Two reasons, like Americans they speak a sort of English that US politicians understand.
And there isn't a chance in hell anyone else would be available in that area.
I don know why you bring up the bold text.
But I largely agree with it.
The alternative to government run infrastructure is strong legislation to keep these competing commercial entities in check by enforcing a level playing field.
Like net neutrality.
For our mainframe (1970's) we used an inertia generator that in case of a mains failure would take over until the emergency generator had fired up.
It was a huge steel wheel and although the frequency would fall a bit during the ~5 seconds of the switch over that did not affect the computer.
I can tell you it was not just 'normal' people that used the system with light bulbs.
I worked in a factory for very large Diesel engines, many of them generators, and when testing them they would be connected to the grid using precisely this technique.
You are a little off.
In Europe synchronous electric clocks have been in use and proven reliable since well before WW2.
Since 1950 the European grids were coupled and the accuracy was now guaranteed Europe wide.
For most of the grid's existence they did it because it costs practically nothing and it was the right thing to do. In the U.S. it has been a regulatory requirement since 2009 since corporations no longer understand the right thing to do unless coerced to do it.
Indeed, the European grid has since they coupled in 1950 a regulator assuring the correct frequency over a 24hr period.
This article is interesting because the system clearly failed and like after the European blackout of 2006 there will now doubt be a further improving of the methods to guarantee a stable frequency.
All of Europe is on the same grid and there is an institute responsible for dividing the load to assure keeping of hte frequency.
As the article said there was a problem in souther Europe that cause a slow down and that drift has to be fixed by running faster than the usual 50Hz until all is back on track.
This requires strict coordination, it is already quite amazing the system did not collapse during the original failure.
A couple of years ago when a large newly build cruise ship had to cross high tension lines in northern Germany things did go wrong, one after another power station could no longer supply the required power and disconnected from the net, this caused a domino effect all the way into Morocco in North Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
This article gives insight in the usual control mechanism.
Hmm, here in the living room I have a wind up wall clock my parents bought when they married in 1950, it has run since.
In the bedroom I have an electric clock of the synchronous type this posting is about and it was made in the 1930's, it also works fine.
The bedroom clock is made of bakelite, one of the earliest plastics.
You are thinking of electric clocks connected to a so-called Mother Clock.
That connection was a special cable, not the mains. The last minute before the full hour they synchronised by means of extra pulses.
You would typically find them on train stations and public places.
And that's exactly what ClickOnThis asked, fi the OP only spend a short time in Canada where so much of electricity is generated by hydroelectricity, think Niagara falls.
/. is not about getting the news first but more about getting a good discussion going which often brings new insights.
Well, that's how we would like to see it...
Efficiency.
Of course there might still be outlying homes and farms with a single cable, a good ground is the return.
Single or dual phase is a bit like the old community phone lines, a great idea 80 years ago.
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I do agree with the possibility real words could be problematic to certain SJW and other sensitive souls.
Boy oh boy.
The US doen't need another amendment to at least partially control their gun totin' loonies.
All it takes it the SCOTUS to return (to) a sane rule on the definition of 2nd amendment Militia.
You mean places where not every Tom, Dick and Harry can call himself a one-man militia?
Two reasons, like Americans they speak a sort of English that US politicians understand.
And there isn't a chance in hell anyone else would be available in that area.
I assume this was encrypted till you found it?
One thing is pretty sure they are not billionaires with huge egos and dubious hair.
Basically you're saying these perverts don't read /. else they would have been smarter.
+1 interesting.
Not nice, the lack of such a legal mandate.
In places you can be charged with complicity if you knowingly allow a criminal act without reporting.
The cookies are gone, from now on it will be .... Cake, or biscuits or chips
either way, at the end of the day, all of them will end up in the restroom
Pig, if you ever come over to my place I sure hope you use the toilet...
Not everyone got such a shitty provider.
Nonono, Kali might be console based but it is Linux on a Desktop.
But building a house on such shaky foundations is still questionable.
I don know why you bring up the bold text.
But I largely agree with it.
The alternative to government run infrastructure is strong legislation to keep these competing commercial entities in check by enforcing a level playing field.
Like net neutrality.
For our mainframe (1970's) we used an inertia generator that in case of a mains failure would take over until the emergency generator had fired up.
It was a huge steel wheel and although the frequency would fall a bit during the ~5 seconds of the switch over that did not affect the computer.
I can tell you it was not just 'normal' people that used the system with light bulbs.
I worked in a factory for very large Diesel engines, many of them generators, and when testing them they would be connected to the grid using precisely this technique.
You are a little off.
In Europe synchronous electric clocks have been in use and proven reliable since well before WW2.
Since 1950 the European grids were coupled and the accuracy was now guaranteed Europe wide.
For most of the grid's existence they did it because it costs practically nothing and it was the right thing to do. In the U.S. it has been a regulatory requirement since 2009 since corporations no longer understand the right thing to do unless coerced to do it.
So sad because true.
Indeed, the European grid has since they coupled in 1950 a regulator assuring the correct frequency over a 24hr period.
This article is interesting because the system clearly failed and like after the European blackout of 2006 there will now doubt be a further improving of the methods to guarantee a stable frequency.
All of Europe is on the same grid and there is an institute responsible for dividing the load to assure keeping of hte frequency.
As the article said there was a problem in souther Europe that cause a slow down and that drift has to be fixed by running faster than the usual 50Hz until all is back on track.
This requires strict coordination, it is already quite amazing the system did not collapse during the original failure.
A couple of years ago when a large newly build cruise ship had to cross high tension lines in northern Germany things did go wrong, one after another power station could no longer supply the required power and disconnected from the net, this caused a domino effect all the way into Morocco in North Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
This article gives insight in the usual control mechanism.
Hmm, here in the living room I have a wind up wall clock my parents bought when they married in 1950, it has run since.
In the bedroom I have an electric clock of the synchronous type this posting is about and it was made in the 1930's, it also works fine.
The bedroom clock is made of bakelite, one of the earliest plastics.
As you see, quality pays.
You are thinking of electric clocks connected to a so-called Mother Clock.
That connection was a special cable, not the mains. The last minute before the full hour they synchronised by means of extra pulses.
You would typically find them on train stations and public places.
And that's exactly what ClickOnThis asked, fi the OP only spend a short time in Canada where so much of electricity is generated by hydroelectricity, think Niagara falls.
/. is not about getting the news first but more about getting a good discussion going which often brings new insights.
Well, that's how we would like to see it...
You just mentioned reason to stay clear of Apple, their software integrates less well with software of other companies.
It's called a "walled garden".
Efficiency.
Of course there might still be outlying homes and farms with a single cable, a good ground is the return.
Single or dual phase is a bit like the old community phone lines, a great idea 80 years ago.