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Steve Beeston

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Oct 5, 2020, 11:54:40 AM10/5/20
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... IMHO

Staggering.

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Dan

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Oct 5, 2020, 11:55:35 AM10/5/20
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Lol. Not surprising though is it.

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On Mon, 5 Oct 2020, 4:54 pm Steve Beeston, <steve....@gmail.com> wrote:
... IMHO

Staggering.

Steve

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Steve Beeston

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Oct 5, 2020, 12:01:30 PM10/5/20
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Sorry, IMHO should have been FYI 

And FWIW I think the techies at PHE designed the Telegraph paywall. Just hit ESC before the page finishes loading and you can access anything on the site (sometimes takes a few attempts). I think there must be some JS at the end of the page that enforces the paywall.

Steve


Steve Beeston

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Oct 5, 2020, 12:11:34 PM10/5/20
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Shock and despair follow revelations that ‘world-beating’ Test and Trace system is being run on Excel


Steve Beeston

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Oct 5, 2020, 12:13:25 PM10/5/20
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Sorry, IMHO should have been FYI 

And FWIW I think the techies at PHE designed the Telegraph paywall. Just hit ESC before the page finishes loading and you can access anything on the site (sometimes takes a few attempts). I think there must be some JS at the end of the page that enforces the paywall.

See also ...

Shock and despair follow revelations that ‘world-beating’ Test and Trace system is being run on Excel


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