
Re: atomistic scale?
Atomistic ist optimistic, but smaller. Like, on an atomic scale... SCNR
784 posts • joined 27 Jan 2010
> ...it's the GFX card that is next up for a change.
Which is most probably a red one as well, since NVidia in their endless wisdom decided to cripple all their cards -except for the 2k+EUR 3090 one- with 12 or less GB memory. Hardy adequate for something I intend to use the next three years.
Problem is, if you don't have time for it now, you'll have even less time for it later on, when Murphy strikes. Do it right the first time hardly ever comes to bite you. It is just a bit sad for the work invested when plans change and you have to undo it prematurely. It is rather easy to live with that.
> The work included checking out the devices and power supplies. Not a problem
> for the 100 or so servers in the ops room and their tidy cabling. It was an
> altogether different challenge for Keith in the comms room and its less-than-structured
> approach to cable management, however.
Unfortunetaly, this is exactly what I have come to expect from comms teams and their racks. Sure, there are offenders in both camps. Tidiest are the mainframe guys. Comms and telephone tend to be on the other end of the spectrum, with the excuse usually being "Oh, we don't have time for that now."
> Apparently vehicles often broke through the barrier trying to beat the train.
I must admit, this is an idea I would not ever come up with. Not even on a bicycle I'd dare to bypass the barrier. Breaking though? Regulary (enough for the council to set up multiple barriers!) Amazing. And terrifying.
Actually, walls, ceiling, floor, windows all absorb, radiate and otherwise disperse a surprising amount of heat as soon as the servers begin to exceed their maximum operating temperature, locking theirs fans in "flat out". And rather most of the machines will continue to operate until the room temperature is above "breathable".
BTDTNT. Could not even open the fucking door, as the door handle was same temperature as inside. Most of the hard drives failed within the next years, though.
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