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The Most Awesome Codebreaker in World War II Was a Woman

posted by janrinok on Monday January 01 2018, @02:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the Jryy-Qbar dept.

Fnord666 writes:

One married couple was responsible for the foundations of modern code breaking, and the principles that gave the NSA a head start in cryptanalysis. Though the husband, William Friedman, is usually apportioned the lion's share of the credit, his wife Elizebeth Friedman was in every way his equal. During World War II, both worked under total secrecy, and only now are we learning about Elizebeth's critical work uncovering the secrets of Nazi spies—and cracking the codes of the notorious "Doll Lady" suspected of working for the Japanese.

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/world-war-2-codebreakers-elizebeth-smith-friedman/

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @03:43AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @03:43AM (#616334)

    Is "awesomeness" a scientifically-measureable phenomenon?

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @03:45AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @03:45AM (#616336)

    It's code for the banality of the publication.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @04:00AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @04:00AM (#616338)

    Yes, when males do something important it's average but when a female does something good it's "awesome". Every such article written by a creepy "male feminist ally" and that is a scientifically-measurable phenomenon.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @04:35AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @04:35AM (#616344)

      Also age.
      When a young male teen builds a Farnsworth-Hirsch fusor the media jizzes in their pants. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
      When your career culminates in the completion of a 500 MW tokamak reactor, media silence.

      You'll know when a female teen builds a baking soda volcano, because you'll be gagging and drowning in jizz.

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @04:39AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @04:39AM (#616346)

        Or an alarm clock in high school.

        • (Score: 2) by chromas on Monday January 01 2018, @05:44AM

          by chromas (34) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 01 2018, @05:44AM (#616360) Journal

          I wish I could get fame, fortune, free scholarships and meet the Prez and astronauts just for putting clock guts into a briefcase. Damn White Privilege™.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @01:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @01:18PM (#616406)

    I detect pussy envy, Must be hard to be you.