> There's also a familiar story of IT coming in and wiping out a computer that runs some ancient scientific instrument that isn't supported by its vendor any mo

> There's also a familiar story of IT coming in and wiping out a computer that runs some ancient scientific instrument that isn't supported by its vendor any more. Always mount a scratch monkey. http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/s/scratchmonkey.html http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/s/scratchmonkey.html