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On 9/16/2024 8:27 PM, Don_from_AZ wrote:
> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
> 
>> On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:15:31 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:31:03 -0700, Paul S Person
>>> <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I have to admit that I was disappointed in the tour.  When I was a kid I
>>>>> visited the plant on the American side and they let you walk down on the
>>>>> actual floor and see operating equipment... they had one generator torn
>>>>> down and you could see how the brushes were honeycombed to reduce skin
>>>>> effect. (at 60 Hz!)  It was very, very cool.  Forty years later the
>>>>> American side was totally locked down and the Canadian plant had a tour
>>>>> where you could look through a window and talk to someone who couldn't
>>>>> answer any questions.
>>>>
>>>> "But the kids are much less likely to run into the equipment and get
>>>> hurt."
>>>>
>>>> Just one possible excuse for the change.
>>>>
>>>> "Makes sabotage harder" would be another.
>>>>
>>>> Ah! The 50's!
>>>>
>>> To me the most amazing thing about the Falls are the tunnels under the
>>> Falls on the Canadian side. There's even a hallway (roughly 15' x 15'
>>> in size) where there's only a small standard railing preventing you
>> >from running out into the midst of the Falls (which would obviously be
>>> fatal) and no guards.
>>
>> Well, I suppose that's one way to weed out the more daring children.
> 
> "Think of it as evolution in action!"
> 
> That's a quote, but I can'st remember from where (or who).

A Niven collaboration involving an arcology IIRC.

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