Ted MacNEIL wrote:
No solution will ever be iron clad. But inserting even a small loop can help
enormously vs. the type-it-and-watch-helplessly alternative.
I tend to agree.
But, when they respond automatically, they still tend to
type-it-and-watch-helplessly.
Unfortunately, especially with the fix it quick attitude, we usually lose.
For common replies/commands, this is true, but I think for unusual
situations that happen rarely, a confirmation can help.
A long time ago (late sixties) we had an operator reply COLD to
a HASP startup, he didn't understand what it meant. Our HASP
sysprog added a little code that checked for a reply of COLD,
and issued the following message:
There is a curse I'm told on those who wrongly reply COLD.
Their hair turns white, their eye's loose site, they grow
wrinkled and old. DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE?
We never had an inadvertent COLD start again.
--
Richard
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