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bruce bowser
Apr 29, 2023, 12:50:03 PM4/29/23
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What is a kill switch?
A kill switch in an IT context is a mechanism used to shut down or disable a device or program.
The purpose of a kill switch is usually to prevent theft of a machine or data or shut down machinery in an emergency. The degree to which a kill switch limits, alters or stops an action or activity depends on the production, process or program it is intended to protect.
-- https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/kill-switch#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20kill,down%20machinery%20in%20an%20emergency.
A kill switch in an IT context is a mechanism used to shut down or disable a device or program.
The purpose of a kill switch is usually to prevent theft of a machine or data or shut down machinery in an emergency. The degree to which a kill switch limits, alters or stops an action or activity depends on the production, process or program it is intended to protect.
-- https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/kill-switch#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20kill,down%20machinery%20in%20an%20emergency.
legg
Apr 30, 2023, 10:51:33 AM4/30/23
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On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 09:50:00 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
<bruce2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>What is a kill switch?
>A kill switch in an IT context is a mechanism used to shut down or disable a device or program.
>
>The purpose of a kill switch is usually to prevent theft of a machine or data or shut down machinery in an emergency. The degree to which a kill switch limits, alters or stops an action or activity depends on the production, process or program it is intended to protect.
Aren't we forgetting personnel?
<bruce2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>What is a kill switch?
>A kill switch in an IT context is a mechanism used to shut down or disable a device or program.
>
>The purpose of a kill switch is usually to prevent theft of a machine or data or shut down machinery in an emergency. The degree to which a kill switch limits, alters or stops an action or activity depends on the production, process or program it is intended to protect.
Also starts with a 'p', so shouldn't interfere with your 'style'.
What's your point? Is there some sort of dispute?
Comparing it to a 'dead man switch'?
RL
bruce bowser
Apr 30, 2023, 3:41:39 PM4/30/23
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On Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 2:47:24 PM UTC-4, Ken Blake wrote in alt.usage.english:
> On Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:09:12 +0100, Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
>
> >On 29-Apr-23 23:03, Peter Moylan wrote:
> >> It's
> >>>
> >> the successor of the big red "emergency stop" button that can be
> >> found anywhere there is large moving machinery. It cuts the power to the
> >> whole area.
> >
> >Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.
> And data centers.
Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?
> >(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different
> >emergency stop buttons.)
> On Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:09:12 +0100, Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
>
> >On 29-Apr-23 23:03, Peter Moylan wrote:
> >>>
> >> the successor of the big red "emergency stop" button that can be
> >> found anywhere there is large moving machinery. It cuts the power to the
> >> whole area.
> >
> >Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.
> And data centers.
Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?
> >(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different
> >emergency stop buttons.)
Tim R
May 4, 2023, 10:06:18 AM5/4/23
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On Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 3:41:39 PM UTC-4, bruce bowser wrote:
> > >> the successor of the big red "emergency stop" button that can be
> > >> found anywhere there is large moving machinery. It cuts the power to the
> > >> whole area.
> > >
> > >Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.
> > And data centers.
>
> Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?
>
> > >(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different
> > >emergency stop buttons.)
Where I worked the shunt trip took care of that.
> > >> the successor of the big red "emergency stop" button that can be
> > >> found anywhere there is large moving machinery. It cuts the power to the
> > >> whole area.
> > >
> > >Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.
> > And data centers.
>
> Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?
>
> > >(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different
> > >emergency stop buttons.)
Sometimes inadvertently.
danny burstein
May 4, 2023, 12:47:13 PM5/4/23
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[snip]
>> > >Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.=20
>> > And data centers.=20
>>=20
>> Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?=
>=20
>>=20
>> > >(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different=20
>> > >emergency stop buttons.)
>Where I worked the shunt trip took care of that. =20
And then there's this:
[NYC's Tabloid of Record]
Oops! FDNY contractor presses wrong button, shuts down
NYC's emergency dispatch system
====
rest:
https://nypost.com/2022/10/15/fdny-contractor-presses-wrong-button-shuts-down-emergency-dispatch-system/
--
_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dan...@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
>> > >Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.=20
>> > And data centers.=20
>>=20
>> Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?=
>=20
>>=20
>> > >(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different=20
>> > >emergency stop buttons.)
>Where I worked the shunt trip took care of that. =20
And then there's this:
[NYC's Tabloid of Record]
Oops! FDNY contractor presses wrong button, shuts down
NYC's emergency dispatch system
====
rest:
https://nypost.com/2022/10/15/fdny-contractor-presses-wrong-button-shuts-down-emergency-dispatch-system/
--
_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dan...@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
bruce bowser
May 5, 2023, 2:17:08 PM5/5/23
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On Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 12:47:13 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:
> [snip]
> >> > >Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.=20
> >> > And data centers.=20
> >>=20
> >> Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?=
> >=20
> >>=20
> >> > >(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different=20
> >> > >emergency stop buttons.)
>
> >Where I worked the shunt trip took care of that. =20
>
> And then there's this:
>
> [NYC's Tabloid of Record]
>
> Oops! FDNY contractor presses wrong button, shuts down
> NYC's emergency dispatch system
> ====
> rest:
> https://nypost.com/2022/10/15/fdny-contractor-presses-wrong-button-shuts-down-emergency-dispatch-system/
I guess we'll never know if that ever happened in the military or in the intel or police forces.
> [snip]
> >> > >Not just moving machinery, lots of electrical equipment have them.=20
> >> > And data centers.=20
> >>=20
> >> Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?=
> >=20
> >>=20
> >> > >(On one machine I worked on, I think I counted at least 8 different=20
> >> > >emergency stop buttons.)
>
> >Where I worked the shunt trip took care of that. =20
>
> And then there's this:
>
> [NYC's Tabloid of Record]
>
> Oops! FDNY contractor presses wrong button, shuts down
> NYC's emergency dispatch system
> ====
> rest:
> https://nypost.com/2022/10/15/fdny-contractor-presses-wrong-button-shuts-down-emergency-dispatch-system/
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