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Invisible wrote:
> the lights green. It's not computer-controlled to start with.) More like
> just a collection of timers and electromechanical relays.
Depends where you are. Those movies with the guys watching the traffic
lights in the control rooms? That's real in NYC, for example.
> I'm fairly sure a nuclear plant would just automatically shut down. I'm
> pretty sure somebody will have thought of this.
If nothing else, I imagine they have enough batteries on site to shut the
thing down.
> Remember the Y2K bug? The one that was supposed to make planes fall from
> the skies and nuclear reactors go into meltdown?
>
> ...
>
> Nah, it wasn't so bad. ;-)
Everybody says this, but I have to wonder how bad it might have been if not
for the hype and terror and everyone fixing everything because of that. I'd
have felt the same way if I didn't see everyone in the FAA jumping up and
down and cheering when 12:00 passed without anyone crashing.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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