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The spirit of the idea is good, but it would not work well for hardware. With software, if something breaks, you restart the servers. With hardware, if somethin

The spirit of the idea is good, but it would not work well for hardware. With software, if something breaks, you restart the servers. With hardware, if something breaks, you have to buy a new one. Throwing chaos monkeys to see which transformers blow up would end up quite expensive. :)

chucknelson 12y ago
Haha, was thinking the same thing. This would make a great xkcd.
omegant 12y ago
Then at least simulations on how it affects electric grids coyld help quite a bit. Are this simulations taking place?
- eneveu 12y ago
  I interned at Areva T&D in 2006 (now Alstom Grid). While I was not working on that specific project, I remember they had a very powerful EMS (Energy Management System), which let them simulate incidents (e.g. "what happens if these power lines are destroyed"). Doing a quick search, this seems to be called a "dispatcher training simulator": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispatcher_training_simulator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispatcher_training_simulator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_management_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_management_system http://www.alstom.com/Global/Grid/Resources/Documents/Automation/NMS/e-terraplatform%203.0%20trans_gene.pdf http://www.alstom.com/Global/Grid/Resources/Documents/Automa... http://www.alstom.com/Global/Grid/Resources/Documents/Automation/NMS/NMS%20HiRES%20Brochure/e-terrasimulator%20Brochure%20GB.pdf http://www.alstom.com/Global/Grid/Resources/Documents/Automa...