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Looks like the janitor needed somewhere to plug in the vacuum cleaner again...

by jordanthoms 12y ago

saganus 12y ago
I assume bash.org?
- gknoy 12y ago
  He might be referring to The daily WTF (worse than failure): http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/I-Didnt-Do-Anything.aspx http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/I-Didnt-Do-Anything.aspx Unintentional Mishap while Contractor Unplugs X to fix/maintain Y is a relatively common theme on their list of horror stories. edit: I think he might actually have meant this one: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/I-Told-You-So.aspx http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/I-Told-You-So.aspx
- wiml 12y ago
  It's a truly ancient anecdote; it probably predates the Internet. The first example in RISKS is in 1994: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/15.59.html#subj3.1 http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/15.59.html#subj3.1 but the canonical version of the story is in a Cape Town hospital in 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/20040624065333/http://www.legends.org.za/arthur/cleanfaq.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20040624065333/http://www.legends...
- saganus 12y ago
  And I get 2 downvotes for this? really? downvoters care to explain why, just for asking if it was a reference from bash? Wow... Edit: Thanks to the other 2 posters who provided alternative sources. You learn by asking, no? or at least some of us do..
hack_edu 12y ago
Not even just the plug. I've had outages from bits flipped simply by the static electricity generated when vacuuming near servers.
- socceroos 12y ago
  You have carpets in your server room??
- linker3000 12y ago
  5W walkie talkies in a big sports complex with the RF getting into the keyboard controllers and acting like a maniac was punching the keyboard - would eventually hang the servers. Fix: Replace cheapened-keyboards-with-mylar-film-(not)-screening with older models that had a full metal cage around the keyboard assembly.

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Looks like the janitor needed somewhere to plug in the vacuum cleaner again...

by jordanthoms 12y ago

Looks like the janitor needed somewhere to plug in the vacuum cleaner again...

saganus 12y ago
I assume bash.org?
- gknoy 12y ago
  He might be referring to The daily WTF (worse than failure): http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/I-Didnt-Do-Anything.aspx http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/I-Didnt-Do-Anything.aspx Unintentional Mishap while Contractor Unplugs X to fix/maintain Y is a relatively common theme on their list of horror stories. edit: I think he might actually have meant this one: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/I-Told-You-So.aspx http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/I-Told-You-So.aspx
- wiml 12y ago
  It's a truly ancient anecdote; it probably predates the Internet. The first example in RISKS is in 1994: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/15.59.html#subj3.1 http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/15.59.html#subj3.1 but the canonical version of the story is in a Cape Town hospital in 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/20040624065333/http://www.legends.org.za/arthur/cleanfaq.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20040624065333/http://www.legends...
- saganus 12y ago
  And I get 2 downvotes for this? really? downvoters care to explain why, just for asking if it was a reference from bash? Wow... Edit: Thanks to the other 2 posters who provided alternative sources. You learn by asking, no? or at least some of us do..
hack_edu 12y ago
Not even just the plug. I've had outages from bits flipped simply by the static electricity generated when vacuuming near servers.
- socceroos 12y ago
  You have carpets in your server room??
- linker3000 12y ago
  5W walkie talkies in a big sports complex with the RF getting into the keyboard controllers and acting like a maniac was punching the keyboard - would eventually hang the servers. Fix: Replace cheapened-keyboards-with-mylar-film-(not)-screening with older models that had a full metal cage around the keyboard assembly.