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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.

2 of 423 comments (clear)

  1. Re: Free Mal_Vu by stanwirth · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Contrary to popular belief, mal_vu didn't really pass a Turing test -- she would have had to fool real people as well as FBI agents.

  2. MODS - PARENT NOT OFFTOPIC by skifreak87 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    As can be seen by the comment at the top of page now (9:48 EDT), Turing commited suicide by eating a cyanide-laced apple. Re-read the comment and decide again if you think it's offtopic (don't forget offtopic/overrated lower karma while funny doesn't raise it)