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Colossus has been Rebuilt

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-not-the-one-in-sardia dept.

Max Driver writes "In celebration of D-Day, "Colossus", one of the earliest electronic code-breaking machines, has been rebuilt after ten years of effort by computer conservationists. Colossus was used to break the Lorenz cipher. This story is being reported by the BBC. Remarkably, the use of parallel processing (five tape channels) and short gate delay time (1.2 microseconds) allows the Colossus to match the speed of a modern PC."

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  1. Fantastic by RTPMatt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And just try to implement DRM!
    not a chance baby! ;)

  2. Wikipedia on karma whoring by CrystalFalcon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is a Wikipedia article on karma whoring here.

    1. Re:Wikipedia on karma whoring by tehcyder · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Yes, and you don't gain karma for being funny.

      --
      To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
  3. Re:glowbull warmongering funds to be redirected? by SEWilco · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think that is the Mother of All Trolls, but Babelfish couldn't quite handle it properly.