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From: laura@utzoo.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: apocryphal story about ESS crashes - can someone confirm it?
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Date: Wed, 27-Mar-85 23:57:59 EST
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The apocryphal story I heard had to do with the light from the sun shining
through a glass window and hitting all the end of tape sensors in a rack
of magtapes at once, thereby killing a supposed-to-be long running
program every Friday night after the staff had gone home. There was
much scratching of heads and looking at code until the switch from 
Standard to Daylight Savings time (or the reverse) was made, at which
point the problem became obvious.

Laura Creighton
utzoo!laura