The Last DC Power Grid Shut Down in NYC

The Last DC Power Grid Shut Down in NYC 533

Posted by Zonk on Friday November 16, 2007 @07:32PM from the edison-we-barely-knew-ye dept.

cell-block-9 writes "Today the last section of the old Edison DC power grid will be shut down in Manhattan. 'The last snip of Con Ed's direct current system will take place at 10 East 40th Street, near the Mid-Manhattan Library. That building, like the thousands of other direct current users that have been transitioned over the last several years, now has a converter installed on the premises that can take alternating electricity from the Con Ed power grid and adapt it on premises.' I guess Tesla finally won the argument."

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That's as maybe (Score:5, Funny)

by JamesRose ( 1062530 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @07:39PM (#21385305)

But Edison electrocuted an elephant, which quite frankly is just an awesome smear campaign.

Re:Advantages? (Score:2, Funny)

by Gregb05 ( 754217 ) writes: <bakergo@@@gmail...com> on Friday November 16, 2007 @07:39PM (#21385313) Journal

it makes math pretty easy, and your computer is currently running on it.

Re:Advantages? (Score:5, Funny)

by irn_bru ( 209849 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @07:42PM (#21385335)

Depends if you are an elephant or not.

Re:Advantages? (Score:5, Funny)

by Four_One_Nine ( 997288 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @07:43PM (#21385349) Journal

Do ATM machines (where we enter our PIN numbers) run on DC current?

A powerful, electrifying news story (Score:5, Funny)

by Phat_Tony ( 661117 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @07:44PM (#21385357)

Frankly, I'm shocked that there was still a DC power system in use in the US.

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:5, Funny)

by Paul_Hindt ( 1129979 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @07:49PM (#21385403) Homepage

Even trolls need electricity.

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:3, Funny)

by markbt73 ( 1032962 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @07:56PM (#21385465)

I know who Tesla was. "Modern Day Cowboy" was an awesome song.

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:3, Funny)

by markov_chain ( 202465 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @08:03PM (#21385521)

It's kinda funny that the Tesla Roadster runs off of DC batteries :)

Re:Advantages? (Score:5, Funny)

by jallen02 ( 124384 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @08:04PM (#21385525) Homepage Journal

You never, ever, have to say "correct me if I am wrong" on Slashdot. Someone will gleefully correct you if you are wrong.

Re:uh (Score:5, Funny)

by sweatyboatman ( 457800 ) writes: <sweatyboatman@ h o t m a i l .com> on Friday November 16, 2007 @08:05PM (#21385537) Homepage Journal

do you have a superior system than capitalism in mind?

I'm sure Tesla wrote it down somewhere.

Re:Advantages? (Score:3, Funny)

by clem ( 5683 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @08:07PM (#21385549) Homepage

What's so funny about all the TLA acronyms?

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:4, Funny)

by vought ( 160908 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @08:13PM (#21385599)

It's kinda funny that the Tesla Roadster runs off of DC batteries :)
Not when you consider that there are no such things as A/C storage batteries... :-)

Re:A powerful, electrifying news story (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @08:49PM (#21385899)

Frankly, I'm shocked that there was still a DC power system in use in the US.

You're obviously not aware of current events.

Signed,

AC

(How apropos: my catchpa is betatron [wikipedia.org]

Re:Advantages? (Score:5, Funny)

by stg ( 43177 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @08:55PM (#21385929) Homepage

...and even if you are right...

Circular gets the square (Score:2, Funny)

by patiodragon ( 920102 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @09:09PM (#21386059) Homepage

"um the fact that we use AC for long distances means that it is in fact better..."

Ah, yes, the old "I've been doing it this way for twenty years" reasoning. I can't think of a more dumb way to prove something than to say the reason is because "we've been doing it this way".

Re:Advantages? (Score:2, Funny)

by mcarp ( 409487 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @09:12PM (#21386071)

and especially if you say direct current current

the AC/DC debates of the turn of the 20th century. (Score:2, Funny)

by colourmyeyes ( 1028804 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @09:24PM (#21386145)

The sheer amount of High Voltage left the audience Thunderstruck, ready to Shoot to Thrill.

Re:Circular gets the square (Score:4, Funny)

by xSauronx ( 608805 ) writes: <xsauronxdamnit@noSPAm.gmail.com> on Friday November 16, 2007 @09:44PM (#21386305)

Im going to remember to make that very point next time the misses balks at anal...

Re:Circular gets the square (Score:5, Funny)

by kennygraham ( 894697 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @10:21PM (#21386599)

Just hope she doesn't use the same reasoning when she reaches for the strap-on.

Re:Advantages? (Score:3, Funny)

by Joe the Lesser ( 533425 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @10:36PM (#21386697) Homepage Journal

That is one of the most shocking stories ever.

Re:MOD PARENT "FUNNY"! (Score:5, Funny)

by RedWizzard ( 192002 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @10:39PM (#21386715)

Some people disagree with the Slashdot system that "funny" mods don't contribute to karma. So some people choose a different positive mod to use when something's funny.

I tend to agree. If I find something worthy of using a mod point for any reason, then I think it should be reflected in that user's karma. Why discriminate against humor?
Because most of the "funny" posts aren't very funny at all (i.e. the quality of "funny" moderations is lower than the quality of other moderations)?
Because Slashdot is intended to generate informative and insightful discussion rather than humor?
Deliberately using the wrong category when moderating reduces the readers ability to filter the posts in the way that they want. Moderators are supposed to categorize posts. They are not supposed to care about the karma of the authors.

Re:DC vs AC (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @10:59PM (#21386827)

Hell yeah; Viva La Revolucion! The victorious Anonymous Cowards finally taught them beatnik Disingenuous Cowards a lesson they'll not soon forget!
Woohoo! Long live AC! Death to DC!

This political advertisement paid for by The AC's for Death to DC's Coalition of Southern France, founded in 1894 by the Supporters of Nikola Tesla.

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:3, Funny)

by Tiger4 ( 840741 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @11:08PM (#21386877)

Even trolls need electricity.
Shot to the gonads perhaps?

I hope... (Score:4, Funny)

by Lord Byron II ( 671689 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @11:25PM (#21386959)

I hope that the current HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray debate is resolved a bit quicker

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:5, Funny)

by Scaba ( 183684 ) writes: <.moc.aicnarfeoj. .ta. .eoj.> on Friday November 16, 2007 @11:59PM (#21387157)

Good to see Wikipedia hold up under the mad scramble of 10,000 Slashdotters racing to be the first to update that entry to reflect today's event.

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:3, Funny)

by Xaositecte ( 897197 ) writes: on Friday November 16, 2007 @11:59PM (#21387159) Journal

I always wondered what Gonads were doing in the lightning..

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:4, Funny)

by Kagura ( 843695 ) writes: on Saturday November 17, 2007 @02:39AM (#21387791)

Haven't these bureaucratic fools actually seen what alternating current does to animals?!

Go Safe, Go Direct!

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:5, Funny)

by Bastard of Subhumani ( 827601 ) writes: on Saturday November 17, 2007 @03:38AM (#21388009) Journal

You can have a 10,000 volt current and it won't kill you if there is no amperage.
That could only occur if you had infinite ohmitude.

Re:Tesla won but... (Score:3, Funny)

by Scaba ( 183684 ) writes: <.moc.aicnarfeoj. .ta. .eoj.> on Saturday November 17, 2007 @02:10PM (#21391039)

I think your humor subsystem needs to be rebooted.

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Circular gets the square (Score:2, Funny)

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the AC/DC debates of the turn of the 20th century. (Score:2, Funny)

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