Alan Turing Is 'Family'

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Alan Turing Is 'Family'

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A couple of my comp science classes in college focused on Turing as he's generally accepted as the founder of modern computing theory. I had no idea he was a gay-wad, or what happened to him because of it.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09 ... index.html
Turing was just 41 years old when he committed suicide, two years after undergoing a court-ordered chemical castration. He had been found guilty of gross indecency for having a homosexual relationship. The punishment in 1952 was either a prison sentence or chemical castration. Turing chose the latter.
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Remember remember the eleventh of September,
The Taliban's treacherous plot!
Thousands died with cries heard worldwide,
The W.T.C. shall never be forgot!
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