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Fun fact: jgc (John Graham-Cumming) is the person that started the petition that forced the UK government to publicly apologize for its harsh treatment and pers

Fun fact: jgc (John Graham-Cumming) is the person that started the petition that forced the UK government to publicly apologize for its harsh treatment and persecution of Alan Turing.

malkia 3y ago
I didn't know that. Respect!
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dang 3y ago
Related. Others? Beware the Alan Turing fetish - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4702793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4702793 - Oct 2012 (63 comments) The perl script that powered the Alan Turing petition - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4207252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4207252 - July 2012 (7 comments) UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3556763 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3556763 - Feb 2012 (83 comments) Beware the Alan Turing fetish - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3260639 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3260639 - Nov 2011 (41 comments) The complete text of Gordon Brown's apology to Alan Turing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2767301 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2767301 - July 2011 (3 comments) The Genius of Turing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2151254 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2151254 - Jan 2011 (23 comments) The British Government should apologize to Alan Turing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=670149 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=670149 - June 2009 (76 comments)
- YuriNiyazov 3y ago
  The "Beware the Alan Turing Fetish" link doesn't point to an existing page anymore.
  - jgrahamc 3y ago
    Ah. It was an appeal to people to stop naming everything after Turing because the UK went a bit Turing mad for a while.
    - ykonstant 3y ago
      A phenomenon one could aptly call Turing Mania (TM).
    - nicholassmith 3y ago
      A wise move to stop the UK becoming accidentally Turing complete.
- jgrahamc 3y ago
  By far the best summary of the situation was my interview with Steven Levy: https://www.wired.com/2014/11/the-man-who-made-the-uk-say-im-sorry-for-what-we-did-to-turing/ https://www.wired.com/2014/11/the-man-who-made-the-uk-say-im...

Fun fact: jgc (John Graham-Cumming) is the person that started the petition that forced the UK government to publicly apologize for its harsh treatment and persecution of Alan Turing.

malkia 3y ago

I didn't know that. Respect!

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dang 3y ago

Related. Others? Beware the Alan Turing fetish - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4702793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4702793 - Oct 2012 (63 comments) The perl script that powered the Alan Turing petition - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4207252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4207252 - July 2012 (7 comments) UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3556763 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3556763 - Feb 2012 (83 comments) Beware the Alan Turing fetish - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3260639 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3260639 - Nov 2011 (41 comments) The complete text of Gordon Brown's apology to Alan Turing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2767301 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2767301 - July 2011 (3 comments) The Genius of Turing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2151254 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2151254 - Jan 2011 (23 comments) The British Government should apologize to Alan Turing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=670149 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=670149 - June 2009 (76 comments)

YuriNiyazov 3y ago
The "Beware the Alan Turing Fetish" link doesn't point to an existing page anymore.
- jgrahamc 3y ago
  Ah. It was an appeal to people to stop naming everything after Turing because the UK went a bit Turing mad for a while.
  - ykonstant 3y ago
    A phenomenon one could aptly call Turing Mania (TM).
  - nicholassmith 3y ago
    A wise move to stop the UK becoming accidentally Turing complete.
jgrahamc 3y ago
By far the best summary of the situation was my interview with Steven Levy: https://www.wired.com/2014/11/the-man-who-made-the-uk-say-im-sorry-for-what-we-did-to-turing/ https://www.wired.com/2014/11/the-man-who-made-the-uk-say-im...