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Re: The Speccy - 25 yours on



*A* nuclear reaction?

Simon Coates wrote:
> Yes
>
> Simon
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Gareth Cook
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Sent: 23 April 2007 20:33
>   Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] The Speccy - 25 yours on
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>   But can you really 'control' a nuclear reaction :-)
>
>   Gareth Cook
>   IT Architect / Project Manager, SWG Sales Europe
>   Office: +44 (0)1784 445166 - Mobile: +44 (0)7980 445166
>   email: g@xxxxxxx
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>   ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 23/04/2007 20:24 -----
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>   On 4/23/07, Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>   > Sir Clive said the ZX81 could run a Nuclear Power Station. Gawd
know
>   what
>   > would have happened if they had had the famous RAM Pack wobble
!
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>   I've worked on software that was used a Nuclear Power Station.
>   Journalists love these sort of statements but the truth is that the
>   *reactor* is not controller by the computer. The computer is there
>   for more important tasks such as clocking people in and out and
>   ensuring that they take the correct length of tea break.
>
>   (The computer does quite a lot of other stuff too but it all gets
rather
>   boring)
>
>   Nick.
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