tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post8181886730687780081..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: Breaking The Codedriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-81495199890547395702009-09-12T17:07:30.026-05:002009-09-12T17:07:30.026-05:00Blue Gal, let me second your statement about visit...Blue Gal, let me second your statement about visiting this blog wholeheartedly. Couldn't agree more.mymatedavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-4965945997327115532009-09-12T13:19:58.051-05:002009-09-12T13:19:58.051-05:00Perhaps one day our governments will pass the Turi...Perhaps one day our governments will pass the Turing Test and we will mistake them for being human. What Britain did this week is a step in the right direction. <br /><br />Thank you for this and the amazing, amazing post you wrote yesterday. It is always an <i>honor</i> to visit this blog.Fran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-54308593163236058282009-09-12T13:02:21.343-05:002009-09-12T13:02:21.343-05:00Surely in addition to the intellectual, sexual, pr...Surely in addition to the intellectual, sexual, professional and cultural barriers, there's a generational barrier between Turing and his boss. The former would have been born under Victoria, while Turing just missed being born during Edward VII's reign, known for it's much more permissive sexual arrangements.<br /><br />That's just a nit; beautiful post about an amazing man. I studied Turing machines in graduate school (Ph.D. Philosophy 1990) and saw the play live in Minneapolis as well as eating up the PBS version with Jacoby. It's one of a handful of plays you leave feeling as though your head has exploded. And if you love spy novels as much as I do, the story of Enigma and Bletchley is almost too wonderful to believe, except it's *true*.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-78777547167565790342009-09-12T12:32:19.093-05:002009-09-12T12:32:19.093-05:00Ah, yes. I saw this on Broadway with Derek Jacobi...Ah, yes. I saw this on Broadway with Derek Jacobi in the lead role.<br /><br />The fear of The Other goes very deep, unfortunately.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.com