Alan Turing New Face of 50 Pound Note

[John Newman]

An early enigma was constructed sight unseen based on 
encrypted intercepts, in 1932 I believe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Rejewski

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma



On July 15, 2019 11:34:34 PM UTC, jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>They stole the machine, I believe. 
> 
>On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 14:50, John Newman<jnn at synfin.org> wrote:   The
>Polish cryptologists don't get nearly enough credit 
>for cracking enigma. Not to say Turing was a dummy or
>anything, but he had a hell of a head start.
>
>
>
>On July 15, 2019 7:02:40 PM UTC, "\0xDynamite"
><dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
>>Alan Turing:  homosexual, but not gay.
>>
>>Boom.  And like that I struck the head of the cogniscente....
>>
>>
>>
>>On 7/15/19, jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>  I would say that it must have been frustrating for such a genius to
>>be
>>> stuck in a world with such primitive devices and processes, but
>>really,
>>> everyone is stuck in the same position.                    Jim Bell
>>>
>>>    On Monday, July 15, 2019, 07:17:04 AM PDT, John Young
>><jya at pipeline.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48962557#share-tools
>>>
>>>
>>>  
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