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Alan Turing Way

the one near eastlands

 

why there?

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The road was originally part of the inner ring road.

 

Turing did a lot of work at Manchester Uni and there is a statue of him near the Uni

the new maths building is named after him

The road was originally part of the inner ring road.

 

Turing did a lot of work at Manchester Uni and there is a statue of him near the Uni

 

He was fond of male company, if you know what I mean, so that's probably why Mr Casino.

Turing was the mathematician behind the code breaking at Bleachley Park during WWII, the Enigma machine and all that. He worked on Manchester Mark I at the uni, one of the earliest and most famous computers.

 

Turing machines are still used in hypothetical problem solving. One of the greatest people this country has every produced.

Turing was the mathematician behind the code breaking at Bleachley Park during WWII, the Enigma machine and all that. He worked on Manchester Mark I at the uni, one of the earliest and most famous computers.

 

Turing machines are still used in hypothetical problem solving. One of the greatest people this country has every produced.

 

and he died in Wilmslow age 41 from cyanide poisoning

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Turing was the mathematician behind the code breaking at Bleachley Park during WWII, the Enigma machine and all that. He worked on Manchester Mark I at the uni, one of the earliest and most famous computers.

 

Turing machines are still used in hypothetical problem solving. One of the greatest people this country has every produced.

 

 

it was the link to manc that i didn't know about

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and he died in Wilmslow age 41 from cyanide poisoning

 

murder?

murder?

 

Something to do with an apple but can't remember any more

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just had a look

 

suspected suicide, linked to undies outing him above

I assumed he was an old time City legend.

Something to do with an apple but can't remember any more

Did you know that is why Apple computers was so named, and the symbol, an apple with a bite out of it is a tribute to Alan Turing. I didn't know that until recently. He killed himself by biting into a poisoned apple. As Casino said, one of the greatest minds this country ever produced, saved millions of lives, without him the war could have dragged on until Hitler had perfected his rockets. He invented the modern computer and how did the establishment of this country thank him? They hounded him to death because of his sexuality. The story of Enigma, Bletchley Park and Alan Turing is absolutely fascinating.Talk about unsung heroes.

One of his fellow brillant mathematicians, Jack Good, passed away this week.

 

 

Aged 92. "He was unmarried"

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Did you know that is why Apple computers was so named, and the symbol, an apple with a bite out of it is a tribute to Alan Turing. I didn't know that until recently.

 

Urban myth I'm afraid.

 

A bloke called Rob Janoff created it.

 

....the stripes were included in line with design trends at the time, and the bite was included so that people didn't mistake the apple for a tomato or some other fruit. An interview in which he explains this is posted on his web site.

 

His radio interview is here -

 

http://robjanoff.com/interview.mp3

 

and is taken from his own web site -

 

http://robjanoff.com/

 

 

 

As for Alan Turing - completely agree with your assessment of him.

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Urban myth I'm afraid.

 

A bloke called Rob Janoff created it.

 

....the stripes were included in line with design trends at the time, and the bite was included so that people didn't mistake the apple for a tomato or some other fruit. An interview in which he explains this is posted on his web site.

 

His radio interview is here -

 

http://robjanoff.com/interview.mp3

 

and is taken from his own web site -

 

htt

 

Right sluffy, thanks for that. Will have to remember who told me that and put them right

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