Wow, I'd really hate to be the programmer that wrote that. I worked on RBS' ESP-COMM (Emergency Communication System) which uses radios to alert local law enforcement if a release should occur.
Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of will hill Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [brlug-general] Microsoft smokes the grid? Oh my, there might be more to a Micoftie type problem than I thought. An article in todays New York Times points to an Ohio grid problem with this interesting tidbit: "FirstEnergy released a statement last night saying that "its computerized system for monitoring and controlling its transmission and generation system was operating, but the alarm screen function was not." A company official confirmed that this meant that an alarm system that was supposed to alert controllers did not do so. It was not clear whether the system, besides flashing messages on control-room computer screens, also included an audible alarm. The official would not provide additional details, and no one from the Midwest energy consortium could be reached for comment." Conditions like that are unimaginable. A failed alarm screen? No audible alarm? What is FirstEnergy smoking besides the grid? It's hard to believe that a control room could leave the operators so blind. Nuts, unthinkably nuts. On 2003.08.15 16:39 Shannon Roddy wrote: > Leave it to Micro$oft to fry the grid.... > > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
