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Kptlt. Neuerburg
12-23-13, 10:38 PM
On Tuesday Her Majesty Queen pardoned Alan Turning, the man who cracked the Enigma code and was also the father of modern computer science. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/23/22025978-queen-pardons-computing-giant-alan-turing-59-years-after-his-suicide?lite
Cybermat47
12-23-13, 10:53 PM
Took her long enough.

And it's Turing, bot Turning. Just putting that out there :)
Aktungbby
12-23-13, 11:18 PM
Took her long enough.

And it's Turing, bot Turning. Just putting that out there :)

"BOT"!!!:har:
Jimbuna
12-24-13, 04:24 AM
Long overdue but better late than never:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315
Schroeder
12-24-13, 06:01 AM
Absolutely disgusting. He has done so much for his country and that's what he got in return? Sickening and something I had expected of the Nazis not the UK.:nope:

The "pardon" (what for again?) was long overdue.
Feuer Frei!
12-24-13, 06:07 AM
Absolutely disgusting. He has done so much for his country and that's what he got in return? Sickening and something I had expected of the Nazis not the UK.:nope:



Never a doubt that bad exists in Non-Nazis.
Mittelwaechter
12-24-13, 07:21 AM
The original verdict was a state crime. Period.

The pardon is a bad joke.
Dread Knot
12-24-13, 07:36 AM
At least they beat out the Vatican. It took the Roman Catholic Church 359 years to admit it had erred in condemning Galileo for asserting that the Earth revolves around the Sun. What used to pass for heresy boggles the mind.
u crank
12-24-13, 11:42 AM
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST "BOT"!!!:har: -Jesus of Naz...AKTUNGBBY( I was really put out!!:/\\!!

:har:



The pardon is a bad joke.

For sure. Why bother. I were a member of his family I would tell them to shove it.
Platapus
12-24-13, 05:30 PM
There is actually little the government can do to make amends. Pardoning is probably the best.

However, a pardon is the government forgiving a convict for their crimes. Not exactly appropriate, but perhaps it helps his estate.

What would be more appropriate would be a formal apology from the Queen where she asks his family for forgiveness.
Madox58
12-24-13, 05:45 PM
:hmmm:
Sounds to me like A&E is getting ready for a new reality show with the Queen and wants to resolve any problems over Phil's rageing stuff.
:haha: