12 Jan
2010
12 Jan
'10
5:46 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Simon Fryer wrote:
Man crushed to death by computer gear
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/12/2790875.htm
Probably a reflection of my sickness (in computer collecting terms), but
the first thing I wanted to know was what fell on him. 400lbs doesn't seem
that much to me - I've moved both an Onyx10000 rack and a complete IBM SP2
frame up the stairs to my office (very steep, no hand rails and nowhere to
run if they come crashing down) and survived to tell the tale.
Maybe I'm just immensely lucky. In fact, that's almost certainly it. God
protects drunks, children... and demented computer collectors?
- JP