Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.tele2net.at!newsfeed.utanet.at!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!194.109.133.81.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.168 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.80; '*S*': 0.13; 'subject:: [': 0.04; '"""': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'seemed': 0.09; 'brilliant': 0.16; 'forty': 0.16; '(not': 0.18; 'later': 0.20; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tim': 0.29; 'alan': 0.31; 'maybe': 0.34; 'park': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'project': 0.37; 'subject:]': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'save': 0.62; 'content- disposition:inline': 0.62; 'interest': 0.64; 'url:co': 0.67; 'undoubtedly': 0.84; 'url:bbc': 0.91; 'war.': 0.91; 'ultra': 0.93; 'won': 0.96 Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:32:58 -0900 From: Tim Johnson To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: [OT]Royal pardon for codebreaker Turing Mail-Followup-To: python-list@python.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: AkWebsoft X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1387852381 news.xs4all.nl 2896 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:41441 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:62662 * Mark Lawrence [131223 15:39]: > Maybe of interest to some of you > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315 I note the following """ "Dr Alan Turing was an exceptional man with a brilliant mind," said Mr Grayling. He said the research Turing carried out during the war at Bletchley Park undoubtedly shortened the conflict and saved thousands of lives. """ From my research - general (and later president) Eisenhower seemed to think that Project Ultra save millions (not thousands) of lives, shortened and maybe won the War. - Never forget. -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com