I think that "squirrel event" refers to a number of times that the IBM-MAIN listserv went down due to a suicidal squirrel throwing itself onto a transformer, causing a massive power surge, which cause a catastrophic event in the computer center.
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:45 AM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Ed Finnell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bon jour! We actually prosecuted a group of students who had managed to > > overlay the weekly backup tapes with garbage and hoped for a 'squirrel > > event'. > > They came perilously close... > > > > I don't mind looking dumb: what's a "squirrel event"? Sounds like something > Macy's would advertise... > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an actual emergency, do you really think we'd stick around to tell you? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
