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1. moved_sdf_NYbill (movedsdfnybill@sn.gunmonkeynet.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Jul-2016 13:17:24 UTC moved_sdf_NYbill
   The windows computer controling the Hotel Penns elevators just crashed and rebooted. So it begins...
   • moved_sdf_NYbill (movedsdfnybill@sn.gunmonkeynet.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Jul-2016 13:25:45 UTC moved_sdf_NYbill

     • therubackup
     @theru who ever would! >:
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Friday, 22-Jul-2016 15:50:55 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     Apparently we've got an elevator crisis in Canada: http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6778293-canada-plunging-toward-an-elevator-crisis-we-re-already-there-expert-says/
   • moved_sdf_NYbill (movedsdfnybill@sn.gunmonkeynet.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Jul-2016 19:48:45 UTC moved_sdf_NYbill

     • therubackup
     @theru Ha! There is an old reference. ;)
   • moved_sdf_NYbill (movedsdfnybill@sn.gunmonkeynet.net)'s status on Monday, 25-Jul-2016 01:16:27 UTC moved_sdf_NYbill

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     • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
     @bobjonkman Ha! Well, we were on near faulty ones over the weekend. The Hotel Pennsylvania is quite old. I think its held together with layers of paint. (I waited till I was home to open your link.)
   • moved_sdf_NYbill (movedsdfnybill@sn.gunmonkeynet.net)'s status on Monday, 25-Jul-2016 20:03:27 UTC moved_sdf_NYbill

     • tuttle
     It was a ~14" LCD mounted above the buttons in the elevator. It would show a TV news channel while the car was in motion. As well as display the floor. When it would crash it rebooted windows. I don't think it was actually running the elevator system. It was still funny though.
   • moved_sdf_NYbill (movedsdfnybill@sn.gunmonkeynet.net)'s status on Monday, 25-Jul-2016 20:06:11 UTC moved_sdf_NYbill

     • lnxw48 (Linux Walt)
     This is happening quite a lot in my line of work, for quite a while now. Large old, rat trap relay, resistor bank, x-former, type cabinets get stripped out and a little PLC get installed.