Re: I found this
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1. how does a computer keep working after being in such a powerful electromagnetic field
2. what are the mechanics of the charging up in the hatch anyway? why didn't things just get permanently grounded? Why does someone need energy to build, then reset every 108 minutes?
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Why don't they write a computer program in [censored] basic or whatever that computer runs on to automatically enter the numbers every 108 minutes?
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The reason is likely because the numbers only needed to be pressed post-incident. Then again, perhaps there needed to be human presence in the station and the button was there to keep people around.
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