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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..