And unless some drastic, though politically difficult, changes are made in Europe's outdated decision-making machinery, it probably won't be the last.
One point missing, however, is that the original requirement for a 10,000-year isolation time is a result of the outdated policy decision, made during the Carter administration, to not recycle spent nuclear fuel.
This straightforward approach allows the CGP to automatically repair routing paths such that an outdated routing decision does not result in a packet drop.
Both bodies needed to strengthen their ways of holding those they police to account, and the NMC's "outdated and inflexible decision-making processes" need to be urgently replaced, Cameron added.
That decision declared outdated the 34-year-old United States Supreme Court ruling that established guidelines for assessing the reliability of witness identification, of which lineups are a fundamental part.
We share the concerns of many within our industry, who believe the basis on which the Competition Commission formed their decision to be outdated".
That must be what shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis meant when he accused opponents of the BBC's decision of having "outdated prejudices".
The money, which would have bought about 60 of the new multinational Eurofighter aircraft, will now go to overhaul Greece's outdated pension and welfare system.The decision displeased hawkish members of Mr Simitis's Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (known as Pasok), who think Greece should have as many new fighter aircraft as it can afford to fend off any possible attack by Turkey.
Moreover, the judge based today's decision on an outdated law from the year 2000.
And finally, there are the pre-emptive strikes that can be very topical and current when initiated, such as the European Union's crackdown on Oracle's bid for Sun, but the slow grinding of negotiations makes them outdated by the time any decision is reached.
One problem, the Natural Resources Defense Council's Anthony Swift pointed out, is that the State Department may have based its decision on an outdated study of the project.
