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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (39510)	12/20/2000 12:41:57 PM
From: chitral	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Actually other states are having problems. It is just that the severest problems are in the south bay (the power house of the world economy). If the power goes out most places it is a local problem, if it goes out in the south bay it becomes a world crises. Huge portions of the internet go though the silicon valley, not to mention all of the waffer cooking houses. One millisecond of power loss can cause entire batchs of CPUs to be corrupted. It takes more than a millisecond to corrupt Detroit's auto production. Oh, and it is not the state government's fault...electricity transportation falls under federal jurisdiction. And therin lies the problem, trying to get out-of-state suppliers to "deliver electricity" to California. I think the world would cry foul if we decided to stop delivery of sun servers outside of California, if only to jack up the prices and gain more profit. (and IBM and HP servers would also be kept in-state.) Texas would then convince the president-elect to send in the tanks like George senior did. And viola, we have another world crises, Europe sending over peace keeping troops and all. The Naz would plumult below 1000. Then some computer geek builds a war robot, and before long we will be fighting the terminator. And we would look fondly to those days when "duck and cover" was the onl exercise you got. The preceding paragragh should not be construde as investment advice. Chitral "Kalifornia ueber alles"