Oh dear, we've all been made redundant...

Thu Mar 24 13:08:03 UTC 2016

>>Just goes to show the vast range of technical issues that can be
>>readily righted with little more than a good thump with a hammer.

We always referred to that as "percussive maintenance"

Casey Russell
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 3:19 AM, Wayne Bouchard <web at typo.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 11:00:36PM -0500, Larry Sheldon wrote:
> > On 3/19/2016 18:16, Warren Kumari wrote:
> > > Found on Staple's website:
> > >
> http://www.staples.com/NetReset-Automated-Power-Cycler-for-Modems-and-Routers/product_1985686
> > >
> > > Fixes all issues, less downtime, less stress...
> >
> > etc...
> > .......
> > ........
> > ...and so forth
> > ................
> > .................
> > ..................and so on.
> >
> > > Resetting allows equipment to auto-correct issues
> >
> > Recalls to mind years ago in the Toll testroom where I work, the
> > evenings equipment man (charged with and assigned to the task of
> > repairing equipment that had been "patched out" by the day shift) would,
> > when he arrived for work each day, retrieve the piece of 2 X 4 from its
> > hiding place and whack each bay of relay-rich equipment as he walked in
> > the area.
> >
> > Then, after some coffee and a cigarette, he would go through the
> > trouble-ticket collection, retest the item, mark the ticket "NTF" and
> > proceed to the next item.
>
> I love that!
>
> Just goes to show the vast range of technical issues that can be
> readily righted with little more than a good thump with a hammer.
>
> -Wayne
>
> ---
> Wayne Bouchard
> web at typo.org
> Network Dude
> http://www.typo.org/~web/
>