[ale] linux infrastructure advice, opinions, suggestions

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Jay wrote:

> HAHAHAH.....actually, the funny thing is, my boss flipped his lid over 
> the sprinklers and was like "what happens if a fire starts somewhere 
> else in the building, and doesnt go anywhere near the servers, they're 
> still fried"  "That can't happen, they're computer controlled" ----- Two 
> weeks later, driving through the school, he sees a pantload of fire 
> trucks and fire marshall and everything outside the library (where the 
> server room is) and he says "well well" .  Turns out the sprinklers 
> screwed up and went off in every room EXCEPT the one the servers are in, 
> and he walks into the building to find the president of the University 
> running down the stairs soaked in shorts and a tee-shirt panicking.  
> "Well, I told you about the sprinklers"  "Yeah, and just like we said, 
> they didnt go off in the server room" - so we have a server room with 
> sprinklers.

Which are apparently little more than decorations? :)

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft