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Re: NOC Question


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:31:57 -0400

On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:27:01 PDT, you said:
paraded through, and nocsters generally dont like that.  I once worked in
a NOC where they had a conference room next to it with quick open and
close shutters.  So you'd be workin, then on display all of a sudden
without warning.  I really loathed that.

I heard a story (probably apocryphal) about some NOC monkeys that got fed
up with the shutter routine - so they cobbled up some little X programs
to start putting BIG FLASHING RED BOXES with ominous-looking text, and
launched it when the Big Boss was showing off the zoo animals - they then
feigned panic, screamed, and ran out of the room, leaving all the flashing
red boxes on the screens.

They only had to do it a few times before the Big Boss clued in... ;)

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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech

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