I probably wouldn't be where I am today without a man who died a month before I was born. And who would have been 100 years old today. Alan Turing, one of the legends of modern computing, is also (alas) remembered as a 'cause celebre' in the mistreatment of its citizens by the UK legal system and government.
Wikipedia and
Guardian Article and
techworld amongst the tributes. Tribute too from Google - who's home page doodle represents a Turing machine.
Did you know ... that the "T" in Captcha - those "retype this word" tests which help filter out automated attempts to log in to sites - stands for "Turing" too? See
[here].
(written 2012-06-23)
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