Computerworld - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3247249/computer-hardware/throwback-thursday-easy-enough-to-fix.html#tk.rss_all
Networking pilot fish is sent to do some work at a remote customer site. “It’s my first time there, and the visit is an eye-opener,” reports fish. “The location turns out to be a janitor’s utility closet in a small building that’s been converted to house the network equipment and a couple of important servers.
“Cable runs from naked holes in the wall, in undifferentiated bundles held up by tie-wraps attached to drop-ceiling crossbeams. The room isn’t temperature controlled, and the servers are sitting on shelves that line the walls.”
Fish swallows his misgivings and starts looking for the switch he’s supposed