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I think a movie is coming out about him soon? Totally forget the name of it, but something about WWII code-breaking...
Anna wrote: "I think a movie is coming out about him soon? Totally forget the name of it, but something about WWII code-breaking..."
Yes! It's The Imitation Game. It was actually my inspiration for picking up this read- I'll review soon, there's just so much to be said!
The Imitation Game trailer has got me rereading Cryptonomicon. I think the publishing industry secretly produced it to sell more books using the charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch.
Terrific review! I had no idea...chemical castration...seriously? We shouldn't be doing anything chemical to a mind like Turing's. I wonder what Christopher Morcom would have given the world if he had lived a normal lifespan??? This review was such a pleasure to read. :-)
Kemper wrote: "The Imitation Game trailer has got me rereading Cryptonomicon. I think the publishing industry secretly produced it to sell more books using the charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch."
Ooh! I thought for sure that was on my TBR already. Damn you Beneford Cumberbottom!! http://benedictcumberbatchgenerator.t...
Jeffrey wrote: "Terrific review! I had no idea...chemical castration...seriously? We shouldn't be doing anything chemical to a mind like Turing's. I wonder what Christopher Morcom would have given the world if he ..."
Ugh I know. I (somehow) didn't even know that he committed suicide! Talk about a plot twist. I wonder the same thing about Morcom. From their letters I imagine theirs as an "intellectual love affair"- a perfect meeting of the minds of two people who just love what they do (like the guys in British Top Gear).
I'm also not sure how I feel about the fact that the queen pardoned Turing in August (http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/24/world/e...). It's not that I think he should have ever been arrested, it's that it seems like an easy, convenient thing to do in hindsight.
Mara wrote: "Jeffrey wrote: "Terrific review! I had no idea...chemical castration...seriously? We shouldn't be doing anything chemical to a mind like Turing's. I wonder what Christopher Morcom would have given ..."
She was clearing up the balance sheet. Hard not to think he received a raw deal given that he may have saved the war for the allies.
He elected to go the Snow White route. Truly tragic.
Anymore two people can't just like each other with out the whole world assuming they are involved physically. The world has come a long ways though by equally assuming the same opportunity exists for two women, two men, or the more mundane a man and a woman.
Jeffrey wrote: "The world has come a long ways though by equally assuming the same opportunity exists for two women, two men, or the more mundane a man and a woman."
The weirdest spin on things was that it was considered super special extra taboo because of the class difference between Turing and his fling.
So much lost for so little.
Kemper wrote: "The Imitation Game trailer has got me rereading Cryptonomicon. I think the publishing industry secretly produced it to sell more books using the charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch."
Crumplesack Cumbersnatch can move the merch.
Dan wrote: "Crumplesack Cumbersnatch can move the merch."
Yeah, that Rinkydink Chowderpants really is something!
I'm hoping osmosis does it's stuff as I read your reviews, Mara. This is fabulous! I bet that Chowderpants guy wishes he could pick up some of the same from his roles: Sherlock, Stephen Hawking, William Pitt, a top MI-5 agent and now Turing to name a few.
Steve wrote: "I'm hoping osmosis does it's stuff as I read your reviews, Mara. This is fabulous! I bet that Chowderpants guy wishes he could pick up some of the same from his roles: Sherlock, Stephen Hawking,..."
Thanks Steve. There's nothing to make a girl feel slow out of the blocks like reading about a guy like Turing- if I absorbed ~10⁻⁵% of what Turing was describing in Computable Numbers, I consider it a win.
As for Bunsenburner Cameltoe, I guess only time will tell!
William Pitt is new to me, but if he's the one in purple, kicking (literally) the other doctor out of the room, then I think we better get acquainted.
Kemper wrote: "The Imitation Game trailer has got me rereading Cryptonomicon. I think the publishing industry secretly produced it to sell more books using the charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch."
Just opened Cryptonomicon (my first Neal Stephenson) and was very pleased to have it begin with a Turing quotation!
Mara wrote: "Just opened Cryptonomicon (my first Neal Stephenson) and was very pleased to have it begin with a Turing quotation!
I hope you enjoy it. As I think I've told you before, you remind me of some of the characters in Neal Stephenson novels.
Fantastic review! Question though - If I am interested in books about Bletchley Park - any recommendations?
Sheila wrote: "Fantastic review! Question though - If I am interested in books about Bletchley Park - any recommendations?"
One would think that after making such a statement I would have an answer to that question, but it would all be hearsay. I just got off of the waiting list at my library for The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer, but I don't think that's necessarily going to be a Bletchley-fest, and (though I'm definitely a Turing fangirl through and through) my pal Alan wasn't the only one there. The Codebreakers is the only one I've heard of off the top of my head. I'm pretty sure there are a couple that are focused more specifically on the Wrens (i like to imagine them being like a League of Their Own, but infinitely more awesome because there's spycraft involved).
I'll do a little hunting when I get a chance, and if you dig up any winners please let me know post haste! Preferably by encrypted carrier pigeon and/or smoke signals!
heh! Thanks Mara. I will have the pigeons ready to go if I find something.
Sheila wrote: "heh! Thanks Mara. I will have the pigeons ready to go if I find something."
Found this list of Five Great Bletchley Park Books, but, as it's from Bletchley Park, it might be a bit biased.
I just pulled that site up a few minutes ago. I think its going to be very easy to become obsessed with all of this.
Sheila wrote: "I just pulled that site up a few minutes ago. I think its going to be very easy to become obsessed with all of this."
I'm laughing sinisterly because I've managed to pull you down with me into a hole of intrigue that is pretty inescapable.
Finally started this tome as my summer read. Got it after watching The Imagination Game. No shame in that, Mara! We get inspired to seek books from many sources. What's important is that we pursue them and read.
I love biographies so should be interesting for me but I'm also intrigued by the code breakers so thanks for that website link above.
Happy Summer reading all!
Finally started this tome as my summer read. Got it after watching The Imagination Game. No shame in that, Mara! We get inspired to seek books from many sources. What's important is that we pursue them and read.
I love biographies so should be interesting for me but I'm also intrigued by the code breakers so thanks for that website link above.
Happy Summer reading all!
Thanks Diane! Ironically, I actually STILL haven't seen The Imitation Game!
Haha. Yes my imagination got the title wrong! See it Mara. You won't regret it.
Haha. Yes my imagination got the title wrong! See it Mara. You won't regret it.
Dianae wrote: "Haha. Yes my imagination got the title wrong! See it Mara. You won't regret it."
And I got your name wrong, Dianae, so we're in the same boat :)
This is one exhaustive and intelligent review! I haven't seen the movie yet either and I wonder how anyone can do the book justice
impressive and knowledgeable review. the research in to thing's work and the topic background and usability is wonderful. thank you. Adrienne Hay
sorry. 'thing's' should read turing's
Too complicated for me. But I recognized and understood his genius.
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Anna wrote: "I think a movie is coming out about him soon? Totally forget the name of it, but something about WWII code-breaking..."Yes! It's The Imitation Game. It was actually my inspiration for picking up this read- I'll review soon, there's just so much to be said!
The Imitation Game trailer has got me rereading Cryptonomicon. I think the publishing industry secretly produced it to sell more books using the charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch.
Terrific review! I had no idea...chemical castration...seriously? We shouldn't be doing anything chemical to a mind like Turing's. I wonder what Christopher Morcom would have given the world if he had lived a normal lifespan??? This review was such a pleasure to read. :-)
Kemper wrote: "The Imitation Game trailer has got me rereading Cryptonomicon. I think the publishing industry secretly produced it to sell more books using the charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch."Ooh! I thought for sure that was on my TBR already. Damn you Beneford Cumberbottom!! http://benedictcumberbatchgenerator.t...
Jeffrey wrote: "Terrific review! I had no idea...chemical castration...seriously? We shouldn't be doing anything chemical to a mind like Turing's. I wonder what Christopher Morcom would have given the world if he ..."Ugh I know. I (somehow) didn't even know that he committed suicide! Talk about a plot twist. I wonder the same thing about Morcom. From their letters I imagine theirs as an "intellectual love affair"- a perfect meeting of the minds of two people who just love what they do (like the guys in British Top Gear).
I'm also not sure how I feel about the fact that the queen pardoned Turing in August (http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/24/world/e...). It's not that I think he should have ever been arrested, it's that it seems like an easy, convenient thing to do in hindsight.
Mara wrote: "Jeffrey wrote: "Terrific review! I had no idea...chemical castration...seriously? We shouldn't be doing anything chemical to a mind like Turing's. I wonder what Christopher Morcom would have given ..."She was clearing up the balance sheet. Hard not to think he received a raw deal given that he may have saved the war for the allies.
He elected to go the Snow White route. Truly tragic.
Anymore two people can't just like each other with out the whole world assuming they are involved physically. The world has come a long ways though by equally assuming the same opportunity exists for two women, two men, or the more mundane a man and a woman.
Jeffrey wrote: "The world has come a long ways though by equally assuming the same opportunity exists for two women, two men, or the more mundane a man and a woman."The weirdest spin on things was that it was considered super special extra taboo because of the class difference between Turing and his fling.
So much lost for so little.
Kemper wrote: "The Imitation Game trailer has got me rereading Cryptonomicon. I think the publishing industry secretly produced it to sell more books using the charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch."Crumplesack Cumbersnatch can move the merch.
Dan wrote: "Crumplesack Cumbersnatch can move the merch."Yeah, that Rinkydink Chowderpants really is something!
I'm hoping osmosis does it's stuff as I read your reviews, Mara. This is fabulous! I bet that Chowderpants guy wishes he could pick up some of the same from his roles: Sherlock, Stephen Hawking, William Pitt, a top MI-5 agent and now Turing to name a few.
Steve wrote: "I'm hoping osmosis does it's stuff as I read your reviews, Mara. This is fabulous! I bet that Chowderpants guy wishes he could pick up some of the same from his roles: Sherlock, Stephen Hawking,..."Thanks Steve. There's nothing to make a girl feel slow out of the blocks like reading about a guy like Turing- if I absorbed ~10⁻⁵% of what Turing was describing in Computable Numbers, I consider it a win.
As for Bunsenburner Cameltoe, I guess only time will tell!
William Pitt is new to me, but if he's the one in purple, kicking (literally) the other doctor out of the room, then I think we better get acquainted.
Kemper wrote: "The Imitation Game trailer has got me rereading Cryptonomicon. I think the publishing industry secretly produced it to sell more books using the charisma of Benedict Cumberbatch."Just opened Cryptonomicon (my first Neal Stephenson) and was very pleased to have it begin with a Turing quotation!
Mara wrote: "Just opened Cryptonomicon (my first Neal Stephenson) and was very pleased to have it begin with a Turing quotation! I hope you enjoy it. As I think I've told you before, you remind me of some of the characters in Neal Stephenson novels.
Fantastic review! Question though - If I am interested in books about Bletchley Park - any recommendations?
Sheila wrote: "Fantastic review! Question though - If I am interested in books about Bletchley Park - any recommendations?"One would think that after making such a statement I would have an answer to that question, but it would all be hearsay. I just got off of the waiting list at my library for The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer, but I don't think that's necessarily going to be a Bletchley-fest, and (though I'm definitely a Turing fangirl through and through) my pal Alan wasn't the only one there. The Codebreakers is the only one I've heard of off the top of my head. I'm pretty sure there are a couple that are focused more specifically on the Wrens (i like to imagine them being like a League of Their Own, but infinitely more awesome because there's spycraft involved).
I'll do a little hunting when I get a chance, and if you dig up any winners please let me know post haste! Preferably by encrypted carrier pigeon and/or smoke signals!
heh! Thanks Mara. I will have the pigeons ready to go if I find something.
Sheila wrote: "heh! Thanks Mara. I will have the pigeons ready to go if I find something."Found this list of Five Great Bletchley Park Books, but, as it's from Bletchley Park, it might be a bit biased.
I just pulled that site up a few minutes ago. I think its going to be very easy to become obsessed with all of this.
Sheila wrote: "I just pulled that site up a few minutes ago. I think its going to be very easy to become obsessed with all of this."I'm laughing sinisterly because I've managed to pull you down with me into a hole of intrigue that is pretty inescapable.
Finally started this tome as my summer read. Got it after watching The Imagination Game. No shame in that, Mara! We get inspired to seek books from many sources. What's important is that we pursue them and read. I love biographies so should be interesting for me but I'm also intrigued by the code breakers so thanks for that website link above.
Happy Summer reading all!
Finally started this tome as my summer read. Got it after watching The Imagination Game. No shame in that, Mara! We get inspired to seek books from many sources. What's important is that we pursue them and read. I love biographies so should be interesting for me but I'm also intrigued by the code breakers so thanks for that website link above.
Happy Summer reading all!
Thanks Diane! Ironically, I actually STILL haven't seen The Imitation Game!
Haha. Yes my imagination got the title wrong! See it Mara. You won't regret it.
Haha. Yes my imagination got the title wrong! See it Mara. You won't regret it.
Dianae wrote: "Haha. Yes my imagination got the title wrong! See it Mara. You won't regret it."And I got your name wrong, Dianae, so we're in the same boat :)
This is one exhaustive and intelligent review! I haven't seen the movie yet either and I wonder how anyone can do the book justice
impressive and knowledgeable review. the research in to thing's work and the topic background and usability is wonderful. thank you. Adrienne Hay
sorry. 'thing's' should read turing's
Too complicated for me. But I recognized and understood his genius.
