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by defeated 5447 days ago
I just visited Bletchley Park last week. It was great to see, especially the Colossus MK2 reconstruction and the working rebuild of Turing's Bombe. The only thing that made me sad was the lack of discussion of the way the government treated Turing; it was glossed over on a sign next to the Turing statue, but other than that, not a word was said.

Here's a sad little video I took on my phone of the Colossus MK2 rebuild in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziOEFIBZmBk.

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This is being rectified. There is a new Turing exhibit being planned and the official apology from Gordon Brown has been delivered to Bletchley Park and the people running Bletchley Park fully understand what's needed. I have been working with them on wording for the part talking about the apology.

I have posted a link to the actual apology document that will be displayed at Bletchley Park here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2767301

That's great to hear!