In addition to essentially inventing the computer, Alan Turing also broke the German Enigma Code during World War II which paved the way for the D-Day invasion. The man was a hyper-genius. I’ve read descriptions of his work by mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose. He’s been a hero of mine ever since.
The level of thought required to come up with the stuff he came up with is totally beyond my comprehension. I actually did not even know about his orientation until much later. He was prosecuted and ordered to undergo chemical castration. Soon thereafter, he committed suicide by eating a cyanide-laced apple.
The government forced him to take estrogen as a punishment (or “cure”?). He began to develop breasts and other side effects.
He committed suicide by biting into a cyanide laced apple. This is supposedly the inspiration for the name/logo of Apple computers.
omfg
omfg
and old Apple computers
the apple was a rainbow
Reblogging again because more people need to know about Turing dammit.
(Source: communism-kills, via kat-adrianmiller)
Honestly, you go through life thinking you’re a reasonably competent person, then *BAM*… you’ve got some qvo6 computer virus that you can’t get rid of!
I uninstalled a lot of files and changed my homepage, but both my browsers kept opening on this spurious site. (Note to self: never download ANYTHING ever again!).
Anyway, I think I may have finally gotten it… I uninstalled Firefox and downloaded it all over again and the homepage I can reset as normal, but does anyone know if there’s anything else I should do? Should I look for more lingering threats?
PS
Computers, 
ammiright?