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[NetworkGroover]

He's one of the fathers of modern computing, that's all. Alan Turing did loads of security stuff at Bletchley Park, which any self-respecting computer geek should know about.

Ah, hence why the name sounds familiar.  Guess I'm not a computer geek.

Don't worry, there's hope for you. You've already shown capability at derailing a topic, which is a prime skill for computer geeks. Also, you use Google.

What were we talking about, now?  Aliens?

[deanwebb]

Yes, we're seeing if intelligent life on other planets uses LinkedIn.

[Nerm]

Yes, we're seeing if intelligent life on other planets uses LinkedIn.

I have seen a few on there that I think would qualify lol.

I knew who Alan Turing was I had just never heard of the turing test or at least if I had I had forgotten about it.

[Chev Chellios]

I thought the Turing test was how to significantly shorten the war and save civilization from the Nazi's then get utterly shafted by your government after the war was over?

[icecream-guy]

... how to significantly shorten the war and save civilization from the Nazi's then get utterly shafted by your government after the war was over?

I think  you are talking about the enigma machine?

[Chev Chellios]

Yes, the test was breaking the enigma machine, well the code anyway!