http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315
This is absolutely a step in the right direction and is too long overdue for such a brilliant scientist and cryptographer.
However, I'm equally as sure that 'pardon' is not the right way to put it. Turing did nothing wrong and was chemically castrated and, possibly, pushed to suicide for his homosexuality. Pardon implies that he had done something wrong whereas it is actually the society which treated innocent men in this manner for narrow conservative and religious reasons that needs absolution.
Tuesday 24 December 2013
Sunday 22 December 2013
Cameron vs Plevneliev - advantage Plevneliev
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25484456
I'm still not happy with the Lib Dems for their cynical betrayal of pretty much every election promise they made but you have to admit they represent the saner side to the current Coalition.
It is a sad day when the President of Bulgaria has to remind our elected leader that we have a tradition of respecting international agreements and welcoming the migrants that our economy has always relied upon.
I'm still not happy with the Lib Dems for their cynical betrayal of pretty much every election promise they made but you have to admit they represent the saner side to the current Coalition.
It is a sad day when the President of Bulgaria has to remind our elected leader that we have a tradition of respecting international agreements and welcoming the migrants that our economy has always relied upon.
Wednesday 11 December 2013
Benefit Software Debacle - The poor execution of a bad idea
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/iain-duncan-smith-insists-benefit-reform-is-on-track-8992509.html
£40 million wasted on useless software by the admission of Iain Duncan Smith. So much for the Coalition's austerity.
Iain Duncan Smith, of course, being the same inept minister who publicly claimed that he could live on the £53 per week that some on benefits are forced to subsist on.
Well, Mr Smith, if you had actually put your money where your mouth is and accepted the Change petition calling on you to try it (http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/iain-duncan-smith-iain-duncan-smith-to-live-on-53-a-week) you could have subsisted on the wasted software money for 754,717 weeks (approximately 14,514 years).
In short, you might want to consider the cost of your hypocritical and blinkered attack on the poor and disadvantaged before you cause even more real damage to the people of this country.
£40 million wasted on useless software by the admission of Iain Duncan Smith. So much for the Coalition's austerity.
Iain Duncan Smith, of course, being the same inept minister who publicly claimed that he could live on the £53 per week that some on benefits are forced to subsist on.
Well, Mr Smith, if you had actually put your money where your mouth is and accepted the Change petition calling on you to try it (http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/iain-duncan-smith-iain-duncan-smith-to-live-on-53-a-week) you could have subsisted on the wasted software money for 754,717 weeks (approximately 14,514 years).
In short, you might want to consider the cost of your hypocritical and blinkered attack on the poor and disadvantaged before you cause even more real damage to the people of this country.
Sunday 8 December 2013
Space Cthulu wants you!
http://rt.com/usa/nro-satellite-octopus-emblem-854/
Typical Russia Today paranoia exhibited in their article reacting to the logo adopted by the Americans for their reconnaissance satellite launch of 8 December 2013.
However, it does seem an odd decision for the NRO to have used such a Machiavellian-looking Cephalopod. They must know that their public image is not at a peak right now!
Typical Russia Today paranoia exhibited in their article reacting to the logo adopted by the Americans for their reconnaissance satellite launch of 8 December 2013.
However, it does seem an odd decision for the NRO to have used such a Machiavellian-looking Cephalopod. They must know that their public image is not at a peak right now!
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