历史与人物en.wikipedia.org编辑精选
艾伦·图灵
Alan Turing's 100th Birthday - Mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, scientist
2011 — 2024,它一次次回到首页
黑点是上首页(≥ 50 分)的那次投稿,空心点是没冲上去的投稿,点越大分数越高。
导读
这是图灵诞辰 100 周年时 Hacker News 上对其维基百科页面的讨论帖。图灵是数学家、逻辑学家、密码分析学家和计算机科学奠基人,二战期间参与破译纳粹 Enigma 密码。帖子汇集了各地纪念活动的信息,也引发了对图灵悲剧性人生结局的讨论。
为什么经久不衰:图灵是计算机科学的奠基人,其生平与悲剧至今仍是关于科学、社会与个人权利的重要镜鉴,每逢纪念节点都会被重新讨论。
HN 评论精选
纪念图灵必须提及他因同性恋身份遭迫害致死的悲剧,这是对时代的警示。
我认为纪念图灵的一生不可能不提他生命的结局。图灵无疑是战争英雄,他的工作让盟军破译了纳粹的 Enigma 密码,没有它战争的结果可能大不相同。然而战后几年,英国政府发现他是同性恋后便起诉并残酷对待他,吊销了他的安全许可,不难想象这与他在 42 岁时的自杀有关。在这个同志骄傲周末,请记住这一点。中世纪的野蛮与巫术似乎总在门外徘徊,随时准备把重视科学胜过迷信的人拖回黑暗时代。
starship查看英文原文
I don't think it's possible to celebrate Turing's life without mentioning how his life ended. Turing was without a doubt a war hero. His work allowed the Allies to crack the Nazi's enigma code, without which the war could have gone very differently. Nonetheless, a few years after the war the UK government, upon discovering that Turing was gay, prosecuted him for homosexual activities and treated him horrifically. His security clearance was revoked, and it's not hard to imagine that this had something to do with his suicide at age 42. Just something to keep in mind on this gay pride weekend. It seems the barbarians of medievalism and quackery are always there just outside the gates, ready to drag us back into the dark ages if those who value science over superstition don't proactively keep the light burning. Anyone know of any Turing events going on in the Bay Area?
曼彻斯特纪念会议阵容豪华,汇聚了计算机科学界的众多顶尖人物。
本周末在他工作过的曼彻斯特有一场纪念会议,演讲者包括 Hoare、Knuth、Penrose、Cerf、Kasparov、Fred Brooks、Shamir 等众多名家,能把这么多大人物聚在一起实在令人兴奋。不过票价也相当贵!
saljam查看英文原文
There's a conference in his honour this weekend in Manchester, where he did much of his work. On the list of speakers are Hoare, Knuth, Penrose, Cerf, Kasparov, Fred Brooks, Rodny Brooks, Shamir, and many others. It's quite exciting to get so many luminaries in the same event. http://www.turing100.manchester.ac.uk/ Edit: It's also quite expensive!
分享了自己撰写的图灵专题文章的免费阅读链接。
我说服《新科学家》杂志向非订阅者开放了我撰写的图灵专题文章。
jgrahamc查看英文原文
I persuaded New Scientist to open the special on Turing that I wrote to non-subscribers: http://blog.jgc.org/2012/06/new-scientists-instant-expert-on-alan.html
历次讨论
同类还值得读
开发者无薪坚持完成 Mac 图形计算器:一个秘密项目的故事
Dev stays without pay to finish Mac Graphing Calculator as skunkworks project
苹果 Mac 图形计算器(Graphing Calculator)开发者的亲述:在项目被砍后,几位工程师在没有报酬、没有正式授权的情况下,以“地下项目”方式偷偷留在公司把软件做完…
历史与人物上首页 6 次 · 2009–2022pacifict.com理查德·费曼与 Connection Machine
Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine
长文回忆费曼晚年参与 Connection Machine 并行计算机项目的经历:他分析路由器、用自创的并行 Basic 编写 QCD 程序,也涉足细胞自动机等主题。
历史与人物上首页 5 次 · 2010–2021longnow.org编辑精选负 2000 行代码
-2000 Lines of Code
folklore.org 上 Andy Hertzfeld 记录的一则苹果 Macintosh 开发轶事:Bill Atkinson 被问到写了多少行代码时,回答“-2000 行…
历史与人物上首页 4 次 · 2014–2022folklore.org编辑精选Dennis Ritchie 的第一版 C 编译器(约 1972 年)
Dennis Ritchie’s first C compiler (c. 1972)
这个 GitHub 仓库保存了 Dennis Ritchie 约 1972 年编写的最早 C 编译器源码,是 C 语言和 Unix 早期历史的一手材料。
历史与人物上首页 4 次 · 2013–2025github.com一位破解赛马密码的赌徒
A Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code (2018)
彭博社 2018 年的长篇特写,讲述数学家 Bill Benter 如何用统计模型和算法在赛马博彩中持续盈利、累计赢得近十亿美元的故事。
历史与人物上首页 4 次 · 2018–2024bloomberg.com