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- Modern PCs to challenge WWII codebreaker
- Modern PCs to challenge WWII codebreakerMy money is on old tech.;-)Colossus will winI´m think the Colossus will win because it was made specifically to crack the code from the Lorenz machine. Were it a generic code then a computer would win.Unless...Big C blows a bulb.don't forget about Vista....To counteract...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, Modern PC, Colossus, WWII, PC, Big C
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- (Photos: The return of Colossus)
- (Photos: The return of Colossus)Remember to credit the Polish HerosNice photos & article, but please remember that little would have been possible without the heroism of the Polish Cryptographers who smuggled the initial design of their code-cracking "Bombes" to the Allies.(The recent Hollywood film & book were great fun, but...
- Tags: Colossus, photograph
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Photos: The return of Colossus
- A group of enthusiasts has spent nearly a decade rebuilding Colossus, a British system that helped crack the Third Reich's secret codes.
- Tags: Colossus
- Image galleries 2007-02-05
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- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Free Edition (rar)
- A MUGEN fighting game (150 MB) . The game includes an arcade mode, team battle, survival, and watch mode. The game uses interlaced graphics :( There's a whopping 56 characters. 28 from each universe: Akuma, Amingo, Anakaris, B.B. Hood, Blackheart, Cable, Cammy, Captain America, Captain Commando, Charlie, Chun-Li, Colossus, Cyclops,...
- Tags: SpiDoL Games, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-05-07
- German man beats WWII Colossus code cracker
- German man beats WWII Colossus code crackerAnd this is surprising why?Why is it considered a challenge to beat a WW2 computer with a modern computer? It should take less than a second.CodingI think the "wow" is in how he quickly and single-handedly coded his own solution to the problem....
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, WWII Colossus, German MAN
- Discussion threads 2007-11-17
- Photos: A 'Cipher Challenge' for Colossus
- World War II-era computer recently brought back to life will go up against modern computing power in a competition to decode. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Computing, Productivity, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-11-15
- Can 'friendly' AI save humans from irrelevance or extinction?
- Can 'friendly' AI save humans from irrelevance or extinction?Message has been deleted.IMHO this is distant futureI doubt I'll see this type of intelligence in my lifetime. We're still a long ways off from understanding our own intelligence, much less designing a machine that surpasses it.Sure, we may have machines that...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, irrelevance, computer, extinction, mankind
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- How to carry a telescope
- Obviously, it depends on its size. But here I'm speaking about the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) which will be fully operational in 2012 and will be composed initially of 66 high-precision telescopes. These 12-meter submillimeter quality antennas will weigh about 115 tons and be installed at an altitude of...
- Tags: Space &, Aerospace, Science &, Nature, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Captain Cyborg and the Problem of Evil
- (This is a re-run, from Dec 16/05.)While looking at a problem related to archiving thousands of project proposals and reports for a large IT consulting firm I was struck by the ease with which these could be classified into two strongly differentiated groups: those based on clerical or other worker...
- Tags: Unanswered questions, Government, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-04
- Legendary Dinosaurs: Brachiosaurus (exe)
- 130 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous Period, it was the heyday of the dinosaurs. The largest animal of all time - the Brachiosaurus - was one of them. This sauropod is known for its extremely long neck, its tiny head, and its large forelegs. This screen saver brings...
- Tags: Swamp, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing
- Software downloads 2007-06-11
- News to know: Vista's firewall; RSA; iConcertCal
- Notable headlines: The fiscal 2008 Federal budget has landed. Feds allocate $65 billion for IT in proposed 2008 budget. Bush seeks spending hikes in research, surveillance. Google releases new link reporting tool. Discover your links.Who links to your site? Company offers Google ad alternative.Donna Bogatin: Web 2.0 at IBM, live!...
- Tags: General, RSA Security Inc., firewall
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- Skype consolidation can be a good thing
- Phil at Skype Journal notes that Skype has moved marketing functions from countries back to London in a reorganization announced this week. About 40 of the 516 people working at Skype worldwide are affected, 26 of those shifting roles or locations and 14 who are leaving...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., General, Skype
- Blog posts 2006-11-30
- Xploder PS2 HDTV Player
- While HDTVs are finally becoming more affordable, high-def video game consoles are not. While the Xbox 360 and the upcoming PlayStation 3 are excellent HDTV companions, they're also pretty expensive, running from $300 for the low-end 360 to $600 for the high-end PS3--not to mention the games that sell for...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Games, Game players, HDTV, HDTV Player, Sony PlayStation 2, game, image
- Product reviews 2006-11-08
- Strategic partnership destined for failure: directionless Microsoft, overmatched Nortel
- One key vision of the Microsoft-Nortel Networks strategic partnership announced Tuesday is the transition of traditional business phone systems into software that integrates with Nortel Internet telephony software and hardware.Sorry but I have trouble getting excited over this announcement. Cisco already does the Internet phone hardware-software integration thing, much of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Nortel Networks Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-07-18
- Packet 8 CEO: don't confuse us with THEM. Me: OK, but only up to a point
- Bryan Martin, CEO of VoIP company 8x8 (Packet8), is quoted in a press release that appears to take pains to distinguish Packet8 from that big Internet telephony competitor of theirs whose name starts with a "V."Reading this document, it appears to have been precipitated by Martin's concerns that Vonage's legal...
- Tags: Packet 8, Packet8
- Blog posts 2006-07-06
- Egypt of David Roberts (zip)
- 50 images of Egypt by David Roberts. Beautiful Pharaonic and Islamic scenes. Includes temples along the Nile at Abu Simbel, Karnak, Luxor, Kom Obo, Esna, Edfu and Philae, Colossus of Memnon, Mosques and views of Cairo, Pyramids of Giza, and the Sphinx. Plus a portrait of DR in Arabic garb....
- Tags: Color, Image, Disaster Recovery, Data Management
- Software downloads 2006-05-09
- Microsoft announces Office 2007 delay
- Microsoft announces Office 2007 delayOk, so...I hope that this is all so that the products (Vista + Office) are the best they can be for a first release, and not an attempt to move the sate of Christmas ;)MICROSUCKS takes lessons from IntelOver-promise and under-deliver the Intel way - now...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007
- Discussion threads 2006-03-23
- Images: Birth of the first computer
- Images: Birth of the first computerSee also other reference about the subjectReference; http://www.dotcalmcomputing.com/history.htmThe Vacuum TubeABC 1939 - the first digital computer was designed by John Astanasoff. Z3 1941 - invented by German engineer Konrad Zuse to design airplanes and missiles. Colossus 1943 - was developed by the British to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-03-03
- Captain Cyborg and the problem of evil
- While looking at a problem related to archiving thousands of project proposals and reports for a large IT consulting firm I was struck by the ease with which these could be classified into two strongly differentiated groups: those based on clerical or other worker replacement, and those focused on enabling...
- Tags: computer
- Blog posts 2005-12-16
- In response to SprintNextel deal, Vonage joins the VoIP service bundle battle
- Two stories broke today that on the face of it, have little to do with each other. But if you give these developments more than just a moment's thought, they have everything to do with each other.These developments are:Vonage Canada says it has signed a deal with Vancouver, B.C.-based Novus...
- Tags: SprintNextel, cable
- Blog posts 2005-11-03
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