S1-E8 Right as Raynes

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Vickie and Dud Gramley discuss Season 1, Episode 8 – Right as Raynes

“Odd fluctuations in computer-controlled environments may have something to do with the return of Eureka’s prodigal son.”

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Links to items discussed in this episode:

Alan Turing:

Callister Raynes, “He said God could give a computer a soul if he wanted to. Do you think that’s true, Dad?”

(FYI, I was correct. He did say “Dad”)

Alan Mathison Turing 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general purpose computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

David Paetkau as Callister Raynes:

David Paetkau was born on November 10, 1972 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as David E. Paetkau. He is an actor and producer, known for Flashpoint (2008), Goon (2011) and Man of Steel (2013)

Title Play Off:

Right as Rain – Expression

In good order or good health, satisfactory, as in He was very ill, but he’s right as rain now , or If she’d only worked on it another week everything would have been as right as rain . The allusion in this simile is unclear, but it originated in Britain, where rainy weather is a normal fact of life, and indeed W.L. Phelps wrote, “The expression ‘right as rain’ must have been invented by an Englishman.” It was first recorded in 1894.