am litterally LOL and folks in the office are asking what’s so funny!


12 posted on 11/16/2007 8:37:28 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: From One - Many

Note, also, that the Colossus had to be “reconstructed” since the originals (14) were destroyed after the war..............


13 posted on 11/16/2007 8:39:22 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Red Badger

This is a no-brainer but I would like to see Mr. Schuth build his computer from “old photos and scant information” and then see how it works!!! LOL


14 posted on 11/16/2007 8:39:38 AM PST by biff
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To: Red Badger

The message was “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”


15 posted on 11/16/2007 8:39:39 AM PST by Disambiguator (Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
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LOL!!!!!......


16 posted on 11/16/2007 8:40:33 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: indcons

Read later for possible Milhist ping


17 posted on 11/16/2007 8:41:07 AM PST by indcons
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To: Red Badger

yep, the old worked so well it lost to the new one...but it is wonderous to see an old computer put together by an older generation work so well....nice.....


18 posted on 11/16/2007 8:41:31 AM PST by From One - Many (Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk. I Will Be Voting for Mr. Duncan Hunter, fellow FReepers.)
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To: Red Badger
NEWS FLASH! Hawk kills pigeon.



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19 posted on 11/16/2007 8:41:36 AM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: conservativehusker

In a test to see which would be more powerful, an Atomic Bomb reproduction of Fat Man was exploded alongside a modern American Thermodynamic Nuclear device over Tehran. Results are pending one things cool.


20 posted on 11/16/2007 8:41:48 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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