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Re: AT&T Switch operational in basement of WTC


From: Alex Pilosov <alex () pilosoft com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 22:34:27 -0400 (EDT)


On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Randy Neals wrote:

So if you can build a switch room that doesn't collapse when 2 x 110 story
buildings fall on it, why not get those engineers to design the building so
it doesn't collapse in the first place?

Q: Why airplanes aren't made of same material as 'black box'?
A: Highways aren't wide enough.

Q: Why whole building isn't built like its basement?
A: It'd either have to be a pyramid or be entirely underground...

-alex


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