Ah yes. When our HP9000 was wheeled into the computer room, I could
sense the 3000 going into convulsions and finally spitting up (or out) a
hard drive
(The infamous - at least to me - Thanksgiving Day disaster).

Rick Clark
Senior Analyst
WW&R
Cleveland, Ohio

"Life is what happens while you're making other plans"
        From the movie 'Kuffs'

MMRI CS ListServ wrote:
>
> We also ban discussion about replacement systems in the computer room!  The
> existing systems seem to lose their will to live when they know they are
> being replaced.
>
> Kara Strunk
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Rick Clark [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>         Sent:   Monday, February 22, 1999 10:43 AM
>         To:     [log in to unmask]
>         Subject:        Re: List ?
>
>         And they know when you are sleeping, relaxing, hurting from a
> hangover,
>         or in the airport waiting for your airplane to take you away to that
> far
>         exotic place. Heck, they even know when it's a holiday and you
> should be
>         with your family enjoying a nice Thanksgiving dinner.
>
>         All discussions about personal life have been banned from the
> computer
>         room. Which isn't too difficult for me!
>
>         Rick 'who has no life!' Clark
>
>         Donna Garverick wrote:
>         >
>         > Mark Bixby wrote:
>         >
>         > > Mark "Why do these things always like to break before I go out
> of town" Bixby
>         >
>         > the computers know you're trying to leave.  they're quite jealous
> (of your time and
>         > attention) and a tad insecure (how would you feel if you were
> always being told
>         > 'it's the computer's fault'?).  you have to be *very* careful
> about not saying
>         > you're leaving in front of your computers.  and telling them
> you'll be back doesn't
>         > usually help :-)            - d
>         >
>         > --
>         > Donna Garverick     Sr. System Programmer
>         > 925-210-6631        [log in to unmask]
>         >
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