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Bletchley Park Facing Financial Ruin
biscuitfever11 writes "Bletchley Park, the home of Station X, Britain's secret code-breaking base during World War II, is barely scraping by financially, as shown in these images compiled by ZDNet this week. The site has undergone major redevelopment as an act of remembrance for the Allied efforts to break the German Enigma code, but now its future is clouded — among others, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation turned them down for financial assistance (since it doesn't have to do with the Internet). Its director estimates that Bletchley Park's funds will be exhausted in three years. Hungry land developers are circling. This is an insightful look at what's happened to Bletchley Park these days and the pain it's going through."
We should keep part of it in a museum, but it doesn't really keep up with today's standards of technology, so why keep it.....other then nostalgic reasons, it really is more of a drain then an advantage, are we ever going to use it again to break codes that a clustered computer came up with, no!....break it up , sell the property, keep whatever is necessary in museums, and let bygones be bygones
Maybe it has something to do with the British government looking more and more like the German government just before WW2 and would like their citizens to forget... Oh, would you like a fresh cup of surveillance with your papers anyone?
On another note if Godwin's law were a law, this entire story would not exist. Thank God it's not a law social or civil.
Yes, because there is state sanctioned violence against Jews going on in the British Isles right now. There's also state sanctioned violence against the political opposition too. And let's not forget the Enabling Act that Gordon Brown is trying to push through Parliament at this very moment.
On another note if Godwin's law were a law, this entire story would not existGodwin's law doesn't exist because of stories about WW2. Godwin's law exists because of idiots like you that make stupid bombastic comparisons to Nazi Germany that are completely divorced from any sense of reality or perspective and serve only to incite passions and flamewars.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
These are just mouldering old buildings. Do we set aside some corner of London because someone famous did something there a long time ago? No. We move on and build newer better things. A better solution is to build a living museum by creating courses that teach kids how to build strong cryptographic tools. This will protect British business and help the average Brit defend themselves against fraudsters roaming the net. I think one classroom with free classes could do more to memorialize the spirit of Bletchley Park than a bunch of old buildings filled with dusty display cases.