-=> Roy J. Tellason said to Mike Ross
 -=> about "WATTS UP? KILOWATT-HOUR M" on 09-03-03  12:06.....

 RJT> If they knew how to take all that stuff out why don't they?

AFAIK they only fix the bits that users have discovered and told
them about.

Since it would be a capital crime for military personel to tell
the software people about any weaknesses in their systems, I
doubt that any "back doors" are actually taken out of the
mil-spec software.

Except of course where the hacks become so noticeable that they
get into the media...

 RJT> What gets me is the politicians trying to blame this on
 RJT> "deregulation",  when the grid is still pretty highly regulated...

I think you'll find it's mostly "self-regulation" where the power
companies agree on their own standards.

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