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Lost Turing Letters Give Unique Insight Into His Academic Life Prior To Death (manchester.ac.uk)
bellwould shares a report from The University of Manchester. From the report: A lost and unique collection of letters and correspondence from the late Alan Turing has been found in an old filing cabinet in a storeroom at the University of Manchester. The file's content, which potentially hasn't seen the light of day for at least 30 years, dates from early 1949 until Turing's death in June 1954. Altogether there are 148 documents, including a letter from GCHQ, a handwritten draft BBC radio program about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and offers to lecture from some of America's most famous universities, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
... [T]he letters do give a unique glimpse into his every day working life at the time of these events. Plus, some documents also give a brief insight into some of his more forthright personal opinions. For example, his response to a conference invitation to the U.S. in April 1953 is simply, "I would not like the journey, and I detest America." The collection of papers has been sorted, catalogued and stored at the University's Library by Archivist, James Peters. The documents themselves were found by Professor Jim Miles of the School of Computer Science.
... [T]he letters do give a unique glimpse into his every day working life at the time of these events. Plus, some documents also give a brief insight into some of his more forthright personal opinions. For example, his response to a conference invitation to the U.S. in April 1953 is simply, "I would not like the journey, and I detest America." The collection of papers has been sorted, catalogued and stored at the University's Library by Archivist, James Peters. The documents themselves were found by Professor Jim Miles of the School of Computer Science.
"I would not like the journey, and I detest America."
...that's totes harsh.
Was there a sign on the door saying "beware of the Leopard" ?
"I would not like the journey, and I detest America."
My experience with smart people is that they hate travel, and with stupid people is that they like travel.
Which kinda makes sense to me...
I'm a minority race. Save your vitriol for white people.
...after his death?
Aren't they Found Turing Letters?
With America's lack of involvement early in the war, and some of its more questionable choices DURING the war.
Imagine what could have been, he was the Rockstar of GC&CS until they wanted to 'fix' him. For those who are buffs of CS history, it's always a bit sad to be reminded of our science's founder, and how tragically we lost him.
I don't read AC
A real visionary, 65 years later everybody detests America!
A smiley face with a really long nose?
a literal dickface, that AC. hyuk!
Reverend Jerry Falwell? Down there on the right, past the fruitcake stall.
insert stupid punchline here
Yeah, and last presidential elections only reinforced this feeling from Europe.
Do tell, how exactly has Europe between 'completely destroyed'? I can't wait to hear the fruits of your paranoia
Time for bed, said Zebedee - boing
It gets modded down because it's drenched in fear and ignorance. You sound scared.
Seriously? He died in 1954!! AIDs appeared in the 1980s
Time for bed, said Zebedee - boing
...contributed to by US' meddling in affairs of other sovereign states - or at least states as-sovereign-as-possible-with-the-US-in-the-picture.
Ezekiel 23:20
'Lost Turing Letters' = his?
Turing's Lost Letters, surely.
Actually, AIDs epidemy started in the late 1970s, but first case go back to 1959 and some think it appeared as far back as the 1920s.
That being said, GP should eat an apple, power cord included.
Presumably his post-death academic life can be discussed only via ouija board.
Still, it would be interesting to hear about it.
Will
then they cannot really give any insights. We can have some insights because they have been found. Or did I misunderstood this again?
I stand corrected.
I only remember it becoming widespread in the 1980s.
And the comment about eating an apple made me laugh - thanks!
Time for bed, said Zebedee - boing
Europe is committing a slow suicide. Who knows, maybe America is following slightly behind. Let's see who hates what in 20 years.
How's the construction on the security wall around the Eiffel Tower coming along? Done yet? Remind us Americans if it is supposed to be temporary or permanent.
.. in the airport on the way home
Who the fuck cares about the fucking Eiffel Tower?
If it was email (apple/gmail/yahoo) these would be lost forever unless someone had his password and cellphone for two factor authentication.
Here we Americans came over and helped to keep England from loosing WWII and all the thanks this jerk can find is to "detest America"..
Detest is a pretty strong word. Was his issue with the American leadership, the people, or the country as a whole? Detesting a country's leader or government I can understand, but when you start throwing around words like that at that at the entire population of a country then I start to see you less as a person with strong and different opinions than I may have and more of a bitter jerk. Without context that statement makes him sound more like the latter than the former which makes me sad.
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That was 1987. Turing was already recognized as one of the essential figures in the world of modern computing. I find it difficult to believe that this was not news then - and it wasn't.
Not "homosexuals hate the land of the homophobic?"
the comment would have been - Ich würde die Reise nicht mÃgen, und ich verabscheue Amerika.
"Detest America".. Anyone wanna take odds that's the single most provocative thing that they used to get attention, and the rest is pretty drab correspondence?
Except in Poland, Estonia. Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and other places.
Europe is not France and Germany.
If you're scared of your govt then you need to further restrict its powers
Vote 3rd Party in 2016 and beyond
Do you think the migrations to Europe have been a net positive or negative for the European citizens?
I think it's been a huge negative. You have millions that do not want to assimilate; who detest their host country's culture. How do you think that is going to work out?
Do you really see peace and happiness at the end of this road?
If you're scared of your govt then you need to further restrict its powers
Vote 3rd Party in 2016 and beyond
Who the fuck cares about the fucking Eiffel Tower?
The Medieval barbarians that want to blow it up
Mass migration has been part and parcel of European life for centuries. The latest wave started in the 1960s with various European countries importing cheap labor, others honoring agreements with former colonies. Since the 1960s, our level of wealth and welfare has skyrocketed, thanks in part to the extra labor provided by those immigrants. We can handle taking in a few more. In fact, immigration is what keeps our demographics right-way-up, avoiding the inverted pyramid e.g. Japan is facing.
Sure, you get the odd hothead that does not want to assimilate, but the indigenous people have their hotheads too. "millions that do not want to assimilate" is vastly overblown.
Mass migration has been part and parcel of European life for centuries.
Longer. At least 130000 years.
It's not an odd one or two. If it were, who would care.
Pew Research records some horrible statistics - 70% + of Muslims in Europe wanting Sharia Law.
YouTube videos abound of imans advocating horrible racist, homophobic things; who, in front of 1000s argue that the death of homosexuals and atheists is legitimate.
The issue isn't if there's been mass migration in the past. Obviously there has been. The point is who decides who lives in an area?
If you're scared of your govt then you need to further restrict its powers
Vote 3rd Party in 2016 and beyond
55. Never Index Your Own Book
And what do we find here, as perceived by an expert, trained AI:
Whoever wrote this found it necessary to gloss AI and MIT, but unnecessary to gloss GCHQ.
Hmmm.
This person will never marry.
That's all I'm going to say.
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You know, Contact is swimming along just fine, and then you meet the bug-eyed Pak Protractor in space. That's how I feel about Cat's Cradle. There were moments it went from good to great, but couldn't quite sustain the epic bits.
Ellie and S R Hadden
One thing about Hadden is that he's really fond of the Ken Burns effect in his private Vidipedia recaps.
That's all I'm going to say.
So it could just be New Jersey to blame.
On the upside, the eurotrash are spouting off less about us wanting to control our borders. They've gotten a taste.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Are you lining up to wheel out the "no go areas" myth?
Have you ever actually been anywhere in Europe? Where?
Rhen again it's Europe which are completely destroyed by Muslim and Africa immigration.
You're being premature, but I have been making a big effort to see it while its treasures are still there. This year, Iceland; next year, the Ligurian coast.
Eurotrash have always looked down on the colonials.
for killing the guy who won the war and was on A.I. before computers cos he was a faggot, THAT's fucking governing yea ? (im being sarcastic, angela, in case you didnt notice, you and your opressive goons, and the ones on the other side too, and i hear the UK honoured him 'post-humous' but have they paid damages to humanity for all the man didnt do cos they ruined HIS FUCKING LIFE as thanks for winning the war for churchill ?
i dont think they have
Free speech was meant to be free for all... how can anyone grow up in a nanny state ?