I met a guy from Lebanon once. He told me that they installed one of their systems on the top floor of the building. Nobody would go up there to service the machine because in Lebanon the bombs hit the top floors first. The machine was moved to the basement.
-----Original Message----- From: John Summerfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: URGENT! really low performance. A related question... > > He never told me how the problem was cured. Maybe some more shielding? > I seem to remember some customers who were advised to move their > mainframe to lower in a tall building... the concrete was an effective > barrier to the cosmic rays. Department of Social Security, Brisbane, Queensland had its mainframe in the basement. Came the "Brisbane Flood," the basement was awash. With sewerage. Talk about a stink! -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
