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'Neglect' of Bletchley condemned
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:49:42 -0700
________________________________________ From: bobr () bobrosenberg phoenix az us [bobr () bobrosenberg phoenix az us] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:42 AM To: David Farber Subject: BBC: 'Neglect' of Bletchley condemned Dave Perhaps for I.P. I'm deeply troubled to learn that Bletchley Park is falling apart from 'old age'. IMHO, Something needs to be done to preserve this jewel of computing history. Sadly, Bob -- Bob Rosenberg P.O. Box 33023 Phoenix, AZ 85067-3023 Mobile: 602-206-2856 LandLine: 602-274-3012 bob () bobrosenberg phoenix az us ************** "Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." -- President Harry S. Truman, message to Congress, August 8, 1950 ************** Page last updated at 00:48 GMT, Thursday, 24 July 2008 01:48 UK 'Neglect' of Bletchley condemned Hut 6 at Bletchley Park, BBC Many parts of Bletchley Park are showing their age http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7517874.stm A call to save Bletchley Park has gone out from the UK's computer scientists. More than 100 academics have signed a letter to The Times saying the code-cracking centre and crucible of the UK computer industry deserves better. They say Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, should be put on a secure financial basis like other "great museums". "We cannot allow this crucial and unique piece of both British and World heritage to be neglected in this way," the letter to The Times said. <snip> ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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