Comments on: Brit academics call for Bletchley Park funding http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 01:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Absent http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242802 Absent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242802 Surely the Heritage Lottery Fund could through a few million at it. Surely the Heritage Lottery Fund could through a few million at it.

]]> By: Paul http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242566 Paul Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242566 They should make Bletchley Park part of either the Science Museum, or the Imperial War Museum, both of which are excellent institutions, and both would do a great job of presenting the material and the site well, although with an obvious difference in viewpoint. They should make Bletchley Park part of either the Science Museum, or the Imperial War Museum, both of which are excellent institutions, and both would do a great job of presenting the material and the site well, although with an obvious difference in viewpoint.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242586 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242586 There's a petition for state funding for Bletchley Park at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/: 6,200 signatures so far. Sign it! There’s a petition for state funding for Bletchley Park at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/: 6,200 signatures so far. Sign it!

]]> By: ZippySpincycle http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-243101 ZippySpincycle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-243101 Just finishing up my first read of <i>Cryptonomicon</i>, so this post is, as the kittehs say, relevant to my interests. Could someone recommend a really good biography of Turing? Just finishing up my first read of Cryptonomicon, so this post is, as the kittehs say, relevant to my interests.

Could someone recommend a really good biography of Turing?

]]> By: insomma http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242592 insomma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242592 Good for them. I hope to see it one day. Good for them. I hope to see it one day.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242877 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242877 <i>good opportunity for that young, gay computer science Turing scholarship.</i> And force me to watch another bad romantic comedy about a straight guy who pretends to be gay in order to get some benefit? good opportunity for that young, gay computer science Turing scholarship.

And force me to watch another bad romantic comedy about a straight guy who pretends to be gay in order to get some benefit?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242888 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242888 typical genitocentric womyn oppresor typical genitocentric womyn oppresor

]]> By: chatirygirl http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242889 chatirygirl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242889 Thanks for posting about this, and for the great post all about visiting Bletchley. My granny worked there during the war, probably due to her crossword skills and I hope to visit it one day. Thanks for posting about this, and for the great post all about visiting Bletchley. My granny worked there during the war, probably due to her crossword skills and I hope to visit it one day.

]]> By: proto http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-243148 proto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-243148 Zippy - 'Alan Turing: The Enigma' by Andrew Hodges. About 500 pages. Get the UK version if you can find it. There's an Americanized paperback with the same text but without references and source notes. Zippy -

‘Alan Turing: The Enigma’ by Andrew Hodges. About 500 pages. Get the UK version if you can find it. There’s an Americanized paperback with the same text but without references and source notes.

]]> By: jlborghead http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242907 jlborghead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242907 @Absent: If I remember correctly, the Heritage Lottery turned them down because they were ineligible. @Absent: If I remember correctly, the Heritage Lottery turned them down because they were ineligible.

]]> By: gregb666 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242652 gregb666 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242652 don't know if you all heard it today but there was a report on BBC about it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7523000/7523038.stm don’t know if you all heard it today but there was a report on BBC about it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7523000/7523038.stm

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/24/brit-academics-call.html#comment-242674 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-242674 good opportunity for that young, gay computer science Turing scholarship. good opportunity for that young, gay computer science Turing scholarship.

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