Comments on: Wither Bletchley Park http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/11/07/wither-bletchley-park/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:31:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Getting Married at Bletchley Park at Yield to Pedestrian: Stroll With Me Through the Universe http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/11/07/wither-bletchley-park/#comment-331236 Getting Married at Bletchley Park at Yield to Pedestrian: Stroll With Me Through the Universe Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:05:08 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=6323#comment-331236 [...] Wither Bletchley Park [...] [...] Wither Bletchley Park [...]

]]> By: Tel_ http://clubtroppo.com.au/2008/11/07/wither-bletchley-park/#comment-329509 Tel_ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:58:52 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=6323#comment-329509 Can I point out that Bletchley Park was <strong>not</strong> the birthplace of modern computing. Sure, the British can claim to have been there first but that claim is made vacuous by their long period of secrecy. The real birthplace of modern computing was the USA where ideas were allowed to flourish. The suicide of Alan Turing doesn't give the Brits much to be proud about either. As far as I'm concerned, Bletchley Park was a historical curiosity and a dead end, much like the Phaistos Disc. The only museum it deserves is a reminder of the wrong way of doing things. John Von Neumann was the real father of modern computing. Can I point out that Bletchley Park was not the birthplace of modern computing. Sure, the British can claim to have been there first but that claim is made vacuous by their long period of secrecy. The real birthplace of modern computing was the USA where ideas were allowed to flourish. The suicide of Alan Turing doesn’t give the Brits much to be proud about either.

As far as I’m concerned, Bletchley Park was a historical curiosity and a dead end, much like the Phaistos Disc. The only museum it deserves is a reminder of the wrong way of doing things.

John Von Neumann was the real father of modern computing.

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