glad you made a blog about this, i'm loving google today! even though i don't appear to be smart enough to play about with it properly hehe, really fascinating article though thankyou for sharing x

that's really interesting.
Gives me something to read this morning.
totally random I was just thinking I need to come back to scotland.
I believe I'll do so sometime next year

Very sad when such a talented life is lost, especially under odd circumstances. I am going to go read more about him <3

Sometimes it's easier to respect and reflect, then wonder

I'm not a comuter boffin, but Turing is one of my personal heroes. A mind so sharp its scary.
The bbcs been running serioes of articles all week about him which have been fascinating. todays was intersting too though i'm never sure if people suggest this type of thing simply to get their own name in print...

Thank you so much for writing this! Alan Turing is one of the giants on whose shoulders I stand.

very interesting indeed.

I've been banging my head against some of Turing's work since... well since a long long time ago. It startled me today when someone here asked who he was. His death was a true tragedy, and reflects poorly on his peers, as he was a hero on many levels, worthy of our respect and gratitude.

Tragic though his story is it's an amazing focus for so many different threads, his sexuality, his undoubted intelligence, his ability to look forward and see what might be possible and his tragic story and then how he has been portrayed in the media since (the film called Enigma seemed to re-write history for hollywood and had a lead who was heterosexual and not gay)
The other story that is so fascinating is how Bletchley Park during ww2 was staffed mainly by women and they worked the machines and did most of the code breaking. and i love the stories that the machines that were all valves and generated lots of heat needed to be switched on constantly and made the rooms so hot that the women working on them often just worked in their underwear lol ... now there's an idea for a set

When ever I hear a story about someone remarkable like Alan Turing - I think of human potential lost. Tip of an iceberg - - how many others stories we have not heard; how many lives stunted - never tried, expressed to the fullest because of intolerance, ignorance and predudice - sheer stupidity ? i do not mean only those who could contribute to the gross national product - - - how many might have pointed a new way - a way which benefits all - multiplies the quality of life for many ? I firmly believe much of the *evil* in the world is the result of throwing away pieces of this jigsaw puzzle ! Too different a shape - too unusual.

thank you for standing out my friend !
- kiss

I think my favourite quote is that now he wouldn't have been punished for being gay, he'd have been punished for being clever. Also; expect a postcard - went to the Summer Exhibition at the RA today! It was the most consistently decent assortment there's been in about five years.

Great post. My favorite quote about Bletchley Park and the Ultra decryptions, from Stephen E. Ambrose:

Quite interesting.