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From: jack@hp-dcd.UUCP
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Subject: boom after T-5 - (nf)
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hp-dcd!jack    Jul  2 20:58:00 1983

Re: Why can't self destruct be stopped after T-5 seconds?

I always thought it was an engineering limitation, not an administrative  one.
After  T-5  seconds, the matter & anti-matter are already falling together and
can't be stopped (or something physical like that).

				-Jack Applin IV
				(ucbvax!decvax!cca!sri-unix!hplabs!hp-dcd!jack)