Cryptanalyst alan turing. Prior to his writing career, he worked for the Government Legal Service and then the International Law firm clifford chance. He is currently a trustee of the trust. Trust turing he is also a visiting fellow at oxford. Last but not least, he is a member of the honorary board here at the International Spy museum. And he is a tremendous supporter of our educational efforts at spy. We are excited to have government here today to discuss how enigma was we are excited to have him here today to discuss how enigma was broken with the cooperative efforts of poland, britain, and france. After the presentation, we invite you to walk up to the microphones on each side of the theater and ask questions. There will be plenty of time to ask your questions and get them answered. Please join me in giving a warm welcome to dermot turing. Thank you. [applause] dermot many thanks for the warm welcome. I think it is amazing to see how sincepace has transformed the move last year fr
Cspan and cspan. Org or listen to it on the free cspan radio app. Author and journalist max hastings talks about his book the secret war spies, ciphers and guerrillas. Mr. Hastings argues the rise of electronic and Radio Communication made codebreakers equally if not more important, than spies on the ground. This hourlong talk is part of a multiday conference at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. Good morning, everyone. Its a great pleasure and honor to be here amongst all our attend eaees and speakers for t wonderful day and the whole weekend weve got line up for you. As master of ceremonies, its my responsibility to introduce our speakers and to keep you informed of our schedule and any updates or additions as the day progresses. Most of you in the audience are you seasoned veterans who have attended our programs before. But i do want to stress that due to the tight schedule of great programming, we will stick to the itinerary and timings as closely as we can so as to e
Cspan and cspan. Org or listen to it on the free cspan radio app. Author and journalist max hastings talks about his book the secret war spies, ciphers and guerrillas. Mr. Hastings argues the rise of electronic and Radio Communication made codebreakers equally if not more important, than spies on the ground. This hourlong talk is part of a multiday conference at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. Good morning, everyone. Its a great pleasure and honor to be here amongst all our attend eaees and speakers for t wonderful day and the whole weekend weve got line up for you. As master of ceremonies, its my responsibility to introduce our speakers and to keep you informed of our schedule and any updates or additions as the day progresses. Most of you in the audience are you seasoned veterans who have attended our programs before. But i do want to stress that due to the tight schedule of great programming, we will stick to the itinerary and timings as closely as we can so as to e
Longterm. Unfortunately because of the shortterm thinking that reigned supreme in this question of sustainability hasnt really come up at all. As i said before for all the money the International Community is spending on the Afghan Government to build the judiciary, the parliament to build capacity worldwide money is also going to warlords and strongmen. The u. S. Taxpayer dollars are still going to warlords and strongmen around the country and thats bad in and of itself but its also bad because it ensures continued weakness of the Afghan Government. So adjusting that will be the other aspect of the thing that the u. S. Should do. The last question im left here. You spoke about growing your beard out in getting a motorcycle and going and actually meeting with the taliban warlord. Can you speak a little more about that and were you ever afraid for your life at any point . Well you know, in 2008 in 2009 it was different than it is today. At the time the taliban headache coherent command
In his book the innovators. During this event held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View california mr. Isakson discusses his book with Computer History Museum president and ceo john hollar and then takes audience questions. And now for tonights program program, the history of computing is the ongoing story of how one of the greatest periods of creativity in Human History has been unleashed. It is he even sorts out the real story between the internet. Walter will take us on a journey starting with the distant figures but important figures of john babich. Please join me in welcoming walter isaacson. C thank you john. Its great to be back and this is an amazingly wonderful place. Its such an honor to be back here and you can even reveal my inner geek if you need to. C i think you are about to do that yourself. I grew up soldering ham radios. My dad was an electrical engineer and i love Circuit Boards so its good to get back and write about them. Is that how you originally got i