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"""
A nuclear power plant in Georgia was recently forced into an emergency
shutdown for 48 hours after a software update was installed on a single
computer.
The computer in question was used to monitor chemical and diagnostic data
from one of the facility's primary control systems, and the software update
was designed to synchronize data on both systems. According to a report
filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, when the updated computer
rebooted, it reset the data on the control system, causing safety systems to
errantly interpret the lack of data as a drop in water reservoirs that cool
the plant's radioactive nuclear fuel rods. As a result, automated safety
systems at the plant triggered a shutdown. ...
"""
(Note - no indication this was Microsoft's update in the article, from
comp.risks.)
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Man, you thought Windows Update bugged *you*
Date: 8 Jun 2008 18:12:31
Message: <484c594f@news.povray.org>
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Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
> (Note - no indication this was Microsoft's update in the article, from
> comp.risks.)
Especially since it says "the software update was designed to
synchronize data on both systems". That doesn't sound to me like it
had anything to do with Windows Update.
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- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> Especially since it says "the software update was designed to
> synchronize data on both systems". That doesn't sound to me like it
> had anything to do with Windows Update.
Yep. I was just being clear, due to the number of people on the net who
read a headline and decide they know everything they need to to convict
someone of murder or something. :-)
Plus, of course, this being journalism, it's entirely possible it *was*
something in Windows Update and the journalist just screwed it up. Like
that article the other day, explaining since how Apple is planning to
add more flash memory to the iPhones, Adobe should now be able to run on
it. D'oh!
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Man, you thought Windows Update bugged *you*
Date: 9 Jun 2008 04:55:30
Message: <484cf002@news.povray.org>
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Plus, of course, this being journalism, it's entirely possible it *was*
> something in Windows Update and the journalist just screwed it up. Like
> that article the other day, explaining since how Apple is planning to
> add more flash memory to the iPhones, Adobe should now be able to run on
> it. D'oh!
What? You mean flash memory is *not* memory specialized for use with
flash player?
;)
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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Plus, of course, this being journalism, it's entirely possible it *was*
>> something in Windows Update and the journalist just screwed it up. Like
>> that article the other day, explaining since how Apple is planning to
>> add more flash memory to the iPhones, Adobe should now be able to run on
>> it. D'oh!
>
> What? You mean flash memory is *not* memory specialized for use with
> flash player?
>
> ;)
>
No, no, no. As any fule kno flash memory is memory optimised for use in
low-light photographic apps.
John
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world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.
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