OT: Alan Turing [Was: Re: halting problem :)]

[Daniel Keep]

Alan Turing wrote:
> Maybe I can help...

At first glance, this might look like someone being silly and not at all
helpful... but in truth, Mr. Turing has probably already fixed your
source code with his incredible powers.  If you notice your firewall has
melted into a pile of slag, and your PC seems to be running a lot
faster, that'd be him.

Most people seem to think he's dead; this is only partially true.
Whilst his physical body died, his mind lives on in the Internet, ever
vigilant to ensure the safe delivery of our daily LOLCATs.

Some other random Alan Turing facts:

* The only reason Alan Turing hadn't solved the halting problem is that
it was too busy running from him in fear.
* Alan Turing could tell what a RAM chip contains simply by smelling it.
* Alan Turing programmed computers in raw machine code, using a
magnetised pin.
* Alan Turing didn't bother programming; he just stared at a computer
until it submits to his will.
* Alan Turing only designed the bombe because "he just stared at
ciphertexts for 10 seconds and wrote down the plaintext" wouldn't make
for an interesting documentary 70 years later.
* Steve Ballmer lives in perpetual fear of the day Alan Turing will
return to unmake Microsoft.
* When Alan Turing crashes a machine, all the other machines on the same
subnet dump core out of fear.
* Alan Turing can break RSA encryption up to 4096 bits; he doesn't
bother because it's not challenging enough.
* Alan Turing knows what you were browsing last summer.

  -- Daniel "insomnia is a terrible thing..." Keep