Cryptography and stone tool: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Cryptography — is used in — Colossus. It broke the Lorenz cipher.
2. Step 2. Colossus — is made of — Paper. The data is on paper punched tape.
3. Step 3. Paper — is material for — Fire lance. The barrel of a fire lance is a paper or bamboo tube.
4. Step 4. Fire lance — evolved from — Spear. The fire lance was a spear with a tube of gunpowder — the first step to firearms.
5. Step 5. Spear — has part — Stone tool. Early spearheads were made of stone.

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