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Major power outage hits CES, a consumer electronics show
Power in the North and Central halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center, which hosts CES annually, was out for nearly two hours on Wednesday. First reports of the power outage began hitting Twitter from convention goers starting around 11:14AM PT, and was slowly restored shortly after 1:00PM PT. Security evacuated most visitors from the affected halls during that time.
"A preliminary assessment indicates that condensation from heavy rainfall caused a flashover on one of the facility's transformers," reads a statement from the CTA, the organization that puts on CES. "We are grateful to NV Energy for their swift assistance, to our customers and their clients for their patience and to the staff for ensuring the safety and security of all attendees and exhibitors."
Post anything about CES below, if you can spare the electrons.
Also at Tom's Guide.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @07:30AM (1 child)
Roman plebs had free prolefeed and anybody who wanted a job could find a job as a day laborer.
Where's my free food? Oh right, there isn't any. Where's my job for the asking? Oh right, there isn't any.
Plenty of free internet though! Still need to pay for coffee. Oh yeah and I can plug my broken twelve-year-old laptop into the wall for free electricity! That's awesome.
I tried to interview for a job today but surprise all interviews were canceled and the job was eliminated outright because the rich people who have all the money just didn't like any of the applicants.
And the free clinic turned me away because I'm not quite terminally ill.
Your civilization isn't.
As a modern person living in your modern age I must say there are gaping holes in your social safety net big enough for a whale to slip through.
Can I sell myself into slavery yet? Nope! Can't even do that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @01:57PM
> Where's my free food?
Not very resourceful, are you? Grocery stores throw out all kinds of good food, every day. If it's not available directly from their dumpsters, they may have made arrangements to truck it to a local food bank or other distribution location. Every US city I've been in has free food kitchens.