Ah, plexi over the EPO button. Had to do that one myself... I put a skull and crossbones on the plexi cover too :)
Then there was the time I caught the AC guy in the act of trying to crawl on top of the minicomputer to pop a ceiling tile because, "well, I have to get up there!" "This is not a $500,000 stepstool" I told him -- he was not pleased with me. Needless to say, that was his last day in our computer room. - Will -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:01 PM To: Bryan Ramirez Cc: LOPSA Discuss List; [email protected] Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Fwd: [TUHS] unix horror stories Bryan Ramirez made the following keystrokes: >I'm not even old and now I feel old. > Oh for the days of not feeling old... When it comes to accidental disasters, imagine a mainframe console complex. A couple of periscope tubes, a couple of paper terminals all sitting on something similar to big 3 wall desk. Where the drawers would be is a bunch of electorics to drive the screens, etc. Where a drawer handle would be is a recessed 5x5 panel with a bright red emergency power off (EPO) PULL button. If you weren't careful, you could actually push into that square with your knee, but it's a pull, not a push so someone did a little work to get that correct. Now the operator sit's her purse on the free "desk" space above the EPO. Long straps on the purse. Later she gets up to take a break and the whole machine room goes quiet. Oops. Next morning there is a sheet of clear plex over the hole. The whole front of the cabinet is hinged so it's still easy to get to the EPO if needed. --Gene _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
