Cryptonomicon is good fiction. If any of this discussion has piqued anyone's curiousity, I highly recccomend 'the code book'
On Feb 26, 2011 9:23 PM, "Ben Okopnik" <[email protected]> wrote: On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 02:02:39PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > > Jan and I read the bo... That _was_ a fun book. One thing that made it even more interesting and gave it even more depth was the very different perspective of the Enigma (and all the math behind it) provided by Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon". For me, it held special interest since almost all of the people involved in that process, at least on the Allied side, were heavily involved in the development of modern computer theory. > Finally, the book claimed the first programmable electrical computers were > made in England for... Norm, I'm overwhelmed by your kind regard - thank you! - but I don't think I'm quite up to "brilliant". I do think of myself as rather smart and reasonably well educated, but I know a number of people who make me bite my lips with envy at their wisdom, their acuity in reasoning, and their depth of knowledge. To (mis)quote Izaak Walton, "I envy not him that eats better meat than I do; nor him that is richer, or that wears better clothes than I do; I envy him, and him only, that knows more and thinks better than I do." The day I die, my biggest regret will be that I didn't have more time to learn more things about this fascinating world I live in. Ben -- OKOPNIK CONSULTING Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com http://twitter.com/okopnik _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline....
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