[Milsurplus] Re, He was instrumental in building the Bombes

[Ron Lawrence]

> I can confirm the truth in old saying about why the British 
> didn't invent the computer, "because they couldn't figure out how to make 
> it leak oil."  No offense meant to our British friends. Just a little good 
> fun :)  

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> Ahem...  Does the name Alan Turing strike a bell? ....  like The Turing 
> Machine? 
> 
> He was instrumental in building the Bombes that broke the German Enigma 
> Cipher, very arguably the first computer, complete with optical paper tape 
> readers. 

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I've seen one of the Bombes and they're almost completely mechanical,
I'm sure they leaked oil. :D


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