tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post1019091438389024855..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Spoiler Alert: Correcting The Imitation GameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-47281273733372486242014-12-31T00:25:25.498-05:002014-12-31T00:25:25.498-05:00SAN,
From what I have read, the naval one had 8 r...SAN,<br /><br />From what I have read, the naval one had 8 rotors while the army/air force one had only 5.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-67515669604845344982014-12-30T13:24:21.146-05:002014-12-30T13:24:21.146-05:00Your conjecture that the naval enigma was more dif...Your conjecture that the naval enigma was more difficult than the army and air force model is correct: it had an additional rotor.inquirerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712708265810814971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-57110554776959824622014-12-29T02:02:20.112-05:002014-12-29T02:02:20.112-05:00Oh, and Alexander died not too long after his reti...Oh, and Alexander died not too long after his retirement. It has been claimed that while he led a healthy life, he did not live as long as might have been expected (dead at 64) due to the stress of his long employment at GC&CS followed by GCHQ at the highest level.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-34065450718088097132014-12-29T02:00:16.290-05:002014-12-29T02:00:16.290-05:00Harry Golombeck became a grandmaster, but it was a...Harry Golombeck became a grandmaster, but it was after the 60s, and he was one of the less important figures at Bletchley Park. Given that Alexander beat world champion Botvinnick, he might have made it if he had not withdrawn so fully into the shadows of the GCHQ world. It should be kept in mind that during the period he was there (ending in 1969), the very existence of the agency and everything surrounding was more than classified. Very few people knew of the existence of any of this, something easily forgotten in today's world where the NSA is regular front page news. In those days, if one worked fully for one of these outfits, one simply disappeared.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-36840881743128794852014-12-29T01:29:50.324-05:002014-12-29T01:29:50.324-05:00Just to clarify, it was no doubt an honor to win a...Just to clarify, it was no doubt an honor to win a British chess championship during this period, but Britain was not a significant chess country at the time. They hosted important tournaments, but, if I remember correctly, there were no British grandmasters until the 1960s, and no Brit legitimately contended at the highest level until Nigel Short came along. My favorite Garry Kasparov quote, when asked which player he expected to defend his world title against: "It will be Short, and it will be short."Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-29839437304169988412014-12-29T00:23:51.982-05:002014-12-29T00:23:51.982-05:00It's a myth that Apple's logo pays homage ...It's a myth that Apple's logo pays homage to Turing. There's an interview in this report (linked below) with the designer of the logo - the bite in the apple was used to ensure the logo scaled in size and still resembled an apple.<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/opinion/apple-logo/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792941484809373479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-55416605760046379882014-12-28T22:46:49.599-05:002014-12-28T22:46:49.599-05:00My comment above was replying to Peter Dorman'...My comment above was replying to Peter Dorman's, so "he" refers to Hugh Alexander, not Alan Turing. Curiously, for all his genius, he was not a great chess player like a bunch of others at Bletchley Park, nor did he speak German, this last point noted in the film, although when it had him discovering the "Heil Hitler" he wisecracks about this being some German he does know, although, of course it was Hilton, not he, who figured out the importance of that. Turing was indeed a very difficult to understand genius, but most of the rest of this group was pretty darned brilliant too, rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-61871682865845860442014-12-28T20:07:56.754-05:002014-12-28T20:07:56.754-05:00It is stated in the movie that he was twice Britis...It is stated in the movie that he was twice British national chess champion, and that is accurate.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-53641838854252171652014-12-28T20:07:56.386-05:002014-12-28T20:07:56.386-05:00Have not seen the movie. I did read the Hodges boo...Have not seen the movie. I did read the Hodges book. I think that like A Beautiful Mind (book and movie) it demonstrates that a real genius like Turing is actually beyond the understanding of us ordinary folks. Consequently the central question of their persona remains an enigma.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01843290249295183564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-39152102442227366952014-12-28T18:49:20.626-05:002014-12-28T18:49:20.626-05:00Fascinating, Barkley. Thanks for all this informa...Fascinating, Barkley. Thanks for all this information.<br /><br />As an ex-chess player, Alexander to me is C. H. O'D Alexander. His name can often be found in books about the great players of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Because he was talented but never fully developed his skills, he often lost excellent games against other top players. All along I had no idea whatsoever that he was engaged in hush-hush cryptanalysis.Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.com