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 From:  Manthorp   10 Sep 2009 23:49 
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... to Alan Turing as a direct result of the petition HERE. I know it doesn't make him any less dead, his life any less tragic or his treatment any less appalling, but it still feels important to me.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  koswix   11 Sep 2009 00:26 
 To:  Manthorp      2 of 14 
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If only they'd had the balls to do it at the time.

 

:-&


The Seventh Posture of Burton's translation of The Perfumed Garden is an unusual position not described in other classical sex manuals. The receiving partner lies on their side. The penetrating partner faces the receiver, straddling the receiver's lower leg, and lifts the receiver's upper leg on either side of the body onto the crook of penetrating partner's elbow or onto the shoulder. While some references describe this position as being "for acrobats and not to be taken seriously," others have found it very comfortable, especially during pregnancy.
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 From:  JonCooper   11 Sep 2009 08:07 
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no much, and way too late, but good on Brown for doing the right thing (as many before him could have done)

so - \o/ yay \o/ - nice one Brown*






*not I comment I make very often
Jon
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 From:  Dave!!   11 Sep 2009 08:31 
 To:  Manthorp      4 of 14 
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I approve of this. An incredibly important figure both to the war effort and to modern computing and it's only fitting that apologies are made for the appalling way we treated a great man.
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 From:  Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)   11 Sep 2009 08:55 
 To:  Manthorp      5 of 14 
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Jolly good. I signed the petition, and in doing so realised that I should probably apologise for all the times I've implied that Peter Boughton would have trouble passing a Turing test.

 

 

 

Sorry Alan.

Kenny
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   11 Sep 2009 10:44 
 To:  Manthorp      6 of 14 
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Poignant and fitting.

 

Possibly too little, far too late, but at least it's recognition. Something more substantial should be put up to mark him though, not just for his contribution to the war effort but to computing as a whole.

 

Here's to the Turing Erection.

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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   11 Sep 2009 12:11 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      7 of 14 
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Apart from the statue(s), road named after him, blue plaque and new uni building named after him?
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   11 Sep 2009 12:45 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS      8 of 14 
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I know that there's a statue in Manchester. But I was thinking of something closer to civilisation. Or, failing that, in the centre of London where people will actually see it. And prominent. Westminster or Trafalgar Square.

 

miffle

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 From:  graphitone   11 Sep 2009 15:48 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      9 of 14 
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Ooph, no-you-damned-nothern-hating-bastards-we-invented-the-steam-jenny-we-did-nononononono. *shakes jowls side to side very quickly* NO.

 

Actually, where was Mr. Turing from?

 

<quick google search reveals...>

 

He was conceived in India and was brought up in London. Ergo, the statue(s) should be there.
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 From:  Manthorp   11 Sep 2009 18:12 
 To:  graphitone      10 of 14 
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quote:
Actually, where was Mr. Turing from?


Sodom, I think.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  koswix   11 Sep 2009 19:46 
 To:  Manthorp      11 of 14 
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Was it not Gomorra?

The Seventh Posture of Burton's translation of The Perfumed Garden is an unusual position not described in other classical sex manuals. The receiving partner lies on their side. The penetrating partner faces the receiver, straddling the receiver's lower leg, and lifts the receiver's upper leg on either side of the body onto the crook of penetrating partner's elbow or onto the shoulder. While some references describe this position as being "for acrobats and not to be taken seriously," others have found it very comfortable, especially during pregnancy.
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 From:  koswix   11 Sep 2009 19:52 
 To:  koswix      12 of 14 
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(Excvuse spelling. Closest the blackberry spellcheck got was Camera)

The Seventh Posture of Burton's translation of The Perfumed Garden is an unusual position not described in other classical sex manuals. The receiving partner lies on their side. The penetrating partner faces the receiver, straddling the receiver's lower leg, and lifts the receiver's upper leg on either side of the body onto the crook of penetrating partner's elbow or onto the shoulder. While some references describe this position as being "for acrobats and not to be taken seriously," others have found it very comfortable, especially during pregnancy.
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   12 Sep 2009 09:20 
 To:  koswix      13 of 14 
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At least it wasn't gonorrhea :/

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 From:  graphitone   14 Sep 2009 12:43 
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Yeah, that's a right shithole, that place.
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