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Monday 28 September 2009, 12:13 PM
Coders to hold Bletchley fundraiser
ACCU, which up until 2006 was known as the Association of C and C++ Users, will hold the conference on 7 November 2009. Speakers will include PGP encryption creator Phil Zimmermann; National Museum of Computing stalwart Tony Sale; and journalist and author Simon Singh.
The event will be open to the public. Tickets will cost £85 for ACCU members and £95 for non-members, while all proceeds will go to Bletchley Park.
The UK government in August rejected an online petition requesting it provide funding for operational expenses for the museum complex over five years. Number Ten said the government did not have the resources to provide the necessary £250,000.
Meanwhile, the Home Office is to spend over £500,000 of taxpayers' money marketing ID cards to businesses in the North-West between September and December this year. Interesting how budgets get allocated, isn't it?
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Ack, you spelled Phil's name wrong! It's spelled with two N's.
Anyway, thanks so much for the coverage!
Apologies - typo now corrected.
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Must try to get to this (although it's a bit expensive). Anyone know what the scedule is?
Hmm. Doesn't look as if you need to pre-book.
Yup bloody government, and best of luck for the day, here's a quick link to there donations page.
http://www.tnmoc.org/donate.aspx
Best to book your ticket to avoid disappointment. I'll be rewriting the schedule this week and posting it to the website now that I have Phil's title and abstract.
Tickets are available from http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/shop/index.rhtm/130872/cat.html
To CA, you posted the link to the computing museum (another very good cause) rather than Bletchley. They are separate charities.
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