Neo said it best when he said Woah!

Date: 1 Jun 2004 06:27 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ngarewyrd.livejournal.com
By current computing standards it was fast, according to Mr Sale.

He argues that the original Colossus was so powerful, it would take current computers the same amount of time to break codes.


Damn me, that's impressive indeed.. Obviously he's talking about home desktop systems, I doubt VERY much that Colossus was so powerful that it could operate at the same speeds as some of the supercomputers around today. But even so..

Daayam!

Re: Neo said it best when he said Woah!

Date: 2 Jun 2004 21:26 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elektron.livejournal.com
Doubtful, considering the ENIAC was slower than a modern scientific calculator.

Re: Neo said it best when he said Woah!

Date: 2 Jun 2004 23:45 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ngarewyrd.livejournal.com
ENIAC was a glorified Calculator designed for ballistics calculation, Collossus was built for Cracking ENIGMA, I think there's a world of difference between ENIAC and Collossus both in ability, and calculation power.

Granted, Turing was a genius *nods* it's a shame he was taken from us at an early age due to his 'actions inappropriate to society'

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