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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mucus: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [qb] Programmers supply our electricity now? [/qb][/QUOTE]Distribute actually. I imagine you'd be surprised at just how centralised and dependent the (Ontario) power distribution system is on computers, CS graduates, and engineers. Control centres need [URL=http://www.esca.com/]power management systems[/URL], power management systems require telecommunications systems. Both are run by people graduating from guess what, CS or engineering. I'd show you at work tommorow, but I imagine the security guards wouldn't like it. In any case, I have no doubt power distribution would shut down in a matter of hours if every engineer and CS graduate decided to just pack it in. Unfortunately (or fortunately), the government agrees, hence the laws prohibiting strikes. Now, this leads to a part that everybody should understand. If one group can threaten to strike, and another cannot, then obviously the playing field is unbalanced. Factor in the fact that fact that power distribution in Ontario is still a monopoly (with no plans to change), then the rules of a free market definitely don't apply. Government regulation does not, a free market make. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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