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Welcome to the Hall of Shame.
We periodically run across interesting engineering techniques used by others
to get a job done. From time to time, we run across something so heinous, it
deserves a mention in our Hall of Shame.
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Mid-1990's (est '94-'95)
Discovered at Alpha.Net's New Berlin facilities. 66-blocks are used to crossconnect telephone circuits. Someone apparently attempted to use stranded satin cable, and when it (predictably) didn't work reliably, decided to solder the satin to the 66-block. |
