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Alan was sentenced to one year of probation for homosexual acts. The probation included a hormone treatment that caused Alan to grow breasts and be chemically castrated. He was not seen as a criminal. He was seen as mentally ill.
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The Enigma machine was available before WWII. It was used commercially for banks and other financial agencies. I kind of it figured out how the machine worked and what you had to do to decode it. There are actually cell phone apps to simulate the Enigma machine.
— Dec 30, 2025 06:25PM
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Alan Turing had two theories. One was that a computer machine could do multiple jobs and programs could be stored in the computer’s memory. He theoretically proved this in 1936 in a paper he wrote and presented.
— Dec 26, 2025 11:25AM
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The “Universal Computing Machine” was proved capable of by mathematics. But Turing was not just making something theoretical. He was putting his ideas into practice. turning said there would be tape with symbols on it. The machine would also have wheels and levers and a dial as the machine’s memory.
— Dec 24, 2025 05:06PM
