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Comment Re:WHY? (Score 2) 54

Most currently active reactors were designed, built and certified in the sixties and seventies. All systems in those plants are 60's or 70's electronics. Most won't even have something as modern as a pdp-8 to control stuff. Go watch the China Syndrome if you need a reminder.

Interfacing 40 year old control electronics to modern computers is more than a 'airgap'. It's more like your kid trying to explain GTA4 to a stone age caveman without a computer present.

Comment Re:$6k to 7$7k/month (Score 3, Informative) 231

Is what a nursing home costs in the US.

For about 3500 euro a month you can live here: http://www.rosorum.nl/locaties...

(ignore the language, click the photos..)

A partner requiring no care is something like 800 euro a month extra. Both prices will be for the smallest suite in the complex, and are 'starting at', but, 7K a month will buy you a lot of care.

Mind you: Dutch healthcare won't cover that kind of care. Hogewey is accessible to (severe) dementia-sufferers but has a waiting list of about a year.

Comment Re: why not? (Score 3, Interesting) 303

> Windows can't run a month w/o needing a reboot

Regardless, I reboot all my linux, unix and bsd boxes once a month too. Just to be sure anything can rebooted by a noc monkey without disturbing my sleep.

During daytime, yes. Redundancy is a lie unless you test it periodically.

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