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7. My first reaction was who was the fucking idiot who forgot to test the backup generator

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 11:27 AM

Feb 2013

What, was it out of diesel out back or something

Ours behind the lab kicks on the first Wed. of every month automatically for a test cycle

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Am I the only one who's 1st reaction to the blackout was that it was a cyber attack? [View all] Boxerfan Feb 2013 OP

There is no evidence, really, that it wasn't a cyber attack. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #1

Yes. You are the only one. :) BlueStreak Feb 2013 #2

when I first read that I thought you wrote "You are all mormons" snooper2 Feb 2013 #8

With the price of tv commercials jambo101 Feb 2013 #3

I was concerned for the safety of the folks in the stands. peace13 Feb 2013 #6

I doubt thet they have a full backup gernerator BlueStreak Feb 2013 #9

It's a stadium, no reason one of these shouldn't be sitting out back snooper2 Feb 2013 #10

Maybe 7 of them BlueStreak Feb 2013 #11

In the mainframe days (70s and 80s) I worked in data centers that had BlueStreak Feb 2013 #13