At 03:13 PM 2001.05.11 -0400, Greg London wrote:
>speaking of Alan Turing machines, here's a little historical factoid
>about Alan Turing that I didn't know until I saw a program on TV last
>week:
>
>1952: Arrested and tried as a homosexual, loss of security clearance
>1954 (7 June): Death by cyanide poisoning, Wilmslow, Cheshire.
>
>you can read more at: http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/
>
>course, everybody probably knew this but me....
Check this out:
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:42:57 +0000
From: Ade Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "(void)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (void) Alan Turing
Alan Turing committed suicide by poisoning an apple with
cyanide and taking a bite from it.
The original Apple logo was designed as a mark of respect
to Turing. The rainbow is the universal sign of gay
freedom, the bite from the apple representing the bite
that Alan took.
--
// Ade.
I think that was a very nice gesture on their part.
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Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
