Not quite the same...
I did on one occasion use a provided script on a database running on a VAX 11/780. Knowing it would take a long time to provide the relevant analysis I left it running over the weekend, Monday morning I found 3 boxes of fanfold printer paper on my desk so around 5,000 pages. I hadn't noticed that log switch in the script was turned on so it had printed every analysis action before finally giving the summary I was after, the operators just assumed it was deliberate and allowed the print to complete.
I wasn't short of scrap paper in the office for the rest of my time in the role but couldn't take it home to reuse as it was Government data (albeit very low level).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
