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Ages ago, at a Big Data center. They stopped take your kid to work day for IT department. Apparently large bright red button and 3 year olds don’t mix. Much f
by nullserver 6y ago
Ages ago, at a Big Data center. They stopped take your kid to work day for IT department.
Apparently large bright red button and 3 year olds don’t mix.
Much fun was not had.
- arethuza 6y agoA long long time (~30 years) ago I was at a customer site and the meeting room I was in had a huge server sitting in the corner. It had a design that looked like it had a door on the front (like some Suns) with a button to unlock. I was left by myself for a bit and went across to look at the server and open the door - only after I pressed the button did I realise that it was the on/off switch rather than a door open. I hastily switched it back on and made it back to my seat before before anyone came to the room to check what had happened to their server!
- chasd00 6y agoI remember a story about someone pushing TheBigRedButton but realized what they had done before releasing it. The poor soul had to stand there and not release the button while others were scrambling to get the system into a state where it could lose power safely. Edit: this is back when on/off really meant on or off with respect to power :)
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y agoSpeaking of sheer curiosity and poor impulse control: during the big Dotcom bubble, the startup where I worked suddenly had its servers taken offline when there was an unscheduled power outage at the colo facility. Apparently two dimwits from another tenant were onsite tending to their rack when they saw the big red buttons on the wall spaced ten feet apart, and wondered what they would do when you held them down simultaneously. Turns out, they did precisely what the not-so-little signs said they would.