tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post7643474564472414735..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Boy Who Wanted to 'Make a Typewriter' Instead Became Father of Computer ScienceRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-77202173873905331582013-09-22T08:58:40.448+10:002013-09-22T08:58:40.448+10:00Thank you Spider, Miguel, Richard and Tony for you...Thank you Spider, Miguel, Richard and Tony for your very encouraging comments.<br />Miguel, I think the handwriting problem relate to the typewriter idea. He also, a little earlier, "invented" a pen.<br />Richard, I thought a Blick - he does mention an ink pad, and it looks Blickish to me.<br />Tony, you will have noted the difficulty getting a pardon or overturning the original offence, and the reasoning put forward.Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-121896995204561952013-09-22T00:27:27.572+10:002013-09-22T00:27:27.572+10:00I think society is open enough now that Turing wou...I think society is open enough now that Turing would not have been persecuted for his homosexuality as he was in the 1950's. The Wikipedia article does a nice job of presenting the "enigma" of his supposed suicide. Thanks again, Robert for an interesting post. They always inspire me to read a bit more about the subject.TonysVisionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004608151032301174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-82042743567026093262013-09-22T00:24:07.520+10:002013-09-22T00:24:07.520+10:00Excellent story.
What the heck was he thinking of...Excellent story.<br /><br />What the heck was he thinking of in that little sketch of a typewriter at age 11?Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-58943356564660395662013-09-21T23:34:12.095+10:002013-09-21T23:34:12.095+10:00As always a great article!
I have to say I had a...As always a great article! <br /><br />I have to say I had a good chuckle reading Turing's mom's note at the end of his handwritten letter: "to ensure spontaneous, unsupervised letters I agreed to an UNWISE pact with Mr. Darlington, headmaster, viz. that I should MAKE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALAN'S HANDWRITING". Miguel Chávezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411154570699775904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-55202858143528658702013-09-21T18:13:37.285+10:002013-09-21T18:13:37.285+10:00An inspiring man. I once saw and touched an Enigma...An inspiring man. I once saw and touched an Enigma machine. Very impressive mechanism.<br /><br />Also, Hut 1 of Bletchley Park with the Diplomatic Wireless Service (DWS) exhibition has closed. Sad thing because during the war Hut 1 was the radioshack and it now has no radio's anymore.Spiderwebzhttp://blog.spiderwebz.nl/noreply@blogger.com