Those who are interested in the history of computing may well wish to sign this petition:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/?showall=1 These articles give a good summary of the background: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2248379/thousands-sign-turing-apology http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8226509.stm After he was convicted of gross indecency (he was a homosexual), he was chemically castrated and had his security clearances removed (for him, the equivalent of being prevented from working). Two years later, he committed suicide. The petition is to get the Government to apologise for his treatment and acknowledge that it was wrong. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2009-09-01 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
