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In just 4 years it was a status symbol for the g.d.r. leadership. today it's a symbol for a unified country and its capital city. tolson brinkman has been working here since 1904 and gets to see places nobody can access. the view from the antenna platform at a height of 246 meters is exceptional. to this day it remains an important communication tower for t.v. and radio. print in the church really speaking i think it's an impressive tower fall and the engineering is especially significant the stuff they came up with back then using slide rules and much older equipment is remarkable the same am...

246 meters for example. you told me it's an architectural achievement and above all a mosque the full piece of engineering my colleagues thought up using slide rules and glass is quite remarkable. the burn in television is not just a tool for the tourists it's also a very special building that can tell many times about the division of germany and reunification. and here with me now is do w. cultures dream candidate adrian this tower was supposed to demonstrate the achievements sapir you already would say communist east germany did it really well it is testimony to german engineering but i have...

Meters for example. he told me it's an architectural achievement and above all a mosque the full piece of engineering my colleagues thought using slide rules and glass is quite remarkable. the burn in television is not just a draw for the tourists it's also a very special building that can tell many tiles about the division of germany and reunification. and here with me now is do w. cultures dream candidate adrian this tower was supposed to demonstrate the achievements sapir you already would say of communist east germany did it really well is testimony to german engineering not only east germ...

Apple. is there anything that apple is doing right now that makes you think that it won't eventually lose its dominance, the way that ibm did? >> that's the question. blackberry, aol, name all kind -- slide rules, typewriters. any time you have a magnificent castle on the hill, people will try to take it away from you. >> you wouldn't buy it if you thought the castle was falling apart. why do you like tim cook? why do you think he's so effective? >> i don't know what's in his genes or anything. but he is a very, very good manager. just because he succeeded, steve jobs, who is this guy, we know...

That are no longer there. >> we count on that as much as we do in the courts. look at how watergate what you are all thinking about now how it took place. the judge public apintee hanging judge, he did it a republican employee. sam irving did it. he did it. people come to the job and do it in remarkably wonderful ways perform the duties they were assigned to and the oath they took. they do it and those people are the ones save the squares, the guys with the pocket protecters, the guys that used to use slide rules. the people that put astronauts into the air, the people that make sure the syste...