Bletchley Park brainpower
Matt R <[email protected]>
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Hi all, This is a bit of fun and nonsense. The Yahoo! Mail team were recently awarded a (somewhat bizarre) polystyrene statue in honour of their effors to compete with the rival Google email service (Gmail). The plaque on the statue reads: ------------------------------------------ Presented to the Yahoo! Mail Team by the good people of Yahoo! in recognition of tremendous intellectual efforts put forth in order to defeat Gmail. Not since the code breakers in Britain's Bletchley Park deciphered Germany's Enigma code during World War II has so much brainpower been focused on kicking an enemy's ass. The Yahoo! Mail Team's bravery, courage, and cumulative intelligence will not soon be forgotten. (At least not until the next version of Yahoo! Mail is released.) ------------------------------------------- Some people have taken this to be quite offensive to BP, in that competition between two Internet companies over their webmail services is hardly comparable to the World War II sigint struggle. However, I read it as tongue-in-cheek hyperbole: it's actually a great complement, in that BP's work is now known -- at least in geek circles -- as a byword for great intellectual effort. Links: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/06/131216&tid=237&tid=217 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentbrew/60225256/in/photostream/ -- Matt Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Matt_Crypto Blog: http://cipher-text.blogspot.com ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com