kill switch...

[bruce bowser]

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.

 

[legg]

On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 09:50:00 -0700 (PDT), bruce bowser
<bruce2bowser@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?

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

-- https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/kill-switch#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20kill,down%20machinery%20in%20an%20emergency.

 

[bruce bowser]

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:
On 30/04/23 02:48, bruce bowser 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.

--
https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/kill-switch#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20kill,down%20machinery%20in%20an%20emergency.

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.)

 

[Tim R]

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.

Sometimes inadvertently.

 

[danny burstein]

[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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Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dannyb@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

 

[bruce bowser]

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.