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One more mind blowing feature of the colussus / lorenz decrypt work was using humans to act as ADC's , to read the intercepted transmitted analog teleprinter signals and turn them into the equivalent digital teleprinter punched tape.

Oh, and the Golf seemed to like the motorway cruising at the 70mph speed limit on the way back. Which is just as well as diesel here is north of 1.41 quid / liter. Don't think I'm moving back just yet.

Finally made it to Bletchley Park, Home of the UK WWII decryption efforts that cracked the enigma code (all without the help of Jon Bon Jovi The background story of the early days of computing is interesting enough in its own right, but itn was fascinating talking to the volunteers involved in the bombe and colossus rebuild projects. It takes a certain kind of dedication to bring back to life these early computing devices from only limited and incomplete information.Plenty of details, but just to pick a few specificsThe Bombe weighed about a ton, and had its own total loss lubrication system with a two pint reservoir. They had to retool and remanufacture this from scratch. Truly impressive.How Many computing devices do you know need an oil pan under them to catch the drips.Colussus. Worlds first digital, electronic, stored programme computer. 2500 Tubes, draws 8KW.A very rewarding day for something that for 30 years was an untold story.

Happy birthday DP!

Mini ploughman's. Mini Melton Mowbrey pork pie, Extra Mature Farm house Cheddar, pickle.

You know you're in England when you can get this from the supermarket (Tesco) cafe

Who you calling crazy?

Congrat!

I felt strangely drawn to this market stall, for some reason. Where I felt obliged to sample their wares.

A mini pain au chocolat that turned out to be more chocolat than pain NTTAWWT

Slightly better this morning

Right you are. I was thinking of this … Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Oh Noes! The Horror! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/13/bacon_crisis/

^Or rotate it to landscape mode and two thumb it

Mobile data rate late at night from my mums. I can live with this while I'm here

He said that was his favourite brew of the moment, and was not for sharing as it demanded to be drunk on its own, unadulterated by lesser brews. Plus it's exotic as far as he's concerned.

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Had an interesting conversation with Dave, the owner of www.bottle-shop.co.UK

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^ We are sorry... We could not process your order. The sale of MP3 Downloads is currently only available to US customers. Please refer to the terms of use of the MP3 store to determine the geographical restrictions. We apologize for any inconvenience this have caused you. So much for buying on holiday ... :'( Which is strange as my Amazon account has a US address and CC. Anyone know when the deal is due to expire? Can you gift it ? (E.g. for when I get back to US) Kindle HD range looks interesting.

Three courses with our own tame local Parisian