tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post7663307485596479618..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: The Churchill Series – Jun. 29, 2007Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-38678292285890150832007-07-02T00:27:00.000-04:002007-07-02T00:27:00.000-04:00To AC @ 5:04,The question of how the papers got in...To AC @ 5:04,<BR/><BR/>The question of how the papers got in the box if Churchill alone had the keys is one that historians still argue over.<BR/><BR/>Just kidding.<BR/><BR/>The Turing info is interesting and above my pay grade.<BR/><BR/>Corwin @ 5:48,<BR/><BR/>"Body Guard of Lies" is indeed fascinating.<BR/><BR/>And did you ever hit the mark regarding the outcome of WW II not being inevitable. <BR/><BR/>So few people today, including historians who write of the era, realize that.<BR/><BR/>Nice hearing from you both.<BR/><BR/>JohnJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275423713054782480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-53489969684532710602007-07-01T17:48:00.000-04:002007-07-01T17:48:00.000-04:00John,I'm sure you're familiar with the "Body Guard...John,<BR/>I'm sure you're familiar with the "Body Guard of Lies" book of the Enigma story,but it's fascinating.As I've read more of WW II,I realize it wasn't ineveitable the Allies would win.<BR/>Turing was Von Neumann's secretary at the Institute for Advanced Studies aand his suicide was a tragedy and fascinating in its methodology.<BR/> By the way,did you know WSC' s grandfather was part owner of the NYT?<BR/>CorwinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-12591738450074225772007-06-30T17:04:00.000-04:002007-06-30T17:04:00.000-04:00"He alone had the keys to those boxes. " - How did..."He alone had the keys to those boxes. " - How did the papers get in there then?<BR/><BR/>More seriously, Turing was a very interesting guy and is famous (in Comp Sci circles) for designing what is known, of course, as the Turing Test. This is the test you give a computer to see if it can think like a human.<BR/><BR/>Fascinating.<BR/><BR/>-ACAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com