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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by arcadeparade on Sunday September 01, 2019 @05:10PM (#20854914)
At the moment you are correct but if things work out with Korea he could be remembered, rightly or wrongly as the person who started a new path.
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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by michaelmrose on Sunday September 01, 2019 @05:32PM (#20855072)
He started by ridiculing said person on twitter and then obediently appearing for a photo op when he stroked his ego.

If anything is accomplished it will be because china put the screws to them.

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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by arcadeparade on Sunday September 01, 2019 @08:01PM (#20855778)
That might be the reality but who knows what history will say.
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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by andybak on Sunday September 01, 2019 @05:32PM (#20855073)
How many people remember Nixon for China over his other "accomplishments"? (I'm British and first I heard about it growing up was via the opera)
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