Power Grid Change May Disrupt Clocks 439
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timothy
from the let's-make-y2k-feel-dumb dept.
from the let's-make-y2k-feel-dumb dept.
hawguy writes with an AP story about upcoming tests of greater allowed variation in the frequency of the current carried on the U.S. electric grid: "A yearlong experiment with the nation's electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers — and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers run up to 20 minutes fast."
Re:"Clocks" (Score:4, Funny)
The word you're looking for is "nitpick".
Re:"Clocks" (Score:5, Funny)
You're telling me that an Internet denizen who's only been exposed to this idea for 5 minutes doesn't know more than the engineers who have been running the system for decades?
That goes against everything /. stands for!