{"id":1748,"date":"2003-08-14T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-14T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=1748"},"modified":"2021-05-24T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:13:30","slug":"first-we-take-away-their-internet-then-we-go-after-their-a-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/08\/14\/first-we-take-away-their-internet-then-we-go-after-their-a-c\/","title":{"rendered":"First We Take Away Their Internet, Then We Go After Their A.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/mebug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; At 4:23, August 14 2003, Sky Net became self-aware.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; It was blamed on an overload in New York, a lightning hit at Niagara Falls, and the MS Blast virus. But the cascade of power failures today really began when a Canadian grid operator, reacting to the excessive air conditioner use, strung too many power strips together.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#8217;m presently still at work. I learned that our diesel backup generators should have kicked in immediately, but while they need four circuits to trip before activating, only three did so. It wasn&#8217;t till 6:10 PM that the generators kicked in, but even so only certain critical systems were operational. More systems have been brought back up (including the computer network &#8212; <i>Hi everybody!<\/i>), so the room I&#8217;m in is fully up and running now. I&#8217;m just hanging out to make sure everything&#8217;s stable, as well as to wait for the other buildings to come online. <br>&nbsp; &nbsp; The power remains out at home, sadly, so I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m in that much hurry to leave. But don&#8217;t tell my bosses.  They&#8217;re supposed to think I&#8217;m dedicated.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; At 4:23, August 14 2003, Sky Net became self-aware.&nbsp; &nbsp; It was blamed on an overload in New York, a lightning hit at Niagara Falls, and the MS Blast virus. But the cascade of power failures today really &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/08\/14\/first-we-take-away-their-internet-then-we-go-after-their-a-c\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-news","category-me"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1749,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748\/revisions\/1749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}