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Power Grid Insecurities Examined
Joe Barr writes "Chris Gulker has taken a long and careful look at the infrastructure of our power grids and has come to some rather unsettling conclusions." A good read that outlines where the current power grid is at, and suggests some paths for the future that may help avoid future blackouts.
The insecurities in our power grid are quite shocking.
Well of course Power Grid is feeling particularly insecure right now. I mean it's old and weak and obsolete and just got caught with it's pants down a few weeks ago. That kind of spectacular failure is bound to make anything or anyone feel pretty insecure. I doubt the last thing Power Grid wants is to have its insecurities examined publically! C'mon, people, let's not kick it while it's down!
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no, that's always been booze and guns and ammo. the survivalists always tuck away hooch and hoglegs... whiskey for trading, bangsticks for defense... with their six-month dry food kits.
now, now many valved gel-cell batteries should you stash to keep the MP3 server running when society collapses?
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
No, it was NASA's fault - when Canada sends power back down to us, it's in Canadian units. The boys at NASA just haven't mastered the concept of unit conversion yet.
On the verge of existence? That must have been Schroedingers' Bird - the last of which may or may not be going to have been eaten by a cat.
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No, it's a Canadian unit - 1 Canadian meter is only worth .8 standard meters. ;-)
A vurnerability that isn't Microsoft's fault. I suppose that we could blame them anyways though.... just for the fun of it.
The current problems with the grid are due to an un-ethical power struggle between the US and Canada. We need to phase into a system where a neutral party oversees the whole grid.
Ohmygod, this thread is sick!
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