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and will assign critical memory to other or multiple memory locations to maintain memory integrity. While computers are great technology and, when properly constructed, they can be entrusted with many tasks, nothing is perfect. We’re fortunate most computer hardware failures are of the all-or-nothing variety. Most computers either work right all of the time or they don’t work at all. I could cite many examples of computer malfunctions impacting our lives, but one recent experience was a false fire alarm. My wife and I went on a two-day get- away for some rest and relaxation, and checked into a hotel for the night. All went well until the fire alarm went off at 2:30 a.m. This was simply the fire alarm going off when it should not have. Nobody pulled the fire alarm lever. When this happened, the hotel guests gathered in the lobby as they were supposed to and the fire depart- ment with their trucks and firefighters arrived shortly afterward. The fire department personnel checked for problems and told the guests to go back to their rooms be- cause it was a false alarm. The next day we noticed the fire alarm equipment technicians working on the alarm control panel which was located near the hotel entrance, so we thought every- thing had been “fixed”. That night, the fire alarm went off again, also at 2:30 a.m. Again, the hotel guests gathered in the lobby and the fire department with their trucks and firefighters came to visit one more time. Just like the night before, the fire de- partment personnel checked for problems and told the guests to go back to their rooms because it was a false alarm. Now while I would rather have a false alarm and no fire as opposed to a fire and no fire alarm, this is a critical system and it should be better than that. Unfortu- nately, there are far too many critical systems failures which shouldn’t happen, which will be the subject of the next article. Britt Britt Storkson may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com Storkson cont’d from page 10. www.ohiowaterwell.org LANCASTER, OHIO 20 APRIL 2017 WorldWide Drilling Resource ®