New Posts For Thread: the Imitation Game - breaking the code ? ch4 + 1https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1Can't imagine this will be as good as the Derek Jacobi version from 1996 ?RV Jones was the scientist who took many of the chess-like decisions whether and how to react to intelligence gathered from the Germans. He wrote an excellent book about it called Most Secret War, which was also the title of a 1977 documentary serieshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549508351#549508351RV Jones was the scientist who took many of the chess-like decisions whether and how to react to intelligence gathered from the Germans. He wrote an excellent book about it called Most Secret War, which was also the title of a 1977 documentary seriesMon, 01 Aug 2016 10:14:54 -0500All valid criticism if this was a documentary but it's a film, for entertainment not education, so does it work on that level?Do you watch ,umm, 'specialist' films and go 'That's rubbish that! A plumber would never work naked and would ensure the ranhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549507719#549507719All valid criticism if this was a documentary but it's a film, for entertainment not education, so does it work on that level?Do you watch ,umm, 'specialist' films and go 'That's rubbish that! A plumber would never work naked and would ensure the ranMon, 01 Aug 2016 09:15:12 -0500I haven't seen the film but a friend of mine who has more than a passing interest in cryptography was disgusted by it. As well as the points flagged by Ramruma he said the film gave the impression that just a handful of people worked at Bletchley Parhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549507263#549507263I haven't seen the film but a friend of mine who has more than a passing interest in cryptography was disgusted by it. As well as the points flagged by Ramruma he said the film gave the impression that just a handful of people worked at Bletchley ParMon, 01 Aug 2016 08:17:28 -0500Both the U.K. and U.S.A. treated Turing disgracefully.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549507087#549507087Both the U.K. and U.S.A. treated Turing disgracefully.Mon, 01 Aug 2016 08:06:26 -0500They pursued Turing for his homosexuality after the war.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549507045#549507045They pursued Turing for his homosexuality after the war.Mon, 01 Aug 2016 08:01:07 -0500Yes, the film is idiotic but could easily have been rescued simply by moving some scenes and dialogue around, which might easily have happened if the writer or director had thought to get the script checked before shooting started. That's the frustrahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549507037#549507037Yes, the film is idiotic but could easily have been rescued simply by moving some scenes and dialogue around, which might easily have happened if the writer or director had thought to get the script checked before shooting started. That's the frustraMon, 01 Aug 2016 07:59:34 -0500I liked the Derek Jacobi version, I did not watch The Imitation Game.I felt Alan Turing was unfairly pursued for his homosexuality, he did not advertise it, unless there were other security reasons for this.It was an extremely ungrateful way for thishttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549507023#549507023I liked the Derek Jacobi version, I did not watch The Imitation Game.I felt Alan Turing was unfairly pursued for his homosexuality, he did not advertise it, unless there were other security reasons for this.It was an extremely ungrateful way for thisMon, 01 Aug 2016 07:58:18 -0500so basically the film is idiotic. sherlock as Turing?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549506469#549506469so basically the film is idiotic. sherlock as Turing?Mon, 01 Aug 2016 07:04:08 -0500isn't it the first thing they do to decrypt messages...look for the letter 'e' etc. most common letter?Yes and no. Normally they would but in fact Enigma machines were not vulnerable to letter-frequency analysis because the Enigma machines change thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549505615#549505615isn't it the first thing they do to decrypt messages...look for the letter 'e' etc. most common letter?Yes and no. Normally they would but in fact Enigma machines were not vulnerable to letter-frequency analysis because the Enigma machines change theMon, 01 Aug 2016 05:18:07 -0500https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S23yie-779kderek jacobihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30719979/the-imitation-game---breaking-the-code-ch4-1?post_id=549504691#549504691https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S23yie-779kderek jacobiSun, 31 Jul 2016 20:55:02 -0500