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Why the Soviet computer failed

Started byAndreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
First post2022-07-27 17:25 -0400
Last post2022-10-06 08:43 -0700
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  Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-27 17:25 -0400
    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-07-27 19:02 -0700
    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2022-07-28 15:51 +0100
    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-07-28 22:19 +0000
      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-07-28 17:52 -0700
        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-29 01:05 -0400
        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed luserdroog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-03 06:36 -0700
      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed jtmpreno <none@znet.com> - 2022-07-28 19:25 -0700
        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-07-29 04:26 +0000
          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-08-05 14:07 -0700
        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-07-29 15:52 +0000
          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2022-07-29 13:04 -0400
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-07-29 18:14 +0000
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-29 19:42 -0400
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-07-30 00:14 +0000
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-08-05 14:31 -0700
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Anonymous Reactionary <anonymous@internet.everywhere> - 2022-08-15 02:59 +0000
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-30 08:30 -0400
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-07-30 18:42 +0000
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed jtmpreno <none@znet.com> - 2022-07-30 13:13 -0700
                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-07-30 20:29 +0000
                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-07-30 22:16 +0100
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-30 22:46 -0400
                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2022-07-31 13:00 -0500
                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-07-31 17:20 -0400
                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2022-07-31 18:25 -0500
                        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-07-31 18:05 -0700
                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2022-08-01 09:42 -0500
                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-01 22:48 -0400
                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2022-08-02 11:21 -0500
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-02 19:18 -0400
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed phigan <phigan@bbs.penisys.cf> - 2022-08-03 03:03 +0000
                                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-03 15:19 -0400
                                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-04 08:23 -0700
                                        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Bud Spencer <bud@campo.verano.it> - 2022-08-04 19:05 +0300
                                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-04 18:09 +0100
                                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2022-08-04 19:11 +0100
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-04 19:49 +0100
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-05 10:19 -0700
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Charles Richmond <codescott@aquaporin4.com> - 2022-09-24 22:34 -0500
                                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-09-25 10:49 -0500
                                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-09-25 12:16 -0700
                                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Bud Spencer <bud@campo.verano.it> - 2022-08-04 21:36 +0300
                                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andy Walker <anw@cuboid.co.uk> - 2022-08-04 21:18 +0100
                                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-08-04 15:48 -0700
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2022-08-05 09:32 +0100
                                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-05 10:22 +0100
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Bud Spencer <bud@campo.verano.it> - 2022-08-05 13:37 +0300
                                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-05 13:03 +0100
                                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Freddy1X <freddy1X@indyX.netX> - 2022-08-05 08:38 -0400
                                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Bud Spencer <bud@campo.verano.it> - 2022-08-05 16:35 +0300
                                                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2022-08-05 12:21 -0500
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-05 10:19 -0700
                                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-08-05 23:06 -0700
                                        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-04 16:11 -0400
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2022-08-03 00:04 -0500
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 14:46 -0400
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Charles Richmond <codescott@aquaporin4.com> - 2022-09-24 22:19 -0500
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 14:43 -0400
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Anonymous Reactionary <anonymous@internet.everywhere> - 2022-08-15 02:56 +0000
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-08-20 20:18 +0000
          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-07-30 00:04 +0000
          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-08-05 14:09 -0700
      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 23:20 -0700
        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-14 08:26 -0500
          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-14 18:23 +0100
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-14 19:52 +0000
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-14 21:20 +0100
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-14 21:17 +0000
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-14 15:39 -0500
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.co.uk> - 2022-08-14 21:22 +0000
                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-14 16:58 -0500
                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2022-08-14 23:00 -0500
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-08-17 20:22 -0700
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2022-08-18 03:28 +0000
                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-18 07:17 +0000
                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-18 10:17 -0700
                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-18 20:26 +0000
                        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-18 17:05 -0500
                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-19 00:21 +0100
                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-18 19:58 -0700
                              the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2022-08-19 03:03 +0000
                                Re: the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-20 09:19 -0500
                                  Re: the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2022-09-28 22:48 +0000
                                    Re: the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-09-28 19:21 -0500
                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-19 06:43 +0000
                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-19 08:56 +0100
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-19 09:28 +0000
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2022-08-19 22:43 -0500
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-20 06:25 +0100
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-20 12:17 -0400
                                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-20 17:41 +0100
                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-19 09:19 -0500
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-18 07:13 +0000
          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-14 19:39 -0400
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-08-14 20:17 -0700
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-15 07:37 -0400
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-15 07:26 +0100
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-15 07:08 +0000
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-15 07:44 -0400
                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-15 09:20 -0500
                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-15 20:58 -0400
                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-16 07:03 +0000
                        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-16 15:45 -0400
                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-16 21:11 +0000
                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-16 23:18 -0400
                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-17 07:20 +0000
                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-17 13:35 +0000
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-17 12:23 -0500
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-17 12:13 -0700
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-17 14:08 -0400
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-17 18:56 +0000
                                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-17 20:22 -0400
                                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-18 07:10 +0000
                                        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-18 13:12 -0400
                                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2022-08-19 22:49 -0500
                                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-20 07:00 +0000
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-20 12:28 -0400
                                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-20 21:00 +0000
                                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-20 06:34 +0100
                                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-20 06:14 -0700
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-20 14:08 +0000
                                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-20 09:17 -0500
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-20 17:28 +0100
                                                Norn Ireland (was: Re: Why the Soviet computer failed "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2022-08-20 17:46 +0100
                                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-20 10:39 -0700
                                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-20 20:05 +0100
                                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-18 10:49 -0500
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-17 12:13 -0700
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-17 17:28 -0500
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-17 20:24 -0400
                                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-18 13:04 +0000
                                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2022-08-18 15:56 +0100
                                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-18 10:17 -0700
                                        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2022-08-18 13:49 -1000
                                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-19 06:48 +0000
                                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2022-08-19 09:43 -1000
                                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2022-08-20 11:39 -1000
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-08-17 20:25 -0700
                                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-18 07:29 +0000
                                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-18 10:17 -0700
                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2022-08-16 21:15 +0000
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-08-17 20:19 -0700
                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-18 10:17 -0700
                    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-08-19 02:04 -0700
                      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-19 09:33 +0000
                        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-08-19 20:27 -0700
                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-20 06:37 +0100
                          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-20 06:55 +0000
                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed meff <email@example.com> - 2022-09-13 09:05 +0000
                            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2022-09-13 08:48 -0600
                              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-09-13 17:06 +0000
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-09-13 10:46 -0700
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-09-13 18:11 +0000
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed cb@elaine.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2022-09-13 20:37 +0000
                                  Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2022-09-13 20:55 +0000
                                    Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed cb@elaine.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2022-09-13 21:09 +0000
                                    Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-09-13 19:41 -0400
                                    Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2022-09-14 12:21 +0200
                                      Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-09-14 08:06 -0700
                                        Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2022-09-15 21:45 +0200
                                          Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-09-15 18:14 -0700
                                            Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2022-09-16 11:32 +0200
                                              Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-09-16 04:06 -0700
                                                Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2022-09-16 16:02 +0200
                                                  Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-09-16 14:18 +0000
                                                    Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2022-09-16 17:39 +0200
                                                  Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-09-16 21:49 -0700
                                        Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-09-18 18:43 -0700
                                          Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Charles Richmond <codescott@aquaporin4.com> - 2022-09-24 23:37 -0500
                                            Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-09-25 11:02 +0000
                                              Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-09-25 12:16 -0700
                                                Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-09-25 19:33 +0000
                                      Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2022-09-14 17:57 +0000
                                        Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-09-14 11:49 -0700
                                        Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-09-14 20:31 -0400
                                          Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2022-09-15 01:40 +0000
                                            Re: binary, was Why the Soviet computer failed ERSHC <ershc123@invalid.invalid> - 2022-09-15 02:06 +0000
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-09-14 08:17 +0000
                                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2022-09-14 12:12 +0200
                                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-09-14 07:24 -0700
                        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed luserdroog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2022-09-15 18:57 -0700
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-15 09:18 -0500
                Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-15 12:03 -0700
                  Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-08-15 20:45 +0100
              Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-15 12:03 -0700
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> - 2022-08-15 09:17 -0500
    Re: Why the Soviet computer failed antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2022-08-10 17:12 +0000
      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2022-08-10 18:55 +0100
      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-10 12:09 -0700
        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2022-08-11 03:36 +0000
          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2022-08-11 07:26 +0000
          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-11 06:52 -0700
        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-11 10:11 -0400
        Re: Why the Soviet computer failed scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-11 14:40 +0000
          Re: Why the Soviet computer failed John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2022-08-11 18:11 +0000
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-11 19:09 +0000
            Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-08-12 01:29 -0700
      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-08-11 10:05 -0400
      Re: Why the Soviet computer failed Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2022-10-06 08:43 -0700

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#221820

FromPeter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
Date2022-08-18 19:58 -0700
Message-ID<1380035000.682570583.203227.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#221818
Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:05:55 -0500
> D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> wrote:
> 
>> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
>> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.
> 
> 	I have heard of cross-cut shredded material being scanned and
> reassembled with the aid of a computer and some fancy edge matching
> algorithms.
> 

This was apparently done entirely by hand, by a bunch of college students.

-- 
Pete

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#221821 — the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed

Fromdanny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
Date2022-08-19 03:03 +0000
Subjectthe takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed
Message-ID<tdmuid$6sf$1@reader2.panix.com>
In reply to#221820
In <1380035000.682570583.203227.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:

>Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:05:55 -0500
>> D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
>>> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.

>This was apparently done entirely by hand, by a bunch of college students.

One of the magazines I regret losing was one of the anti-US
publications (don't recall the name, sorry) that the
local commie/leftie/socialist/pinko bookstore carried.

One edition had page after page of these reconstructed
documents, and yes, they were strips that had been
reconstructed by hand.


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#221847 — Re: the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed

FromD.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com>
Date2022-08-20 09:19 -0500
SubjectRe: the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed
Message-ID<dbr1gh53dlmidi986vtf3s3nl9ulrgiv3f@4ax.com>
In reply to#221821
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 03:03:41 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
>In <1380035000.682570583.203227.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>>Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:05:55 -0500
>>> D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
>>>> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.
>
>>This was apparently done entirely by hand, by a bunch of college students.
>
>One of the magazines I regret losing was one of the anti-US
>publications (don't recall the name, sorry) that the
>local commie/leftie/socialist/pinko bookstore carried.
>
>One edition had page after page of these reconstructed
>documents, and yes, they were strips that had been
>reconstructed by hand.

The likely bought the strip shredder as a cost saving.... and it was a
bad decision.
--  
Jim

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#222117 — Re: the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed

FromDavid Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com>
Date2022-09-28 22:48 +0000
SubjectRe: the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed
Message-ID<th2j0j$7q2$1@reader2.panix.com>
In reply to#221847
D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> writes:

>>>>> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
>>>>> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.
...
>The likely bought the strip shredder as a cost saving.... and it was a
>bad decision.

Hardly. There was few if any cross-cut shredders before that debacle.

And they are not without issues. They work by cutting the paper into
strips, then yanking the strips to TEAR the ribbons. That distorts
the paper and what's printed on it to make matching up pieces impossible.

But the shredders have thin cutters rather like transformer cores; a staple
can damage them, a paper-clip is SURE to.

The better gadget is the SEM Model 22 Disintegrator. It's sorta like a reel
lawn mower on steroids. 

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#222118 — Re: the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed

FromD.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com>
Date2022-09-28 19:21 -0500
SubjectRe: the takeover of the US embassy, was: Why the Soviet computer failed
Message-ID<b6p9jh1murlp8bru1a3m3cqjl8usts354f@4ax.com>
In reply to#222117
On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 22:48:51 -0000 (UTC), David Lesher
<wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
>D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> writes:
>
>>>>>> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
>>>>>> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.
>...
>>The likely bought the strip shredder as a cost saving.... and it was a
>>bad decision.
>
>Hardly. There was few if any cross-cut shredders before that debacle.
>
>And they are not without issues. They work by cutting the paper into
>strips, then yanking the strips to TEAR the ribbons. That distorts
>the paper and what's printed on it to make matching up pieces impossible.
>
>But the shredders have thin cutters rather like transformer cores; a staple
>can damage them, a paper-clip is SURE to.
>
>The better gadget is the SEM Model 22 Disintegrator. It's sorta like a reel
>lawn mower on steroids. 

I had a confetti shredder that could cut staples. But they likely
weren't around back then.

--  
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#221822

Frommaus <maus@dmaus.org>
Date2022-08-19 06:43 +0000
Message-ID<slrntfuc8m.2a9.maus@dmaus.org>
In reply to#221820
On 2022-08-19, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:05:55 -0500
>> D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
>>> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.
>> 
>> 	I have heard of cross-cut shredded material being scanned and
>> reassembled with the aid of a computer and some fancy edge matching
>> algorithms.
>> 
>
> This was apparently done entirely by hand, by a bunch of college students.
>
as I remember the    story too. The same thing happened when the British
had decided to leave Ireland (1921?) and   the Irish rebels tried to
burn the Custom house, to destroy the records telling who was informing on
the rebels.

There  were stories about much the same happening in kabul recently




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#221824

FromAhem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net>
Date2022-08-19 08:56 +0100
Message-ID<20220819085627.2f08619c771ebf6fb723fa9b@eircom.net>
In reply to#221820
On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 19:58:15 -0700
Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:05:55 -0500
> > D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
> >> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.
> > 
> > 	I have heard of cross-cut shredded material being scanned and
> > reassembled with the aid of a computer and some fancy edge matching
> > algorithms.
> > 
> 
> This was apparently done entirely by hand, by a bunch of college students.

	Oh yes, and it may have been the event that made cross-cut
shredders popular, reconstructing cross-cut by hand would take a *long*
time.

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#221826

Frommaus <maus@dmaus.org>
Date2022-08-19 09:28 +0000
Message-ID<slrntfuluq.bu6.maus@dmaus.org>
In reply to#221824
On 2022-08-19, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 19:58:15 -0700
> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:05:55 -0500
>> > D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
>> >> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.
>> > 
>> > 	I have heard of cross-cut shredded material being scanned and
>> > reassembled with the aid of a computer and some fancy edge matching
>> > algorithms.
>> > 
>> 
>> This was apparently done entirely by hand, by a bunch of college students.
>
> 	Oh yes, and it may have been the event that made cross-cut
> shredders popular, reconstructing cross-cut by hand would take a *long*
> time.
>

My point exactly. Even in ordinary commercial operations, it can take a
long time to destroy stuff.


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#221835

FromDave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com>
Date2022-08-19 22:43 -0500
Message-ID<tdpla2$1pnaq$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#221824
On 8/19/2022 2:56 AM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 19:58:15 -0700
> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:05:55 -0500
>>> D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
>>>> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.
>>>
>>> 	I have heard of cross-cut shredded material being scanned and
>>> reassembled with the aid of a computer and some fancy edge matching
>>> algorithms.
>>>
>>
>> This was apparently done entirely by hand, by a bunch of college students.
> 
> 	Oh yes, and it may have been the event that made cross-cut
> shredders popular, reconstructing cross-cut by hand would take a *long*
> time.
> 
Yup. But scanners and computers have gotten very cheap. I'm betting 
that these days, the time would mostly be determined by how long it 
took to lay the pieces out on a scanner, and then to flip each 
piece... wait, if you laid them out in plastic sleeves, flipping would 
be nil time.

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#221839

FromAhem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net>
Date2022-08-20 06:25 +0100
Message-ID<20220820062538.d7a50c294289a4a9dd41444c@eircom.net>
In reply to#221835
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:43:58 -0500
Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:

> Yup. But scanners and computers have gotten very cheap. I'm betting 
> that these days, the time would mostly be determined by how long it 
> took to lay the pieces out on a scanner, and then to flip each 
> piece... wait, if you laid them out in plastic sleeves, flipping would 
> be nil time.

	IIRC the time it was done they used a high resolution, high frame
rate camera and filmed them tumbling through the air from a blower.

-- 
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#221848

FromAndreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
Date2022-08-20 12:17 -0400
Message-ID<87o7we6g9x.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>
In reply to#221835
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:43:58 -0500, Dave Garland wrote:
>
> On 8/19/2022 2:56 AM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>
>> 	Oh yes, and it may have been the event that made cross-cut
>> shredders popular, reconstructing cross-cut by hand would take a *long*
>> time.
>> 
> Yup. But scanners and computers have gotten very cheap. I'm betting
> that these days, the time would mostly be determined by how long it 
> took to lay the pieces out on a scanner, and then to flip each
> piece... wait, if you laid them out in plastic sleeves, flipping would 
> be nil time.

Today, almost every cheap ass printer comes with a scanner.

Remember the 90s, when you had these odd hand scanners? You have to swipe
over a paper several times, and not still have missed parts of it. Black
and white of course.
-- 
Andreas

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#221852

FromAhem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net>
Date2022-08-20 17:41 +0100
Message-ID<20220820174106.3d189d7e0a64407107d697bb@eircom.net>
In reply to#221848
On Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:17:30 -0400
Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:

> Remember the 90s, when you had these odd hand scanners? You have to swipe
> over a paper several times, and not still have missed parts of it. Black
> and white of course.

	Hideous things - but they were cheap.

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#221829

FromD.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com>
Date2022-08-19 09:19 -0500
Message-ID<nt6vfhdovr7fgrqeejktbg6alj0oqnjsq4@4ax.com>
In reply to#221818
On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:21:00 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
<steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 17:05:55 -0500
>D.J. <chucktheouch@gmnol.com> wrote:
>
>> The staff used a shredder that cut them into strips, instead of
>> confetti. The Iranians put them back together.
>
>	I have heard of cross-cut shredded material being scanned and
>reassembled with the aid of a computer and some fancy edge matching
>algorithms.

I can see that is possible... I've seen ones in stores with different
sized confetti cuts. The smaller ones would be a big pain to do that
to.
--  
Jim

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#221805

Frommaus <maus@dmaus.org>
Date2022-08-18 07:13 +0000
Message-ID<slrntfrpjv.4ap.maus@dmaus.org>
In reply to#221801
On 2022-08-18, Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> On Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 1:52:20 PM UTC-6, maus wrote:
>
>> My Father subscribed to an US magazine called something like `Men Only', 
>> which had articles proving the USSR space successes were faked. Kinda 
>> like the recenter claims that the US Moonshots were fake as well. 
>
> I read some articles giving evidence that the USSR space missions were
> faked; but they weren't in For MEN Only, they were in Science and Mechanics.
>
> Lloyd Mallan was their writer.
>
> John Savard

That was back in the 1950's. Sometimes I forget what I have eaten for
breakfast !

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#221761

FromAndreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
Date2022-08-14 19:39 -0400
Message-ID<87czd2cs3l.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>
In reply to#221751
On Sun, 14 Aug 2022 08:26:58 -0500, D.J. wrote:
>
> On Sat, 13 Aug 2022 23:20:25 -0700 (PDT), Robin Vowels
> <robin.vowels@gmail.com> wrote:
>>.
>>Well, they did manage to send a rocket to the moon before the Americans,
>>and built the Concordski (in competition to the Concord).
>
> But their copy of the Space Shuttle never got anywhere.

But their "B-29" copy did. While their Concorde copy broke in half midair
on a air show (what better place to demonstrate ;-).

That's what the video I mentioned with this thread initially was about:
The USSR wasn't able to get things done the US did.

That still haunts Russia today.
-- 
Andreas

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#221765

FromRobin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com>
Date2022-08-14 20:17 -0700
Message-ID<8672d034-53cb-49b1-bb57-f17cf8361869n@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#221761
On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 9:39:44 AM UTC+10, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Aug 2022 08:26:58 -0500, D.J. wrote: 
> > 
> > On Sat, 13 Aug 2022 23:20:25 -0700 (PDT), Robin Vowels 
> > <robin....@gmail.com> wrote: 
> >>. 
> >>Well, they did manage to send a rocket to the moon before the Americans, 
> >>and built the Concordski (in competition to the Concord). 
> > 
> > But their copy of the Space Shuttle never got anywhere.
> But their "B-29" copy did. While their Concorde copy broke in half midair 
> on a air show (what better place to demonstrate ;-). 
.
The Concordski did not break apart mid-air.
The Russian team required that other aircraft keep a goodly
distance from it while it was in the air.
The Froggies wanted to get a close-up view as Concordski flew,
and got too close.
Concordski took strong evasive action, and the motor(s) cut out.
They were too close to the ground to re-start the engines, and crashed.
.
> That's what the video I mentioned with this thread initially was about: 
> The USSR wasn't able to get things done the US did. 
> 
> That still haunts Russia today. 

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#221769

FromAndreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
Date2022-08-15 07:37 -0400
Message-ID<87wnb9buup.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>
In reply to#221765
On Sun, 14 Aug 2022 20:17:50 -0700 (PDT), Robin Vowels wrote:
>
> On Monday, August 15, 2022 at 9:39:44 AM UTC+10, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>> On Sun, 14 Aug 2022 08:26:58 -0500, D.J. wrote: 
>> > 
>> > On Sat, 13 Aug 2022 23:20:25 -0700 (PDT), Robin Vowels 
>> > <robin....@gmail.com> wrote: 
>> >>. 
>> >>Well, they did manage to send a rocket to the moon before the Americans, 
>> >>and built the Concordski (in competition to the Concord). 
>> > 
>> > But their copy of the Space Shuttle never got anywhere.
>> But their "B-29" copy did. While their Concorde copy broke in half midair 
>> on a air show (what better place to demonstrate ;-). 
> .
> The Concordski did not break apart mid-air.
> The Russian team required that other aircraft keep a goodly
> distance from it while it was in the air.
> The Froggies wanted to get a close-up view as Concordski flew,
> and got too close.
> Concordski took strong evasive action, and the motor(s) cut out.
> They were too close to the ground to re-start the engines, and crashed.
> .

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Paris_Air_Show_Tu-144_crash> says:

| Once in flight, the aircraft made what appeared to be a landing
| approach, with the landing gear out and the "moustache" canards
| extended, but then with all four engines at full power, climbed
| rapidly. Possibly stalling below 2,000 ft (610 m), the aircraft pitched
| over and went into a steep dive. Trying to pull out of the subsequent
| dive with the engines again at full power, the Tu-144 broke up in
| mid-air, possibly due to overstressing the airframe. The left wing came
  ^^^^^^^
| away first, and then the aircraft disintegrated and crashed, destroying
| 15 houses, and killing all six people on board the Tu-144 and eight
| more on the ground. Three children were among those killed, and 60
| people received severe injuries.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEIAMM13RFQ> shows the breakup midair
(close to the ground though, but didn't touch prior to the breakup).
-- 
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#221767

FromAhem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net>
Date2022-08-15 07:26 +0100
Message-ID<20220815072621.175dc3e4d0b3d79359ceb1cf@eircom.net>
In reply to#221761
On Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:39:42 -0400
Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:

> That's what the video I mentioned with this thread initially was about:
> The USSR wasn't able to get things done the US did.

	This is called propaganda. The one thing the Soviet Union could not
do that America did was survive the cold war without falling apart.

	Yes Concordski and Buran were copies of Western developments, but
Energia certainly wasn't.

	Oh and one thing Russia was able to do that the US was not, provide
transport to and from the ISS for most of the last couple of decades.

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#221768

Frommaus <maus@dmaus.org>
Date2022-08-15 07:08 +0000
Message-ID<slrntfjs7f.6ro.maus@dmaus.org>
In reply to#221767
On 2022-08-15, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:39:42 -0400
> Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:
>
>> That's what the video I mentioned with this thread initially was about:
>> The USSR wasn't able to get things done the US did.
>
> 	This is called propaganda. The one thing the Soviet Union could not
> do that America did was survive the cold war without falling apart.
>
> 	Yes Concordski and Buran were copies of Western developments, but
> Energia certainly wasn't.
>
> 	Oh and one thing Russia was able to do that the US was not, provide
> transport to and from the ISS for most of the last couple of decades.
>

The USSR and USA were two different countries, with different aims. The
USSR collapsed because Gorbachov (sp?) believed US propoganda and tried
to build a system like the US. The Arrival of `experts' trained in
Harvard soon finished that. At the last elections in Russia, the
Communist party came a close second, and may have actually won.

Many countries mourn old systems whose bad parts have been forgotten.
Walking around the former East Berlin brought shock when I saw swastikas
sprayed on the walls. (About 2005), and now the AFD rules Thuringia.

Will the US survive the midterm? Is facebook and its ilk for the benefit of people


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#221770

FromAndreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
Date2022-08-15 07:44 -0400
Message-ID<87tu6dbuj6.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>
In reply to#221768
On 15 Aug 2022 07:08:31 GMT, maus wrote:
>
> The USSR and USA were two different countries, with different aims. The
> USSR collapsed because Gorbachov (sp?) believed US propoganda and tried
> to build a system like the US. The Arrival of `experts' trained in
> Harvard soon finished that. At the last elections in Russia, the
> Communist party came a close second, and may have actually won.

If won, it would had broken the USSR, pulling the economy down even
more. On the pro side, Putin might not have had come to power.

> Many countries mourn old systems whose bad parts have been forgotten.
> Walking around the former East Berlin brought shock when I saw swastikas
> sprayed on the walls. (About 2005), and now the AFD rules Thuringia.

Until the late 80s the east side of the wall was clean. Graffiti (no
swastikas though I assume) only on the west side.

The (Berlin) wall itself was amazing itself. There is an interesting
video from about 2009 using CGI, showing what it would be like if you
would enter the death strip, plus giving a good history lessons.

If anyone is interested I try to locate it.
-- 
Andreas

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