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Alan Turing Papers On Code Breaking Released By GCHQ
peetm writes "Two 70-year-old papers by Alan Turing on the theory of code breaking have been released by the government's communications headquarters, GCHQ. It is believed Turing wrote the papers while at Bletchley Park working on breaking German Enigma codes. A GCHQ mathematician said the fact that the contents had been restricted 'shows what a tremendous importance it has in the foundations of our subject.'"
I can't find any links to the "released" papers. No fanfare on http://www.gchq.gov.uk/.
Anyone?
Alan Turing's work continues to demonstrate "what a tremendous importance it has in the foundations" of computing technology in general, not just crypto.
one wonders what else is there if they are only releasing these now ?
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John Jones
I love how Turing articles never mention what the British did to him. Still makes me sick every time I think about it.
This is how humans treat their best and brightest.
"Alan Turing just had brilliant ideas way ahead of their time which were terribly important to the future of the world if you like," Mr Harper said.
I kinda wish geniuses like Turing were rewarded as well as a second string shortstop or bench warming basketball player.
I am going to The Pirate Bay now. If the papers are not there, I shall be sorely disappointed.
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I think 30 million dead Russians had something to do with that as well. Not to diminish Turing's contribution, but how much did it matter compared to that?
Fuck the British Government on Turing. They used him when they needed him during the war then later they prosecuted him for the crime of homosexuality. His code breaking saved thousands of lives and this how they thanked him.
I see a story but it's devoid of links. Does anybody know where the papers can be downloaded?
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He, along with others, shortened the length of the war. So you had 30 million dead Russian instead of 60, 90, or god knows how many million dead Russians. And dead various other nationalities come to that. I'd say they both mattered, one shortened the war, one ensured it wasn't lost in the mean time.
Yeah, I had a sig once; I got bored of it.
They had to wait for the statue of limitations to run out otherwise he could have been posthumously deported to US for DMCA violations.
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He packed fudge up Dönitz and Hitler's ass so hard they cried uncle!
Farnsworth & Curly are at whiteboard (/chalkboard/screen/whatever) trying to solve how to repair tear in space-time (or whatever it was) when Curly responds to Farnsworth's conclusion.
Curly: "but that would take a DOOMSDAY weapon!"
Farnsworth: "DOOMSDAY weapon, you say? I suppose I could spare ONE and still be feared..."
{opens door to warehouse FULL of various doomsday weapons}
my favorite line/scene in the entire series!
Notice I said "the sacrifice of millions of other men and women". Yes, that includes the Russians. I didn't say "millions of British" or any other nationality for that matter. Would you prefer it if I mentioned every nationality that fought with the Allies in WWII? The contributions of the Australians, the Indians, the Canadians, the brave Polish, Dutch, and French resistance members, numerous other states, even the people of Crete were just as important as that of Russia, because while they may not have contributed in the numbers the Russians did, they were willing to dedicated their lives, and in many cases gave their lives, in order to keep the world free. To pick out and name one nationality would be wrong.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil