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Re:How The World Almost Came To An End At 2PM On September 18 by richcollins on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @07:44PM (#476281)
> smooth out their financial numbers

So how will they fail if they don't have access to it?

Re:How The World Almost Came To An End At 2PM On September 18 by newt0311 on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @07:47PM (#476286)
Excess inefficiencies if they have to adjust immediately. They would have to unroll all the debt in a few days instead of the months it would take to unroll the debt in an orderly fashion.