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Marking 50 Years Since Alan Turing's Death

Posted by timothy on from the actual-tragedy dept.

erroneous writes "Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Alan Turing: mathematician, code breaker, and computer pioneer. He was today commemorated in his home city of Manchester, UK." Here are stories at the BBC and at The Register.

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  1. Turing Test by daeley · · Score: 5, Funny

    [l337_h4x0r] alan d00d r u 4 real?

    [aturing@thegreatbeyond.net] Yes.

    [l337_h4x0r] u r a b0t.

    [aturing@thegreatbeyond.net] Damnit, for the last time, I am not a bot!

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    1. Re:Turing Test by Babbster · · Score: 3, Funny

      That would be a failure of the Turing test if only because everybody knows no real person use right words 'n marks (or "uses correct grammer and punctuation," if you will - I don't want to be accused of using a post bot).

  2. Easily the greatest Mancurian of all time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right up there with Shaun Ryder and Ian Brown. And that guy from the Inspiral Carpets, whatsisface.

  3. Godwin's Law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hey guys! This is one of those few stories on Slashdot where we can talk about nazis without anyone invoking Godwin's law!

  4. 50/50 by fishbert42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    50 years since Turing's death... 50 hours since Reagan's death...

    Coincidence? Well, yeah, probably.

  5. And remember! by Stormie · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..there's no umlaut in Türing!

    1. Re:And remember! by user+no.+590291 · · Score: 4, Funny

      There will be an umlaut in him later!

  6. Buried his money, forgot where it was by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Turing buried some silver bars for safekeeping during the war, but forgot where he buried them.

  7. Re:Killed by the society he saved. by GuyMannDude · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unfortunately, that's the way we geeks get treated a lot of times.

    Too bad Turning didn't chose a different approach to dealing with ungrateful masses.

    GMD

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    watch this
  8. Didn't he invent... by KC7GR · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...the Turist Trap?

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    Bruce Lane, KC7GR,

    Blue Feather Technologies

  9. Re:Symbolism of the poisoned apple by Wordsmith · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or maybe a computer indistinguishable from Turing ...

  10. Re:It's quite a tragic story by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 2, Funny

    So in other words, you don't know dick.

    Sorry. I have poor impulse control.

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  11. Re:Killed by the society he saved. by trawg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Frogs changing sex!? Man, I hope noone ever accidentally incorporates frog DNA if they, for example, try to clone dinosaurs. Imagine the chaos that would ensue!