Re: 70 years ago today

From	scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: 70 years ago today
Date	2014-06-06 18:10 +0000
Organization	USS Voyager NCC-74656, Delta Quadrant
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References	<lmsf7i$3nu$1@dont-email.me> <87mwdq3yiq.fsf@debian.uxu> <060620141813583019%timstreater@greenbee.net>

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In article <060620141813583019%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
Tim Streater  <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>In article <87mwdq3yiq.fsf@debian.uxu>, Emanuel Berg
><embe8573@student.uu.se> wrote:
>> Do you know if they (or the Germans) used any
>> technology that borders to today's IT and computers?
>> Though it would in any case be a minor-minor-minor
>> impact on the battlefield events, it could be
>> interesting to know nonetheless.
>
>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.

Speaking of WWII, codes, and codebreaking, the last of the codetalkers
passed away just two days ago.  It took a few tries to find a link without
some infernal auto-playing video, but here you go:

http://time.com/2823322/navajo-code-talkers/

Using the words of an Indian language as metaphor for military operations
was clever.  To some extent, I suppose it was security through obscurity,
but it was undeniably effective: the Japanese never cracked it.

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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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