It seems to me that a lot of people are getting confused about the nature of free software. As I've always understood it, free software refers to it's open nature and the ability of anyone to get in there and use and modify it as they see fit and not the price that is paid for it...
I would imagine anyone with the funds to install such a system would have funding available to install a backup power system for just such a situation. At least I hope that would be the case.
Even so, I guess you wouldn't have much luck with traffic when you got out if none of the traffic lights in the area were working.
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It seems to me that a lot of people are getting confused about the nature of free software. As I've always understood it, free software refers to it's open nature and the ability of anyone to get in there and use and modify it as they see fit and not the price that is paid for it...
I would imagine anyone with the funds to install such a system would have funding available to install a backup power system for just such a situation. At least I hope that would be the case.
Even so, I guess you wouldn't have much luck with traffic when you got out if none of the traffic lights in the area were working.
it's the law of conservation of matter *and* energy...
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A quick lesson in where the extra energy comes from in a fusion reaction: http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/stars/s