Long term data storage (was: Disasters and Recovery

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Jan 19 17:48:16 1999

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Tony Duell wrote:

> >
> > A recent program on Stonehenge on the Discovery channel said the RAF wanted to
> > level Stonehenge with explosives, but the person who owned the land they were
> > on refused to let them. *boggle* Is it just me, or does all this suggest
> > that in the 1930s and early 40s good maps were much harder to come by than
>
> A lot of it was propaganda to the British public to convince them how
> important the war was....
>
> Of course there were maps. Ordnance Survey maps were originally produced
> for military use (hence the name), but nowadays are available just about
> anywhere in the UK (most bookshops keep at least the local ones). During
> the war they were probably impossible to obtain, but before the war, trivial.
>
> And you can bet they had got them in Germany as well. After all, the
> British certainly had German maps.
>
> The other thing that worries me is that Stonehenge is not the best
> landmark in that area. Salisbury Cathedral's spire is probably a lot
> easier to see from a distance.
 
Indeed it is, Tony, but spires are rather commonplace in England -
although at 400 odd feet, it is rather more obvious than others - and
Stonehenge is just a bit unique.
                                                 - don
Received on Tue Jan 19 1999 - 17:48:16 GMT