From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lm@mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 19:34:57 -0700 Subject: [TUHS] In Memorium: Alan Turing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20180607023457.GN25584@mcvoy.com> If there are people here who knew him I'd love to learn more. On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 11:32:24AM +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote: > We lost the Father of Computing, Alan Turing, on this day when he suicided > in 1954 (long story). Just imagine where computing would've been now... > > Yes, there are various theories surrounding his death, such as a jealous > lover, the FBI knowing that he knew about Verona and could be compromised as > a result of his sexuality, etc. Unless they speak up (and they ain't), we > will never know. > > Unix reference? Oh, that... No computable devices (read his paper), no > computers... And after dealing with a shitload of OSs in my career, I > daresay that there is no more computable OS than Unix. Sorry, penguins, but > you seem to require a fancy graphical interface these days, just like > Windoze. > > -- > Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer." -- --- Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com http://www.mcvoy.com/lm