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The Lounge War Stories Following Cables for Fun! Post 302883598 by gull04 on Wednesday 15th of January 2014 10:55:58 AM

01-15-2014

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Following Cables for Fun!

Hi Folks,

I came accross this picture taken a number of years ago now, I just thought I'd share it with you guys. We were in the process of removing equipment from the Data Centre and had followed the cable through to this area, where one of the old patch areas had been.

When we lifted the floor tiles to access the void which I should point out was 24" deep, we found this - the pair of cutters in the picture may let yo know what happened next.

As an aside, after disturbing the tiles I had to leap up and down on them to get them to go back down. So, this is what 45 years of cumulative cabling looks like for anyone that want's to know.

Regards

Dave

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puzzle(1X)																puzzle(1X)

NAME

       puzzle - 15-puzzle game for X

SYNOPSIS

       puzzle [-option...]

OPTIONS

       This  option  specifies	the display to use; see X(1X).	This option specifies the size and position of the puzzle window; see X(1X).  This
       option specifies the size of the puzzle in squares.  This option specifies the speed in tiles per second for  moving  tiles  around.   This
       option  specifies  an  image  file  containing  the picture to use on the tiles.  Try "mandrill.cm."  This only works on 8-bit pseudo-color
       screens.  This option indicates that the program should create its own colormap for the picture option.

DESCRIPTION

       Executing puzzle with no arguments plays a 4x4 15-puzzle.  The control bar has two boxes in it.	Clicking in the  left  box  scrambles  the
       puzzle.	 Clicking  in the right box solves the puzzle.	Clicking the middle button anywhere else in the control bar causes puzzle to exit.
       Clicking in the tiled region moves the empty spot to that location if the region you click in is in the same row or  column  as	the  empty
       slot.

BUGS

       The picture option should work on a wider variety of screens.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 1988, Don Bennett.

SEE ALSO

       X(1X)

AUTHOR

       Don Bennett, HP Labs

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