[rescue] Re: Perverse Question

[Michael Thompson]

>On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 01:39:41PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>
>> Before he could rethink what he was going to say, one of the two turned
>> to him and said in very crestfallen tones,
>> 
>> 	"Your machines restart by *themselves*....?"

I worked for a brokerage service company 20+ years ago. The demo Tandem
system was visable through the computer room windows. My standard procedure
was to yank boards out of the system while it was being demonstrated. The
sales guys would really ham it up and show the potential customer that I
didn't kill his application.

Michael Thompson
E-Mail: M_Thompson at IDS.net