SUNY Geneseo Department of Computer Science
“Breaking the Code” Act 1
Tuesday, April 15
Intd 105 13, Spring 2014
Prof. Doug Baldwin
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Campus writing contest
- April 17 deadline
- Submit anonymous copy through English dept. (Welles 226)
- Note “first-year essay” category
Enigma revision
- Handout
- … and do meet with me re original versions
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“Breaking the Code”
Immediate comments?
- A little disconcerting that it hops around between “present day” and various episodes from Turing’s past
- Why does it do this?
Watch Act 1
Discussion
- 2 things going on
- Flashbacks establish who Turing is, what shaped him
- “Present day” scenes are setting up the story of his arrest for homosexuality and his eventual suicide
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