From Brian.dot.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Sat Jun 24 17:01:42 2000 Xref: news.spc.edu alt.folklore.computers:241412 From: Brian Inglis Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: WHAT IS A MAINFRAME??? Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 10:55:01 -0600 Organization: Systematic Software Reply-To: Brian.dot.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Message-ID: References: <3950187a$1$149$39368dfe@news.twtelecom.net> <8ip8t5$2vf$1@news.igs.net> <8iqm3b$hf6$1@bob.news.rcn.net> <8iqvn7$3p0$1@news.igs.net> <395229F5.CBAFC491@earthlink.net> <8ivlv4$1adm$2@ausnews.austin.ibm.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.148.138.150 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.148.138.150 X-Trace: 24 Jun 2000 10:55:01 -0700, 207.148.138.150 Lines: 25 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.50.1.43 Path: news.spc.edu!ord-feed.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!panix!howland.erols.net!nntp.flash.net!nntp.cadvision.com!news.cadvision.com!207.148.138.150 donald tees wrote: > No no no! The air conditioner is for the beer and machine operators. > Damned mainframes can't run without a place to hide the beer. And the machine operators! We had a skinny little guy as a machine operator at one site. The manager asked him to run some cables from one side of the machine room to the other under the raised floor. So the operator said he'd do it right away. A while later, the manager wants to talk to the operator, so he wanders into the smallish machine room and looks around. Can't see him anywhere, so the manager calls out the operator's name. A floor tile flips up and crashes back on the floor, and the operator's head pops up. The manager freaks with the shock. The operator had decided it would be easier to pull the cables under the floor personally, than lift and replace tiles and feed the cables in the traditional manner. Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Brian_Inglis@CSi.com (Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca) use address above to reply