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The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

Stevicus

Stevicus

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Well, now, here's a good one: Janitor Attempts to Turn Off Beeping Noise, Destroys Decades of Scientific Research

In an apparent attempt to turn off a beeping noise he allegedly deemed annoying, a janitor turned off the breaker to a freezer that contained extremely valuable cell cultures, samples, and other research.

The freezer, which was set to minus-112 degrees Fahrenheit, as the Times Union reports, warmed up to a catastrophic minus-25.6 degrees, damaging and destroying much of the decades of work.

At least, that's what happened according to a lawsuit filed by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lab against the janitor's employer.

"People’s behavior and negligence caused all this," Michael Ginsberg, RPI’s attorney, told Times Union. "Unfortunately, they wiped out 25 years of research."
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According to Ginsberg, the simple mistake caused $1 million in damages and could even alter the university's efforts to develop solar panel technologies.

The beeping was caused by the freezer being slightly above the temperatures it should have been set to, which wasn't far off enough to damage the samples. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a technician wasn't able to come to repair the freezer, which meant that the beeping went on for quite some time.
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The freezer door even had a letter pinned to it warning that "THIS FREEZER IS BEEPING AS IT IS UNDER REPAIR. PLEASE DO NOT MOVE OR UNPLUG IT."

According to court documents, the janitor thought he had turned the breaker on instead of off.

All in all, there was no ill intent, despite the considerable damage.

"At the end of the interview, he still did not appear to believe he had done anything wrong but was just trying to help," a writeup of the university's investigation reads.
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Oops. He said he was just trying to help. He got the beeping to stop.

I don't know how much liability the janitor or his employer would have in a case like this. It looks like the janitor had no clue as to what was up, still believing that he hadn't done anything wrong.

I wonder they just didn't hire their own janitors.
 
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sun rise

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Wu Wei

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
sun rise said:
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200,000 Lightning Flashes – Tonga’s Hunga Eruption Produced the Most Intense Lightning Ever Recorded

The eruption produced 2,600 flashes per minute at peak intensity. Scientists used the lightning to peer into the ash cloud, teasing out new details of the eruption’s timeline. The January 15 eruption lasted at least 11 hours, several hours longer than previously known The plume produced the
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I once left work during a rather intense thunderstorm, back when I was working 2nd shift, there were about 100 lightning flashes in 30 minutes, or at least that is what I believe the news said the next day. 3 times on my way home the interior of my care lit up like a 10,000 watt bulb, it was blinding. One time, right before the toll both my car was either hit by lightning or it struck darn close.
 
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