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urged to stop watching Olympics at work  L.A.'s chief technology
officer sends email imploring city workers to stop watching the
Olympics online, fearing it could trigger a massive computer
crash.  August 01, 2012|By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times   •
Children play on the Olympic rings at the rowing venue in Eton
Dorney, near Windsor, England, Children play on the Olympic
rings at the rowing venue in Eton Dorney, near… (Natacha
Pisarenko / Associated…)    The email came on a day when the
U.S. women's gymnastics team was competing, as well as the
women's soccer team.     Mark Wolf, executive officer for
information technology for the city, said he had not discussed
the email with Levin but said any time employees watch streaming
material, it takes up a tremendous amount of bandwidth. NBC is
streaming the games live online, which taxes highly valuable
bandwidth.  Asked about the city's struggling computer systems,
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's pr