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Fire Destroys Southampton Fibre-Optics Center

Posted by Zonk on from the bad-science dept.

Sam Haine '95 writes "BBC News reports that a fire has burnt down a CS facility at the University of Southampton. It's notable because the facility was one of the best in the world." From the article: "Some of the most advanced research work in the country, and indeed the world was carried out in this facility ... We probably will have to start from scratch, and it will take a couple of years to rebuild the facility"

3 of 201 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Backups? by NoGuffCheck · · Score: 5, Funny

    No need to worry, luckly the sprinkler system was off site so it survived the fire unharmed... phew! y,know, its close scares like this that make you really appreciate your plumbing.

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    serenity now!
  2. Who dun it? by TheDracle · · Score: 5, Funny

    First Google buys all unused fiber optics:
    http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/ 28/2156233&tid=217&tid=230&tid=193

    To corner the market.

    And now mysterious fires ravage the competition.

  3. Firewall by Kyeetza · · Score: 5, Funny

    A massive fire has destroyed a leading computer science research facility.... They should've invested in a better firewall...