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Old November 9th 11, 06:15 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Met Office needs more powerful computers - minister

In article ,
Graham P Davis writes:
"The scientific rationale for the Met Office buying powerful
supercomputers to improve weather forecasts is "clear and
accepted" - Ed Davey.

But Labour MP Graham Stringer said ministers should not rush into
the move as the computers would be a "lot cheaper and better in
a few years time".


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15653374


If that logic had been followed in the past, the Met Office would still
be running an IBM 360 from the late 1960s, or possibly something even
more primitive! Ever since Colossus, computers have always been "a lot
cheaper and better in a few years time".
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