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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:59:36 -0700, "Bill McKee"
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:47:38 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Oct 22, 5:18 pm, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:13:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Oct 22, 4:04 pm, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:59:48 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Oct 22, 1:54 pm, John H. wrote:

How about, no trashing, perid?

John, i love talking with you man, but I think I'm starting to get
to
you.

Hey, did you get my email response.

(You know, the secret stuff....)

I haven't checked yet, but I'll do it now. My Cracker Jack Super
Duper
Decoder Ring doesn't go back that far. i wish I had one of those old
WW2 German machines They used on their U-Boats (boating content
provided) to crack the code, though.

I think that was called the Wehrmacht Enigma machine, Tim. The
British eventually captured one. It was too big for a Cracker Jacks
box, though. :)

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Yeah, too big for a Cracker Jack Box, and I doubt if you could buy one
with Bazooka Joe comics even if you owned the gum factory..

I knew it was Enigma, and saw the documentary on how it was captured,
but i couldn't believe that it's secrets were held classified for so
many years. 50 I believe?

I hardly watch television anymore; but, I do remember watching a
documentary on the History Channel years ago on the Enigma machine and
its capture. It's probably the same one. I think I first read about
the Enigma in a John Toland book, back in High School - a long, long,
time ago...



The machine was reverse engineered by a mathematician in Dayton, OH and
ones
were constructed by a bunch of women under top secrecy in Building 31 of
the
National Cash Register Co. Years later I took classes in the same
building,
and did not find out about the Enigma development till years later.
Great
story. So NCR did other things besides cash registers and accounting
machines in those days.


I'm trying to recall if I had actually read about it in a John Toland
history book or if it was something that was part of the material that
we covered in electronic warfare training in MI. Maybe it was both. I
remember seeing an old film on it's design and how it was used to send
communiques, and that must have been during AIT. That was all such a
long time ago, though, that it all becomes a bit of a blur.

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History or Discovery channel had a good show on it.