I worked for a guy who was an IBM salesman back in the ‘60s. The mainframes had an emergency stop switch which has publicised (even to the sales staff) as an in-case-of-fire switch which will blow every circuit in the multi-million dollar machine out and require replacement. He was at one client’s facility and they decided to go to lunch. The client pulled the emergency shutoff and the salesman almost had a heart attack. It turns out he always shut the machine that way. It’s just not the proscribed method and could cause data loss so IBM said “don’t” to avoid service calls.
At a previous workplace, they discovered the hard way why one shouldn’t have the Big Red Switch on the wall OUTSIDE the locked door to the server-room.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 1 year ago
But wouldn’t the maintenance guy normally test it after the installation?
Meg: Cute as a Raccoon over 1 year ago
I worked for a guy who was an IBM salesman back in the ‘60s. The mainframes had an emergency stop switch which has publicised (even to the sales staff) as an in-case-of-fire switch which will blow every circuit in the multi-million dollar machine out and require replacement. He was at one client’s facility and they decided to go to lunch. The client pulled the emergency shutoff and the salesman almost had a heart attack. It turns out he always shut the machine that way. It’s just not the proscribed method and could cause data loss so IBM said “don’t” to avoid service calls.
RLG Premium Member over 1 year ago
At a previous workplace, they discovered the hard way why one shouldn’t have the Big Red Switch on the wall OUTSIDE the locked door to the server-room.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 1 year ago
https://i.postimg.cc/nzpKKZJj/dont-Touch3-Trap2.jpg
Nighthawks Premium Member over 1 year ago
https://i.postimg.cc/KYxWp67L/Cleveland-Do-Not-Touch-O-Test2.gif
Stephen Gilberg over 1 year ago
And then someone tries to pull it.
FassEddie over 1 year ago
Pffft! Not much of a button! You don’t even have to break any glass!