Computer Floss » Alan Turing http://computerfloss.com Delightful digital distractions in free/libre/open source software Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 Computer History Museum: Maurice Wilkes and struggles at DEC /2011/07/computer-history-museum-celebrates-maurice-wilkes/ /2011/07/computer-history-museum-celebrates-maurice-wilkes/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:43:39 +0000 /blog/?p=954 If you’re not familiar with the Computer History Museum, they have a YouTube channel that is a treasure trove of interviews, presentations, documentaries (both contemporary and historical) and many other videos for any computing enthusiast. One of their latest videos is a tribute to Maurice Wilkes (who died recently) in the form of an interview […]

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]]> /2011/07/computer-history-museum-celebrates-maurice-wilkes/feed/ 0 The Alan Turing Apology — Why? /2009/09/the-alan-turing-apology-why/ /2009/09/the-alan-turing-apology-why/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:02:55 +0000 http://floss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/?p=254 Not so long ago, we celebrated the posthumous birthday of Alan Turing, who has achieved heroic status in the computing field. He made critical contributions to algorithms, computation, computer design and artificial intelligence, and famously played a role in the efforts to break the German codes during the Second World War. However, his story does […]

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]]> /2009/09/the-alan-turing-apology-why/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday, Alan Turing /2009/06/happy-birthday-alan-turing/ /2009/06/happy-birthday-alan-turing/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:58:24 +0000 http://floss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/?p=196 Today is the birthday of a founding father of my field, and war hero of course, Alan Turing.

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