The SPARCmousetrap

Jul 27 07:09 UTC 1994

I found this on a humor list I subscribe to.

From: little@hks.com (Jim Littlefield)

We've been having mouse (the furry kind) problems in our engineering
building of late, with occasional sightings being common in our
research computer lab.

We've discovered a solution, however: a "better mousetrap".  The best
part of the solution is that the "better mousetrap" comes  from a
supplier with whom we are quite familiar: Sun Microsystems.

It seems that a SPARCstation monitor power supply appears to provide
a warm, cozy home. When a mouse tries to take advantage of this new
home, the trap is sprung, and the critter is instantly and humanely
terminated. Our colleagues over in Biology tell us that the little
rodents are quite effectively repelled by the use of Solaris, but
since we're not running that yet....

Unfortunately, resetting the trap is a little expensive, since the
power supply/killing unit is a one-shot deal and must be replaced
after every kill.

Oh well.  At least my sandwich is safe.