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Speaking 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
by aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y ago
Speaking 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.