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Politicians want to / have shut down pipelines (e.g. Line 5, Keystone) to pander to various environmental groups.
Be careful what you wish for.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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False flag? Wouldn't put it past some.
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If they just had a big stop valve with a handwheel, this would never have happened. Why do they need internet-connected IT to turn a pipe on and off FFS? If they really must, just stick a Sinclair ZX81 on it. That can control a power station, after all, so a measly pipeline should be trivial 
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As usual, the answer is "Money"
- They don't need as many people in the field as they would if all operations were manually controlled
- The engineers / technicians can be paid much less, because this is now an "office" job, rather than a "muddy boots" job.
Until something like this happens...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Exactly. Why do critical systems need to be connected to the internet at all?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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You've got to be kidding. A plant like this is an immensely complicated machine. Countless sensors, valves, fluid management subsystems, safety subsystems - all linked to each other. Internet connections make sense so that when a human decision is required, you don't need a warm body in front of a control panel.
Since this is probably a test run for a nation-state's cyber warfare capability...
Software Zen: delete this;
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Go on bring common sense and industry knowledge to a basically sense free discussion.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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It's a gift (and a curse).
Software Zen: delete this;
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There once was was a line of pipe
For which hackers did quickly type
Odd lines of code
To cajole and to goad
A company whose plunder was ripe
Real programmers use butterflies
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"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Have you read "Blackout" by Marc Elsberg?
Close topic, I recommend it.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'll check it out, thanks!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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So the real question is "why is the US East Coast dependent on a single pipeline?" We need to resolve this issue because ransomware isn't going away.
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Space-Track.Org[^]
2021-05-09 02:04:00(UTC) at Lat:41.6, Long:350.7 - North Atlantic, just off Portugal
Margin of error? Um. Errr ... eh .... trivial, really ... +/- 60 minutes
So, that's pretty much anywhere within an 18,000 mile radius of Portugal then ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Hmm ... UTC now is 22:10, let's hope for a big splash  (and not anything else) within a few hours ...
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I beleive the Maldives never were under Portuguese rule... So the estimate was a bit off
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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That seems ... elaborate.
The question is, did they come up with the app before or after the launch?
Real programmers use butterflies
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But your favorite one is missing! 🍺
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Au contraire mon cher, c'est vin pour moi 
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You need glasses? I will drink the content - then you can have the glasses! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I love the sound of broken glass
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Quote: Windows Forms succeeded Visual Basic 6 in 2002, just as WPF succeeded Windows Forms in 2006. WPF brought with it XAML: a declarative language for UI. Microsoft developers had never seen anything like XAML. Today, Xamarin and UWP bring XAML to iOS, Android, HoloLens, Surface Hub, Xbox, IoT and the modern desktop. In fact, XAML is now the technology building the Windows OS itself.
Developers around the world love XAML because it’s so productive and flexible. Microsoft engineers feel the same; we’re building our own apps and even Windows 10 with XAML. The future is bright, the tooling is powerful and the technology is more approachable than ever.
XAML - Custom XAML Controls | Microsoft Docs
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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