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gominokouhai ([personal profile] gominokouhai) wrote in [personal profile] purplecat 2008-08-15 07:48 pm (UTC)

> burned down in mysterious circumstances

Um, no. It was a faulty fuse box.

> In 1973 the Lighthill report happened

Interesting. I don't know if this means that it's more of an open wound or less, but this entire issue was never mentioned, once, during my entire time at university. I wondered why everyone was pussyfooting around the big issues, concluded that they were all too scared to address them (which in a way, perhaps, they were) or were deliberately hoarding the cool stuff away from the undergrads, and lost interest.

Alan was a good bloke, and not at all responsible for my later Inf-related nervous breakdown. I hope he's well.

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