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Alan Turing Papers On Code Breaking Released By GCHQ

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-it-out dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:Alan Turing's Work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, I'm so hurt because a fag defender cried about my post. The dude was a fudge packing pervert. Get over it

    Given all the evidence about the negative health effects of smoking, I can't see how anybody can defend fags these days.
    Especially by, of all people, those who work in food/confection preparation and service jobs.

  2. Re:No direct links in the TFA by JaneTheIgnorantSlut · · Score: 3, Funny

    Turing is probably spinning in his grave trying to decode the meaning of the words "available" and "public" in the archive's announcements.

  3. It wasn't the importance by joss · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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