A Neal Stephenson thing from the BBC news site really but the Colossus machine (one of the first ever programmable computers) has been rebuilt and will be pitted against a modern PC to break codes sent from a 1942 Lorenz SZ42 machine. Originally Colossus could do the task in hours but it’ll be interesting to [...]
SF Scope has a short piece saying the Tim Powers will be chatting live at this website as part of the Writers of the Future series of talks. He’s scheduled for 5 pm to 7pm Pacific time (about eight hours behind GMT) or perhaps one for the nightowls or fun to checkout afterwards.
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Ray Winstone is interviewed by the Times today about his role in Beowulf which opens tomorrow and gently points out that skin tight body suits do not become a man in his fifties with a one pack. I’d never go to see a film with him in it to see him but everytime I’ve either [...]