Comment Network Failure (Score 2, Funny) 874
Some years ago I was the computer guy for a fairly large network installation in a student dormatory. Because our 19in racks are (still) in the bicycle cellar, our equipment used to die of too much condensing wetness quite regularily.
So I ordered replacement parts and took the network switch out of the 19in rack into my apartment to replace all the components (thanks HP for their modular design).
On the way I encountered a panicking student, who knew me as the guy responsible for the internet, and asked me _WHILE_ I was carrying an insanely large box with a giant bunch of network connectors, "Do you know that Internet stopped working, like, 5 minutes ago?"
So I ordered replacement parts and took the network switch out of the 19in rack into my apartment to replace all the components (thanks HP for their modular design).
On the way I encountered a panicking student, who knew me as the guy responsible for the internet, and asked me _WHILE_ I was carrying an insanely large box with a giant bunch of network connectors, "Do you know that Internet stopped working, like, 5 minutes ago?"
