Originally Posted by Amaike (Post 11558448)

Yes, I'm afraid I thought it was too good a story not to be an urban myth :(

Apple was founded in 1977 at which point Turing's war work was still top secret.

In any case it's a great film. There is another film called Enigma starring Kate Winslet, but it's more fictitious and doesn't contain Turing as a character.

Originally Posted by Fish n Chips 56 (Post 11557479)

Hershey are pathetic, Cadbury UK doesnt send much chocolate into this country in the big picture of things, it shows how greedy people like Hershey are.

As I said before I will take great pleasure in boycotting Hershey, No more American Cadburys Dairy Milk, Mini eggs, Creme Eggs or Kit Kats, and I wont be taking back a load of Reese's pieces as I always do for my inlaws.

There are plenty of other chocolate companies that will be happy to have my money, Mars and Nestles to name just two.

Originally Posted by curleytops (Post 11558617)

Further to the chocolate wars, caught this on the morning news:
BBC News - The UK entrepreneurs shipping chocolate to US

Originally Posted by cheers (Post 11559120)

I can't find Foyles War on YouTube. Something about it not being available in the US because of copyright. Strange because I was able to get it previously.
I seem to remember reading somewhere about it being pulled.
I got to watch an old Doc Martin tonight. It was him inviting someone to dinner and they showed up tipsy. It was the one we're he and Louisa goes upstairs to check on the baby and their conversation is heard by the guests on the nursery speaker.

Originally Posted by Fish n Chips 56 (Post 11558872)

I went to my British shop this week and found out that Heinz are out of the pudding business, Bye Bye Heinz Treacle and Chocolate pudding, I was told there will be a replacement by another company, shipments are stuck at L.A. docks Huhhhh...

I went in a regular supermaket and found 3 treacle puds close on date but picked them right up.

Originally Posted by Amaike (Post 11557240)

In the Apple logo, the bite taken out of the apple is a tribute to Alan Turing

Originally Posted by Englishmum (Post 11557056)

I've seen both films - both were very enjoyable but out of the two I thought that 'The Imitation Game' was the best, although this may be partly due to the fact that I didn't know anything about Alan Turing, on whom the film was based and found it quite gripping and became more emotional as events unfolded.

Originally Posted by formula (Post 11559745)

Try and take a trip to Bletchley Park and see where the codebreakers worked. Engineers have rebuilt The Bombe.

Originally Posted by formula (Post 11559743)

Steve Jobs said that wasn't true. @ 2.25
QI on the Enigma machine, Alan Turing, and early computing - YouTube

Originally Posted by Amaike (Post 11560166)

Bletchley is amazing, they have an original Enigma machine as well, and they explain how it all works, much more clearly than is explained in the Imitation Game. I took my kids.