Re: WWDC



Chris Ridd wrote:

On 2006-07-27 15:23:15 +0100, Paul Russell <prussell@xxxxxxxxx> said:

Ian Robinson wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:12:53 +0100, Paul Russell wrote
(in article <4irsefF4u4k8U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):


I just arrived in the bay area last night and you'll no doubt be pleased to learn that the heat wave that they were experiencing here last week is now over (temperatures were up to 110 in places and there were warnings that there could be black outs due to all the demand for A/C).



Happy days.


You can imagine how much fun WWDC will be if the power goes. It looks like


Don't worry, they have backup power.

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Sure - that takes care of power for the RDF generator, but what about power for the technical presentations ? Do you think they could siphon off some power from the RDF supply or would that be too risky ? A failure in the RDF could be catapstrophic.

Paul
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