31 Aug 15
Originally posted by FMF"On 25 July 1939, in Warsaw, the Poles initiated French and British military intelligence representatives into their Enigma-decryption techniques and equipment, including Zygalski sheets and the cryptologic bomb, and promised each delegation a Polish-reconstructed Enigma. The demonstration represented a vital basis for the later British continuation and effort.[3] During the war, British cryptologists decrypted a vast number of messages enciphered on Enigma. The intelligence gleaned from this source, codenamed "Ultra" by the British, was a substantial aid to the Allied war effort.[4]"
When the story of the capture of an 'Enigma machine' from a German U-boat [an absolutely key moment in WW2] was made by American filmmakers, they had to pretend it was Americans who captured it and not the British [i.e. what actually happened] because American audiences would not like to think that it wasn't Americans who captured it and this would have affected how much money the American filmmakers would've made.
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03 Sep 15
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundRed Night Seal of Approval
8. How nobody seems capable of writing a thread anymore that is not a stupid game?
9. How Russ killed all threads over 2000 posts long a while back, but seems happy to let the forum now fill up with puerile muck kept up by trolls who post more than they breathe?
Well said, Huck
05 Sep 15
Originally posted by huckleberryhoundOriginally posted by huckleberryhound
8. How nobody seems capable of writing a thread anymore that is not a stupid game?
9. How Russ killed all threads over 2000 posts long a while back, but seems happy to let the forum now fill up with puerile muck kept up by trolls who post more than they breathe?
"8. How nobody seems capable of writing a thread anymore that is not a stupid game?"
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There's always the option of starting a few of your own (as in light a candle rather than curse the darkness).
Originally posted by huckleberryhound10. How Russ, according to some, has cost himself untold amounts of revenue because he created a system for thumbing down posts. Apparently.
9. How Russ killed all threads over 2000 posts long a while back, but seems happy to let the forum now fill up with puerile muck kept up by trolls who post more than they breathe?
Originally posted by FMFIt's way, WAY better than what existed before: a popularity contest. The opportunity for expressing disagreement or disapproval is paramount in a civil society. Allowing only positive votes denies the independent minds the possibility of equality. Herd mentality is only good for cattle. 'Thinning the herd' through the elimination of the 'cool kids clique' and their cattle followers was necessary.
10. How Russ, according to some, has cost himself untold amounts of revenue because he created a system for thumbing down posts. Apparently.
06 Sep 15
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyFrom the Book of Right on Bob.
Originally posted by huckleberryhound
"8. How nobody seems capable of writing a thread anymore that is not a stupid game?"
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There's always the option of starting a few of your own (as in light a candle rather than curse the darkness).
Originally posted by SuzianneSo you think thumbs down can be a sign of "independent minds"? Grampy Bobby thinks they are a sign of "cowardice". Most people, I'd hazard, are not in the slightest bit concerned by thumbs, be they up or down. 🙂
Allowing only positive votes denies the independent minds the possibility of equality.
06 Sep 15
Originally posted by FMF"there you go again misrepresenting his comments in context." ~child anon
So you think thumbs down can be a sign of "independent minds"? Grampy Bobby thinks they are a sign of "cowardice". Most people, I'd hazard, are not in the slightest bit concerned by thumbs, be they up or down. 🙂