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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: UUNET connectivity in Minneapolis, MN
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:50:47 CDT, "James D. Butt" said: > Unless there is some sort of crazy story related to why a service provider > could not keep the lights on, this should have not been an issue with > proper operations and engineering. So a while ago, we're in the middle of some major construction to put in infrastructure for a supercomputer. Meanwhile, as an unrelated project we installed a new diesel backup generator to replace an older generator that was undersized for our current systems, and take several hours of downtime on a Saturday to wire the beast in. The next Friday, some contractors are moving the entrance to our machine room about 30 feet to the right, so you don't walk into the middle of the supercomputer. Worker A starts moving a small red switch unit from its location next to where the door used to be to its new location next to where the door was going to be. Unfortunately, he did it before double-checking with Worker B that the small red switch was disarmed... Ka-blammo, a Halon dump... and of course that's interlocked with the power, so once the Halon stopped hissing, it was *very* quiet in there..... Moral: It only takes one guy with a screwdriver..... Attachment:
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