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   Message 123,587 of 124,944   
   bruce bowser to danny burstein   
   Re: kill switch   
   05 May 23 11:17:05   
   
   From: bruce1.9bowser@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 12:47:13 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:   
   > [snip]    
   > >> > >Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.=20    
   > >> > And data centers.=20    
   > >>=20    
   > >> Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?=    
   > >=20    
   > >>=20    
   > >> > >(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different=20    
   > >> > >emergency stop buttons.)    
   >    
   > >Where I worked the shunt trip took care of that. =20    
   >    
   > And then there's this:    
   >    
   > [NYC's Tabloid of Record]    
   >    
   > Oops! FDNY contractor presses wrong button, shuts down    
   > NYC's emergency dispatch system    
   > ====    
   > rest:    
   > https://nypost.com/2022/10/15/fdny-contractor-presses-wrong-bu   
   ton-shuts-down-emergency-dispatch-system/    
      
   I guess we'll never know if that ever happened in the military or in the intel   
   or police forces.   
      
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