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60Hz Electric Grid: 122 years in service. NEMA 1-15: 115 years in service. IPv4: 41 years in service. IPv6: 24 years in service. Seatbelts: 53 years in serv
by bdamm 7y ago
60Hz Electric Grid: 122 years in service.
NEMA 1-15: 115 years in service.
IPv4: 41 years in service.
IPv6: 24 years in service.
Seatbelts: 53 years in service.
Some things are better not replaced every 8 years.
- spancap 7y agoI agree with your general sentiment but NEMA 1-15 must go (it kills a few people each year) and so must IPv4 (it spawned NAT which destroyed the Internet).
- jolmg 7y agoI super agree with everything, with the probable exception of Seatbelts. Is that even a standard with a concern for compatibility? I'm not sure if I can plug the belt of one car to the seat of another. Would be cool, I guess. If my seatbelt ever breaks, I guess that would mean I can obtain a "standard" seatbelt without worrying about compatibility.
- bluGill 7y agoThere are "heavy" people who carry a seat belt extender because most cars don't have a long enough seat belt without it. So yes there is a compatibility concern. Though there isn't a standard. Different manufactures use different connectors, not to mention air planes.
- bdamm 7y agoThere's a standard in that cars must have them, and they must have certain properties in terms of abrasion, strength, surface area etc.