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size=2 face=Arial>I agree with you, but can they knight someone who is
dead?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> liverpool-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:liverpool-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Simon
Johnson<BR><B>Sent:</B> 11 September 2009 21:46<BR><B>To:</B> Liverpool Linux
User Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Liverpool] Knight Turing?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Does anyone think that rather than being sorry for the treatment of Alan
Turing, the government should knight him?</DIV>
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<DIV>He is to Computer Science what Newton is to Physics; he gave us the
mathematics with which we could understand programs. We shouldn't just be
sorry, we should recognise him for what he was: one of the greatest scientists
of all time!</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm putting a letter together that is addressed to the Prime Minister
asking Turing to be knighted. Who'd be willing to counter-sign it?</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
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<DIV>Simon</DIV>
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