On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Randall Clague wrote:
> >The other thought is - in such a situation, would an orderly shutdown
> >actually be quick enough and less dangerous?
>
> Good point. If we automate the shutdown sequence...
Of course, there is the question of what happens if the automation fails.
(Say, its power supply dies at an inconvenient time.)
One answer to that is to test it and debug it and bulletproof it well
enough that a failure comes under the "random implausible catastrophe"
case -- something grossly improbable happened, you just have to cope as
best you can -- but if it's not going to be wrung out that thoroughly,
there had better be a backup plan.
Henry Spencer
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