http://xkcd.com/908/

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Roy

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On Jun 17, 2011, at 3:55 AM, Roy Hann wrote:

"Who would want to do that?"

I love it.

Karl

True story...

One day many years ago when computer rooms had 12inch tape reels everywhere...

Some of our operators got bored and they started playing Ninjas using the tape write-lock rings. Those things were about three inches in diameter and made of a hard rubber, so they made the most perfect non-lethal shirukens.

As the Ninja war raged around the computer room, someone ducked, the write-lock ring sailed harmlessly overhead and impacted the emergency power stop switch with enough force to do what the switch was designed to do.

Oh to have been a fly on the wall when that happened!

Marty

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On Jun 17, 2011, at 3:55 AM, Roy Hann wrote:

"Who would want to do that?"

I love it.

Karl


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Karl Schendel wrote:

My favorite was, "There's a lot of caching."

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Roy

UK Ingres User Association Conference 2012 will be on Tuesday June 12 2012.
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Martin Bowes wrote:

Man, I'd forgotten about write-protect rings! I only used them for
about 15 years... Is this how memory loss starts?

(Or has it started when you begin telling vivid anecdotes about the
Old Days on the Internet?)

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Roy

UK Ingres User Association Conference 2012 will be on Tuesday June 12 2012.
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