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Bletchley Park WWII Staff Finally Recognized
99luftballon writes "Nearly 70 years after Station X (aka the Bletchley Park cryptanalysis unit) was set up, the surviving members are to be honored by the British government. Bletchley was one of the most important computing centers of its time and housed giants of the technology industry (as it was) like Tommy Flowers, who built Colossus, and Dr. Alan Turing. I was lucky enough to meet one of the staff at the site 11 years ago, and she was very bitter that their work was never recognized, and that they were bound by the Official Secrets Act and couldn't talk about it. It's just a shame that so few of the staff are still alive to receive the award."
It creeps the Queen out when she has to pin something onto a corpse.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
FTA, "like Tommy Flowers, who built Colossus, and Dr. Alan Turing"
I believe we only have Mr. Flowers to blame. If he'd built Mr. Turing as just a regular heterosexual, he would've been a lot better off!
Congratulations on being the first one to bring the word asshole into a conversation about a gay man. Dickweed.
I say things which affects my Karma negatively. (and I don't care) For instance; All religion is false.
Not if she uses her majesties' crossbow.
In Australia, we have a (very common) saying ... Pommy Bastards!
Now the rest of the world might understand what we mean!
It creeps the Queen out when she has to pin something onto a corpse.
That's why Philip has to put his own medals on in the morning.