* Posts by peterp

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RBS IT cockup: This sort of thing can destroy a bank, normally

peterp

My grandfather, a man who rebuilt jet engines for a living, kept all his cash in shoe boxes in his wardrobe - I used to think he was just really old-fashioned. How were we to know that he was really fantastically far-sighted, being 50 years ahead of his time!

Brit space agency sends up 1st satellite

peterp
FAIL

Getting facts straight

"Blighty's first satellite", eh? What about Prospero, lauched in 1971 and operational until 1973, then?