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Old 31-10-2014, 11:58   #11
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Re: New £97m supercomputer for Met Office

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
Still not sure why it'd be confidential, unless it's nuclear fallout modelling...
Same reason any other industry guards their trade secrets, money.

The weather industry is a rather lucrative one, and without the advantage of having modelling that others don't have, I doubt the Met can afford a £97 million HPC!
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