Comic Transcript
(Complete Darkness.)
MARK: So, mister IT Guy…
STAN: You can call me Stan.
MARK: OK, Stan. Is there any particular reason you cut the power in the middle of the day?
STAN: We’re adding redundancy to the Data Center. It involves adding new power lines. Safer to kill the power when dealing with that stuff.
MARK: Well I can’t fault you for that. messing with live electricity is dangerous. You shouldn’t take chances.
STAN: Exactly.
MARK: And redundancy is important in a Data Center.
STAN: Yep. The more redundant the system, the better our uptime. Gotta keep those five nines!
MARK: Of course now that you’ve killed all the power in the building you realize the system is not available, right?
STAN: Hmm.