Re: The Speccy - 25 yours on

[David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*A* nuclear reaction?

Simon Coates wrote:
> Yes
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> Simon
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>   But can you really 'control' a nuclear reaction :-)
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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
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>   > 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.
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>   (The computer does quite a lot of other stuff too but it all gets
rather
>   boring)
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>   Nick.
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