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发帖数: 1350 | 1 http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/alan-turing-royal-pa
(CNN) -- Alan Turing, a British code-breaker during World War II who was
later subjected to chemical castration for homosexual activity, has received
a royal pardon nearly 60 years after he committed suicide.
Turing was best known for developing the Bombe, a code-breaking machine that
deciphered messages encoded by German machines. His work is considered by
many to have saved thousands of lives and helped change the course of the
war.
"Dr. Turing deserves to be remembered and recognized for his fantastic
contribution to the war effort and his legacy to science," British Justice
Secretary Chris Grayling said in a statement Tuesday. "A pardon from the
Queen is a fitting tribute to an exceptional man."
Turing's castration in 1952 -- after he was convicted of homosexual activity
, which was illegal at the time -- is "a sentence we would now consider
unjust and discriminatory and which has now been repealed," Grayling said.
Two years after the castration, which Turing chose to avoid a custodial
sentence, he ended his life at the age of 41 by eating an apple laced with
cyanide.
Supporters have long campaigned for Turing to receive greater recognition
for his work and official acknowledgment that his punishment was wrong.
An online petition in 2009 that drew tens of thousands of signatures
succeeded in getting an apology from then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown for
Turing's treatment by the justice system in the 1950s. Brown described the
Turing sentence as "appalling."
The German messages that Turing cracked at the British government's code-
breaking headquarters in Bletchley Park provided the Allies with crucial
information. The German messages were encoded by Enigma machines, which
Adolf Hitler's military believed made its communications impenetrable.
Turing was considered a mathematical genius.
In 1937 he published a paper introducing an idea that came to be known as
the Turing machine, which is considered to have formed the basis of modern
computing. This was a hypothetical device that could come up with a solution
to any problem that is computable.
"Alan Turing was a remarkable man who played a key role in saving this
country in World War II by cracking the German enigma code," British Prime
Minister David Cameron said. "His action saved countless lives. He also left
a remarkable national legacy through his substantial scientific
achievements, often being referred to as the 'father of modern computing.'"
The prestigious A.M. Turing Award -- sometimes called the "Nobel Prize" of
Computing -- was named after Turing.
The pardon, under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy, comes into effect Tuesday,
the British Ministry of Justice said. | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 2 Pardon?
Shouldn't they actually have apologized for the cruelty Dr Turing was
subject to? Pardon sounds as if they did nothing wrong. Do I miss something
here, or does pardon mean something different? | r****a
发帖数: 1350 | 3 totally agree. I was a bit mad when I saw this 'pardon'.
something
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: Pardon?
: Shouldn't they actually have apologized for the cruelty Dr Turing was
: subject to? Pardon sounds as if they did nothing wrong. Do I miss something
: here, or does pardon mean something different?
| m******1
发帖数: 19713 | | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 5 old-not-dead
【在 m******1 的大作中提到】
: 英国皇室是个什么东西啊
| m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 6 LOL
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: old-not-dead
| S***e
发帖数: 4426 | 7 图灵应该是对LGBT的平权运动最具启发的人物了吧。反正我是看了他的传记之后才开始
关注LGBT的。有时候一万条道理也没有一个活生生的例子更打动人心。
received
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【在 r****a 的大作中提到】
: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/24/world/europe/alan-turing-royal-pa
: (CNN) -- Alan Turing, a British code-breaker during World War II who was
: later subjected to chemical castration for homosexual activity, has received
: a royal pardon nearly 60 years after he committed suicide.
: Turing was best known for developing the Bombe, a code-breaking machine that
: deciphered messages encoded by German machines. His work is considered by
: many to have saved thousands of lives and helped change the course of the
: war.
: "Dr. Turing deserves to be remembered and recognized for his fantastic
: contribution to the war effort and his legacy to science," British Justice
| r****a
发帖数: 1350 | 8
马上上映一个电影 康伯巴奇演图灵 The Imitation Game (PS 这位演了霍金演图灵…
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剧本是根据Hodges的Alan Turing: The Enigma改编的
【在 S***e 的大作中提到】
: 图灵应该是对LGBT的平权运动最具启发的人物了吧。反正我是看了他的传记之后才开始
: 关注LGBT的。有时候一万条道理也没有一个活生生的例子更打动人心。
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