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Bitch_uk
Joined: Aug 13, 2003
Posts: 119
From: Lancs, Uk
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Im glad things are getting back to normal. I was worried, 1st threats on Microsoft, a mega virus and power cut. I got paranoid thinking what if when everything reboots and gets a virus. Bit like Terminator 3. I watch too many films HaHa
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pachy
Joined: Nov 05, 2002
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@boyi, All it takes is just ONE spark from an eel.
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nikwood28
Joined: Aug 16, 2003
Posts: 21
From: Mansfield, Notts
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wasn't it a cascade effect? its quite simple on systems which cant handle overload - i was reading in the paper that our country (UK) has hardly any reserve because of bad management/closures etc.. .and we are in for a winter of power cuts, this doesnt worry me unduely because i live near a few large power stations and power cuts arent uncommon, although they only last for a few hours max.
anyway - gone off the point. a cascade effect is where something happens to 1 plant so it has to be shut down, this causes a surge of demand on all the other plants, and if there is no reserve then the nxt plant will shut down automatic becuz of the overload and so on...
thats why the whole eastern board went down. |
jangelo
Joined: Nov 23, 2002
Posts: 23
From: Philippines
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anyway - gone off the point. a cascade effect is where something happens to 1 plant so it has to be shut down, this causes a surge of demand on all the other plants, and if there is no reserve then the nxt plant will shut down automatic becuz of the overload and so on...
thats why the whole eastern board went down.
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power plants are supposed to have capacity for spinning reserve and peaking power. therefore, should there be need for more demand (i.e. due to fluctuations in the system), reserve capacity should be readily available. i guess in this case, the overload proved too much to handle.
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gzumba
Joined: Feb 04, 2003
Posts: 146
From: New York, NY, USA
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@ Boyi: The Cayahoga River was once so polluted that it actually caught fire! This was one of the events that led to the creation of the Clean Waters Act, a law the Bush administration has begun to dismantle, along with many other laws meant to protect the environment. Bush has made the US a land 4 the rich only. Poison the poor & the rest of the world!
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icedog445
Joined: Mar 03, 2003
Posts: 84
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I was in SF but my cousins all live in NYC.One of them was in the subway when it happened.She says it was a total nightmare down there.She was near a station so it wasnt a long walk but still,
NYC YOU RULE NO ONE WILL STOP YOU, NOTHING. |
Dj Boyi
Joined: Oct 05, 2002
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From: Liberty City
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@gzumba,now i know,thanks  |
Dj Boyi
Joined: Oct 05, 2002
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From: Liberty City
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Now its London's turn,anyone stuck anywhere? I believe mobiles are still working :-)
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wapchimp
Joined: Jun 09, 2002
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From: Land of the chimps
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When did the US start supplying electricity to london?
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Dj Boyi
Joined: Oct 05, 2002
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From: Liberty City
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Ha Ha :-D
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Dj Boyi
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London have their power back then :-)
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shaggyhog
Joined: Aug 13, 2003
Posts: 164
From: Scotland (in exile)
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I set off the Goldeneye over london last night!!  I am holding the world to ransom. HAhaha!!!
Evil Double-Agent, Alec Trevelyan |
joebmc
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Kent
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stupid power cut (london, south east) took me 5 hours to get home yesterday (instead of 1)!
Why do we the british have to copy america all the time (bush wants to go to war... so we want to go to war etc...) |
M0rM3n
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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On 2003-08-15 02:14:32, pachy wrote:
We take electricity for granted now don't we, well a while ago i saw a scientist warning us that we may loose electricity as we know it, YES that sounds like TOTAL CRAP, but he explained that the earths magnetic field has swopped around with regular intervals every 100,00 years, according to history the poles swop over as part of a natural occurance with all magnetic fields & guess what ...we are expecting it again, it would COMPLETELY SCREW all our systems & create world turmoil.
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Hey, at least if the poles swop round you won't survive long enought to realise your phone's no use. It would screw all the computer systems sure,and, basically, yes, it will cause turmoil, but of the terminal sort. |
shaggyhog
Joined: Aug 13, 2003
Posts: 164
From: Scotland (in exile)
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oh well that's something to look forward to then...
i will next set off the goldeneye over edinburgh by the way - am hoping to erase all my bank debts from the computers there. HahAhha. Robbie Coltrane will be the inside man to finish off the job. Hahahaha.
Trevelyan & his pie-eating friend.
PS what really got me last night was that i had no cash and couldn't use my credit card. i couldn't have survived as long as the NYers. I didn't notice the power go off cos the laptop battery was working - only when i went out for cigarettes all the shops were dark! |
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