This one is priceless!
At 2/28/02, you wrote:
>Cable-hoarding boss? Magic!
>
>We had a completely non-technical manager a while ago. Our main billing
>system developed silent memory errors that were corrupting the data until
>one day the system wouldn't come back (Ingres, don't ask). In a high-powered
>emergency meeting this manager, all red-faced and full of hell asks what the
>problem was. "Memory corruption" someone replies. "Right! Then why are we
>using memory! Get the database out of memory. I want it running off disk!"
>Classic!
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Harry Lowes
>Database Administrator,
>npower Northern Limited
>mailto:harry.lowes_at_npowernorthern.com
>
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