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| TxBear 2002-06-28, 3:14 am |
| I thought some of you members here might enjoy this 
Shark Tank: Crank it up
As the sole systems engineer for a Midwestern storm prediction center,
this pilot fish has his hands full.
But when there's a problem at a remote site on a college campus six
miles away, he's the one who has to make the 15-minute drive to see
what's wrong.
"This site collects needed weather satellite data and sends the data
via private network to our main facility," says fish.
"One day, the operations folks indicate they're no longer getting the
required data, and a quick check indicates that the computers and
network equipment are not available on the far end."
So fish hops in his car and drives over. When he gets there,
everything in the equipment closet is working fine. He calls the ops
folks, and they say they're getting data again -- it was apparently
just a momentary glitch. So fish returns to the office.
"About two hours later, it's the same thing," says fish. "I get to the
remote facility, and everything is working. I return to the office
again, only to repeat the trip two hours later."
After the third trip, fish doesn't wait two hours; he goes back to the
remote site after an hour.
"As I approach the equipment room, I hear a radio turned up very
loud," says fish. "I walk in to find our equipment rack unplugged, the
UPS beeping and flashing away, and a radio where our rack was plugged
in -- and a maintenance crew of about six working on some new air
conditioning ductwork."
Fish unplugs the radio and asks the maintenance crew foreman if he had
any idea what he had disconnected.
"No," says foreman.
Why do you keep unplugging it every two hours? fish asks.
"We're a union shop," foreman tells him. "We take a break every two
hours."
But didn't you think there was a problem when the rack started beeping
when you unplugged it? frustrated fish persists.
"Sure," shrugs foreman. "But turning up the radio helped." | |
| thecomeons 2002-06-28, 5:44 pm |
| if they unplugged the ups for the radio, what did they unplug for the kettle to boil the water for tea/coffee? | |
| RichardJW 2002-06-28, 7:08 pm |
| quote:
if they unplugged the ups for the radio, what did they unplug for the kettle to boil the water for tea/coffee?
They saw the error of their ways and unplugged the radio for the three minutes it took them to boil a nice cuppa. | |
| buckwheat 2002-06-28, 7:14 pm |
| LOL... |
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