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From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Computer Horror Stories
Message-ID: <1218@oddjob.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 01:18:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 28 01:18:43 1986
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Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Organization: U. Chicago, Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Summary: 

Here's one hot off the press:  it happened not to "somebody,
somewhere", but right down the hall from my office last Tuesday,
in the room containing an ELXSI 6400 and a Harris 1200.

An electrician was drilling some holes in the floor to attach a
new conduit and the drill struck a neolithic hot water pipe.
The geyser shot all the way to the ceiling.  The floor was a few
inches deep and steam was rising from under the movable tiles.
Strangely enough, the electrician was standing ankle deep in
water right next to a 220V, 100A power socket, but is still
living.  Wonders never cease.
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Matt		University	crawford@anl-mcs.arpa
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