I'm going to have to ask this...

[AtW]

Yes. The Met Office play a very important role in military planning.

Makes sense really.

It's like GPS in USA - ze military get accurate readings and the plebs get degraded info.

Same with the Met Office in this country - it's very important to know 600 ft underwater that it's all sunny in Blighty.

[AtW]

There are many countries where the national weather service still falls under defence.

In Soviet Union exact production figures of stuff like childrens cloths was falling under defense because ze enemy could not be allowed to know mobilisation potential of the country

[AtW]

There is more BS in this thread than on Bush's Texas farm

[Old Hack]

One of the places I worked with SC, the project team got a security violation because someone left a blank piece of paper on the printer at night.

I accidentally left a post-it note stuck on my desk (nothing on it). Came in in the morning and my colleague had labelled it "not protectively marked".

I got carpeted for putting my own USB stick in my laptop, by accident, rather than there's. Literally, put it in, and 3 minutes later had a phone call, dragged into see head boss client...

[AtW]

I got carpeted for putting my own USB stick in my laptop, by accident, rather than there's. Literally, put it in, and 3 minutes later had a phone call, dragged into see head boss client...

What would have happened if you bought your 4 TB external drive?

Put to ze wall???

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So, is it an official secret why MetOffice forecasts are so tulip?

Are they taking the piss?

How ze military can rely on their forecasts?

Why would a sub deep under water care about weather on top other than general (it's ****ing 9 level storm kind of weather)?

[EternalOptimist]

They are taking the Mickey , Mickey.
SC has nothing to do with security clearance (that is known as section 28)

SC is SadoMasochistic Contractors only. Once a site has been cleared, it is declared safe for 'straights' or normals.

So if you get someone on here like sasguru, who has been SC for 8 years, beware, because he will be fully tooled up with the leather gear, nipple clamps, hot candle wax and a gimp mask.

pm sas for more info

[Old Hack]

What would have happened if you bought your 4 TB external drive?

Put to ze wall???

You may laugh, but it was touch and go whether I kept the contract or not...

[AtW]

You may laugh, but it was touch and go whether I kept the contract or not...

Surprised they even let you in, komrade.

[Old Hack]

Surprised they even let you in, komrade.

I nearly failed CTC as I had multiple mortgages. I was interviewed about them.

[doodab]

The Met Office is one of the few places in the world that knows the location of all the Trident Submarines so it can send weather data to them, I know I used to work there

Who would have thought that it rains underwater...