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Higgins, Reynold (1988). "The Colossus of Rhodes". In Clayton, Peter A.; Price, Martin Jessop (eds.). The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Psychology Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780415050364. As an example: a set of runs for a message tape might initially involve two chi wheels, as in Tutte's 1+2 algorithm. Such a two-wheel run was called a long run, taking on average eight minutes unless the parallelism was utilised to cut the time by a factor of five. The subsequent runs might only involve setting one chi wheel, giving a short run taking about two minutes. Initially, after the initial long run, the choice of the next algorithm to be tried was specified by the cryptanalyst. Experience showed, however, that decision trees for this iterative process could be produced for use by the Wren operators in a proportion of cases. [66] Influence and fate [ edit ] By the end of the war, 63 million characters of high-grade German communications had been decrypted by 550 people helped by the ten Colossus computers. Good, Michie & Timms 1945, 1 Introduction: 11 German Tunny, 11E The Tunny Network, (b) Wheel-breaking and Setting, p. 15. By VE-Day with ten Colossi, seven were used for "wheel setting" and 3 for "wheel breaking". [62] Programming [ edit ] Colossus K2 switch panel showing switches for specifying the algorithm (on the left) and the counters to be selected (on the right). Colossus 'set total' switch panel

Archaeologist Ursula Vedder postulates that the Colossus was not located in the harbour area at all, but rather was part of the Acropolis of Rhodes, which stood on a hill that overlooks the port area. The ruins of a large temple, traditionally thought to have been dedicated to Apollo, are situated at the highest point of the hill. Vedder believes that the structure would actually have been a Helios sanctuary, and a portion of its enormous stone foundation could have served as the supporting platform for the Colossus. [26] Modern Colossus projects [ edit ] I attempted to find the exact weight of a K-14 for context and reference, but the closest I could come to when searching for Russian submarines was this: After the events of Schism, Kitty Pryde attempted to convince him to go with her to Westchester. Colossus chose to remain on Utopia however, stating that with all that he carried inside himself as the Juggernaut, he was not fit to be around children, effectively ending their relationship. [90] He then joined Cyclops' Extinction Team. During a mission to Tabula Rasa in which Colossus fought a number of monsters in search for his sister, he was shown to take on aspects of Cyttorak, including spikes and claws. After being calmed down by his sister, however, these aspects vanished. Eventually, he volunteered to be imprisoned alongside his sister due to being afraid of losing control of himself. Engineering aspects of the collapse of the Colossus of Rhodes statue. International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms. Springer. 2004. pp.69–85. ISBN 978-1-4020-2203-6. Barber, Nicola (21 December 2015). Who Broke the Wartime Codes?. Capstone. ISBN 9781484635599 . Retrieved 26 October 2017– via Google Books.

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Gannon, Paul (2006). Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret. London: Atlantic Books. ISBN 1-84354-330-3.

An overview of Colossus, the world's first large-scale electronic computer. (more) See all videos for this article Small, Albert W. (December 1944), The Special Fish Report describes the operation of Colossus in breaking Tunny messagesIn this article, we will explore the differences between juggernauts and colossi and examine some examples of each in various contexts. Define Juggernaut Good, Michie & Timms 1945, 24 – Rectangling: 24B Making and Entering Rectangles pp. 114–115, 119–120. Hinsley, F. H.; Stripp, Alan (2001). "PART THREE: Fish". Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280132-6 . Retrieved 26 October 2017– via Google Books. Good, I. J. (1980), "Pioneering Work on Computers at Bletchley", in Metropolis, Nicholas; Howlett, J.; Rota, Gian-Carlo (eds.), A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century, New York: Academic Press, ISBN 0124916503

Lavington, S. H. (July 1977), "The Manchester Mark 1 and Atlas: a Historical Perspective" (PDF), Communications of the ACM, 21 (1): 4–12, doi: 10.1145/359327.359331, S2CID 10301670, archived (PDF) from the original on 14 January 2004 , retrieved 8 February 2009a b Good, Michie & Timms 1945, 1 Introduction: 11 German Tunny, 11C Wheel Patterns, (b) Differenced and Undifferenced Wheels, p. 11. Philo of Byzantium wrote in De septem mundi miraculis that Chares created the sculpture in situ by casting it in horizontal courses and then placing "...a huge mound of earth around each section as soon as it was completed, thus burying the finished work under the accumulated earth, and carrying out the casting of the next part on the level." [15] Born to a simple farm life in Russia, Piotr Rasputin is a mutant with the ability to transform his body into steel, which grants him phenomenal strength as Colossus. He was approached by Professor Xavier with a chance to change the world for mutants as a member of the X-Men. [17] As a gifted painter, Colossus gradually witnessed his simple life drastically change due to the adventures and complexities related to his duty as an X-Man. [18] Even in face of tragedies, he has maintained his role as a fighter for most of his life to build a better society for mutants and humans. [19]

Juggernaut is a term that originates from the Hindu god Jagannath, which means “lord of the world.” In modern usage, it refers to a massive, unstoppable force or entity that is difficult to control or defeat. The term is often used to describe a powerful political or economic force, such as a corporation or government, that is able to dominate its competitors and exert significant influence over society. Define Colossus Superhuman Stamina: As the Juggernaut, Colossus's body generated no fatigue toxins during physical activity, granting him limitless superhuman stamina in all physical activities. He was not deterred by physical pain and did not tire while exerting. [89] As to his strength being "displayed consistently", well...that's a bit more dicey. To my knowledge, no marvel hero has had their strengths be "consistent" throughout an entire series; on the plus side, they tend to grow over time, like any well trained skill or muscle. On the other, retcons can change reasons or rationale behind powers. Plotwise, we have seen abilities falter or things that shouldn't happen to them happen, just as a result of the story needing to progress. Colossus is subject to this same happening; yes his overall powers will always remain the same, but their "extent" can depend heavily on the writer, the context, and the demands of story, plot and drama. Modern engineers have put forward a plausible hypothesis for the statue's construction, based on the technology of the time (which was not based on the modern principles of earthquake engineering), and the accounts of Philo and Pliny, who saw and described the ruins. [16]a b Budge, E.A. Wallis (1932). The Chronography of Gregory Abu'l-Faraj. Vol.I. Amsterdam, NL: APA – Philo Pres. p.98. Colossus is a mutant whose powers were due to his cellular replacement of his organic structure with an extra-dimensional organic osmium steel. This allowed his body to increase his physical resilience and superhuman strength. Flowers, Thomas H. (1983), "The Design of Colossus", Annals of the History of Computing, 5 (3): 239–252, doi: 10.1109/MAHC.1983.10079, S2CID 39816473 It is regretted that it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the fascination of a Colossus at work; its sheer bulk and apparent complexity; the fantastic speed of thin paper tape round the glittering pulleys; the childish pleasure of not-not, span, print main header and other gadgets; the wizardry of purely mechanical decoding letter by letter (one novice thought she was being hoaxed); the uncanny action of the typewriter in printing the correct scores without and beyond human aid; the stepping of the display; periods of eager expectation culminating in the sudden appearance of the longed-for score; and the strange rhythms characterizing every type of run: the stately break-in, the erratic short run, the regularity of wheel-breaking, the stolid rectangle interrupted by the wild leaps of the carriage-return, the frantic chatter of a motor run, even the ludicrous frenzy of hosts of bogus scores. [79] Reconstruction [ edit ] A team led by Tony Sale (right) reconstructed a Colossus Mark II at Bletchley Park. Here, in 2006, Sale supervises the breaking of an enciphered message with the completed machine. As Abdol showed off his newfound powers, Colossus and the X-Men tried to figure out how to defeat him. Colossus eventually came with the idea to call Cyttorak and strike a deal with him. In the presence of Cyttorak, Colossus dared him to give him enough power to kill even the Crimson Demon himself and challenged him to a fight to the death. Cyttorak enjoyed the idea, but he instead gave the power to Marko, who became the Juggernaut once again. With more power than ever before, Marko defeated Abdol. [104]