> Nelson Hochberg <nelson@NOSUFFERING.COM> wrote:
> > Does moving the power switch and thermostat on a window air conditioner
> > resulting in three city blocks going dead count?  Just did that this
> > morning.
> >
> > Actually I think it was a coincidence since the breaker popped,
> but if it
> > does count -- I DID IT.
>
> Isn't that the weirdest feeling?
>
> Many years ago, I worked as a computer operator in a huge computer room
> with two complete IBM System/370s, each with about 12 huge disk drives and
> 8 tape drives, card reader/punch, printer and a motor/generator unit to
> filter the power.
>
> One day, I was in there by myself. I walked to the rear of one of the
> printers to collect the accumulated printouts, hit the "pause" button so I
> could tear the fanfold paper, and the entire room went dead. It was
> amazing how quiet that room could be without all those fans running.
>
> It turned out to be pure coincidence; an electrician working on the air
> conditioners had done something he shouldn't have at that exact moment.
> But I sure felt funny for a while until we figured out what had happened.
>
> -- Dave Tweed

I'm sure there was an EE somewhere in New York City that flipped a switch
for the first time on his prototype the exact moment the entire city went
black.  I bet he considered starting his own church.

Nelson

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