Re: The Macintosh is a girl's computer!

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 14:48:12 +0100, real-address-in-sig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Rowland McDonnell) wrote:



Werl, sort of - but it was only by that stage that he was being
indiscreet, you know? Back in the Bletchley days, Turing kept his
private affairs private. It was only in later years that he let it be
obvious in public that he had a boyfriend and they were shagging,
y'know? That was the *real* `crime' - letting it show.

Well yes, that would be indecent exposure, or if the OP is right then
with long term Mac use, 'inadequate exposure' ? ;-)

But as you say maybe Alan's downfall was 'coming out' 1) in his high
profile position and 2) too soon afa social tolerance was concerned
(at that time).

All the best ..

T i m
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  • Re: The Macintosh is a girls computer!
    ... private affairs private. ... rather, so that it didn't show, 'cos after all, a lot of your closer ... It wasn't really social tolerance that was the issue. ... Turing didn't have those sort of contacts. ...
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  • Re: The Macintosh is a girls computer!
    ... ISTR recall that they didn't *quite* force him - he had the choice of ... the drugs or prison... ... Turing kept his ... private affairs private. ...
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