On Wednesday, 4 May 2016 07:00:17 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > "A quine is a non-empty computer program which takes no input and > produces a copy of its own source code as its only output." -- > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_%28computing%29 > > World War Ⅱ voice encryption used by Allies. Claude Shannon and Alan > Turing involved. One-time pad in the form of a white-noise record. > Weighed 50 tons. One installation was 200ft underground beneath > Selfridges. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGSALY
and: Film Star Hedy Lamarr (I think I said Dorothy Lamour at the time) who indirectly invented the frequency hopping radio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr Apart from that we discussed the merits and demerits of hybrid engines in the light of the Chancellor's removal of Road Tax concessions from all but zero emissions vehicles: http://www.which.co.uk/news/2016/03/one-year-left-to-buy-a-hybrid-free-of-car-tax-437790/ I hadn't realised that Chelsea Tractors and other planet killers will actually benefit while the greener cars will be penalised. Someone has their priorities back to front. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-06-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
