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On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 23:40:52 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
> 
>>>> Why d'ye think it would be minor? If you can read the other side's
>>>> codes, and they don't know it, it can make a huge difference.
>>> It can, but it didn't.
>>
>> Except that it did.
> 
> I you think a computer -- in the 40s -- in a war in which millions lost
> their lives in warfare that had nothing to do with computers whatsoever,
> that doesn't deserve any serious discussion.

Then you have no idea. The use of that computer, and the work that went 
with it, saved thousands of lives and materially shortened the war.



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70 years ago today Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-06 13:20 +0000
  Re: 70 years ago today Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> - 2014-06-06 16:26 +0200
    Re: 70 years ago today Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-06 14:31 +0000
      Re: 70 years ago today Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-06 16:59 +0100
    Re: 70 years ago today Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-06 16:45 +0000
    Re: 70 years ago today Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-06 18:13 +0100
      Re: 70 years ago today Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-06 17:20 +0000
      Re: 70 years ago today scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-06-06 18:10 +0000
      Re: 70 years ago today Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> - 2014-06-06 22:26 +0200
        Re: 70 years ago today Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-06 21:15 +0000
          Re: 70 years ago today Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> - 2014-06-06 23:40 +0200
            Re: 70 years ago today Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-07 17:53 +0000
            Re: 70 years ago today Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-06-07 23:27 +0000
              Re: 70 years ago today Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> - 2014-06-08 18:30 +0200
                Re: 70 years ago today David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-06-08 12:38 -0700
                Re: 70 years ago today Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> - 2014-06-08 21:55 +0200
                Re: 70 years ago today Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-08 23:46 +0100
                Re: 70 years ago today Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-06-08 19:42 -0600
                Re: 70 years ago today Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-09 10:42 +0100
                Re: 70 years ago today Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-06-09 14:19 -0500
        Re: 70 years ago today Philip Shaw <jnufcvyvuc@tznvy.pbz> - 2014-06-10 14:47 +0000
    Re: 70 years ago today greymausg@mail.com - 2014-06-06 17:59 +0000
      Re: 70 years ago today Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-06-07 18:58 +0100
        Re: 70 years ago today Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> - 2014-06-08 00:15 +0200
        Re: 70 years ago today Jon Lane <jon@dorsal.tk> - 2014-06-25 17:15 +0000
  Re: 70 years ago today MG <marcogbNO@SPAMxs4all.nl> - 2014-06-07 15:16 +0200
  Re: 70 years ago today Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-06-07 18:46 +0200
  Re: 70 years ago today hlexa@hotmail.com (Axel Hammerschmidt) - 2014-06-08 20:13 +0200
  Re: 70 years ago today RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-09 10:16 +0000
    Re: 70 years ago today MG <marcogbNO@SPAMxs4all.nl> - 2014-06-12 13:15 +0200
      Re: 70 years ago today Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-12 15:07 +0100
        Re: 70 years ago today MG <marcogbNO@SPAMxs4all.nl> - 2014-06-12 23:14 +0200
          Re: 70 years ago today Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-06-12 22:41 +0100

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