And when they take that away, as they surely will, what will those who detest "beta" do?
Fuck beta, and fuck stupid, cowardly cunts like you.

"The British are very keen to take sole credit for cracking Enigma"

Well, we're not, actually. Any more than we're keen to take the sole credit for winning the Second World War.
It was a team effort.

Well, I'm normally against childish flaming, but this beta thing has me upset.
Especially since I have been giving regular feedback ever since they started rolling out this crap.

Why are they continuing? Death march...

This may look a little contrived, but the new management team at Bletchley Park also seem to wish to "improve" things by making them worse.
For example, they recently sacked a long-time volunteer guide because he insisted on showing guests the nearby National Museum of Computing, (which is where the Colossus is replica is actually housed).

http://www.independent.co.uk/n...

Oh, and double fuck beta....been here for decades, and whilst I'm all for progress the classic site never struck me as broken, (apart from special character support - is that fixed in "beta"? )
The last I heard progress meant IMPROVEMENT. Listening DICE?

Out of interest, I was looking for more detail.
Found a story on the BBC about one of their facilities that went up in flames in London in 2006 (I think)
Was a link to another fire too..

Maybe not the safest archivist out there, then..

You're kidding right?
It suck donkey balls on iPhone/Pad and Android too.

Way to go. Mine was "it makes me want to turn off the PC and go exercise".

have mod points but you are at 5 already so...

excellent karma and all that stuff, been here for years etc blah

And I loathe this beta shit. I come here with a variety of browsers on different platforms; it's managing to break most of them in different ways.

Why?

From TFA

Stolen data is sent to the IP 144.76.120.243 that belongs [to a] server hosted in Germany.

"We found 3 domains that link to same IP:
go-upload.ru created 2012.09.23
aliserv2013.ru created 2013.09.09
ngusto-uro.ru created 2013.09.19

Unfortunately, domains are registered through the infamous Russian domain registrar Naunet.ru, which is associated with malware and spam activities. This registrar hides client contact info and ignores requests to suspend illegal domains.

Unless you don't give a damn about the confidentiality of your data.

If you don't fancy setting up your own server at home, try http://owncloud.org/
Advantage is clients available for many platforms, including Android.

If that's too hard, and/or you want 24/7/365, pick a hosting solution in the country of your choice.
Difficult to know which one to pick, tho'.

Thanks, great post.
@all - check the date on the article...Paris (ESA) Jan 22, 2003.
That's right...ten years.

Now that's more like it! Forget the asteroid-mining bullshitters and the nutters who think one day we're going to colonise Mars, (much as I'd love that to be one day possible...it just ain't).

This is real science, real exploration, with a real goal to further mankind's scientific knowledge, requiring efforts lasting years.
Oh, and (in the scheme of things), very little money.

Hats off to them. Can't wait to see if the lander makes it. Now THAT would be impressive.
Kinda like getting Woody Allen's VW to not only to start but then fly from New York to Australia, at supersonic speed, and then land on a penny.
Without a map.

I wish that was true, but it is not. Vehicle fuel in Europe is wildly expensive due to tax that in some cases exceeds 60% of the pump price. The enormous revenues generated in no way are balanced by subsidies to "clean" energy sources, nor do they bear any relation to true cost, whatever that is.

Well put, as usual.
BTW, nice to see you back...had not seen you posting for a while.

OK, ensure that punishment fits the crime by all means, and crooked employees have been yielding to temptation for centuries.
Still, I can't help thinking that maybe, just maybe, if financial institutions developed their employees properly, and had enough of them, plus paid them just a fraction of their traders and CEOs, then they would have loyal, competent and trustworthy staff instead of having to rely on contractors.

Hey, they might even not have to spend that much money; I've been in plenty of situations where there were dozens of contractors, and not one of them costing less than 1000 per day...and usually plenty more than that.