John Wright Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 may not have committed suicide but been victim of judicial cover up and poor police investigation http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18561092 note how he was treated and persecuted, how things have changed. He was instrumental in decoding Nazi Enigma code machines in WW2 and played a pivotal role in inventing computers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18440557 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 A brilliant man who deserved so much better. I'm not going to say any more than that, we are our own worst enemy at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyrotten Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Also unsung is Tommy Flowers, the GPO engineer who invented Colossus, the computer which did all the heavyweight number-crunching of Turing's brilliant mathematics. It was so good and so clever that he was never allowed to mention it, never mind take credit, and when the Americans "invented" the computer in 1950, Flowers was still not allowed to claim credit for his work, because so many governments still used versions of the 'unbreakable' Enigma, and GCHQ was happily reading their secret traffic more or less at will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Today's Google Doodle is a Turing Machine - I've wasted ages playing with it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I read that BBC article too. Brilliant man but what cruelty he suffered because of his homosexuality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 http://www.turingfil...from-australia# Good film shown recently in Australia. Perpetuates the link with Apple logo which may not be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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