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Kptlt. Neuerburg 12-23-13 10:38 PM

HM pardons Alan Turning after 59 years.
 
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/2...s-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

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47 (Post 2155200)
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

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Originally Posted by Schroeder (Post 2155296)
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

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby (Post 2155208)
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST "BOT"!!!:har: -Jesus of Naz...AKTUNGBBY( I was really put out!!:/\\!!

:har:


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Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter (Post 2155323)
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:


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