Writers need to think a little further on the efects of induced failure of electronic systems.
David <[email protected]> wrote: > For example, if all the traffic lights in a CBD are networked back to a > central control system the traffic throughput might be amazing, but nothing > would move if the system failed. Or it was hacked. Sorry, this is a furphy: traffic can certainly move with no trafic lights operating. Remember the policeman on point duty? a person can easily control traffic, at the rate of one person per normal intersection, with almost no training. Worse than having inoperative lights would be hacked lights which induced collisions, jamming the intersections, by showing random signals or showing green in all directions. That is not part of the requirements for this weapon. -- Chris Johnson, Honorary AsPro ANU _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
