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		xxs on Aug 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Earthquake early-warning system gave 10-second ale... >> It might even be that 10 false positives a day are worth it to catch one real event, if the "safing" operation is relatively non-disruptive. This will cause so much panic that people will ignore them at some point. 10 false positives (even 1 a day) just make the system unreliable.

UweSchmidt on Aug 25, 2014 [–]

OP seems to be talking about "automated systems". A harddisk might stop reading/writing for moment and park the heads to avoid a head-crash and things like that.

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