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Education Today I learned (TIL)........

Discussion in 'General' started by Kronos, 20 Jan 2018.

  1. MLyons

    MLyons 70% Dev, 30% Doge. DevDoge. Software Dev @ Corsair Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Surprised you didn't get shot across the room. :hehe:
     
  2. legoman

    legoman breaker of things

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    He didn't, the building moved, as he was sat on a chair with wheels he didn't move the building moved under him.

    Lesson here, Delta fans are stronk.
     
  3. Flibblebot

    Flibblebot Smile with me

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    OK, I'll bite... :p

    Why?
     
  4. Dr. Coin

    Dr. Coin Multimodder

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    The fans are distribute over 40'x9' wall, you don't want any loose papers but it not knock a person over strong. The fans are part of a portable data center built in to a intermodal shipping container and all the servers were built with multiple 120mm fans. A full container adds up to 1080 fans.
     
  5. legoman

    legoman breaker of things

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    Fans in 1080P, I await the 4K fan array, likely to move used for moving shipping container vessels, or a portable hurricane generator.
     
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  6. MLyons

    MLyons 70% Dev, 30% Doge. DevDoge. Software Dev @ Corsair Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    How do these "portable data centers" work? I recently looked into hosting equipment in a container due to heat but didn't get very far as it didn't meet other requirements I had.
     
  7. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Like a normal data centre, but smaller and more rectangular. I know companies buying 'em in pre-made: you pipe electricity, water (for cooling), and data in one end, and get processed data out t'other. Pretty neat, really.

    Here's some of Microsoft's: installed in just eight hours by four workers. Mind you, they're currently moving away from shipping containers to sealed boxes they can sink in the sea instead...
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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  9. B1GBUD

    B1GBUD ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Accidentally Funny

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    TIL (or Wednesday night when it was on telly) is that the UK version of Demolition Man replaced Taco Bell™ for Pizza Hut™...... it was a WTF moment when I watched it.
     
  10. Dr. Coin

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    These are very simple and rely on a large volume of air for ambient cooling. Lots of areas for improvement in the design but the designers have opted for maximum density over several other consideration.
     
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  11. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    Including repair, I recall somone from MS saying that with their sunken ones, if any part fails they just ignore it and keep on ignoring failures until there are enough of them to warrant just replacing the entire unit.
     
  12. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    TIL both Tina Turner & Carlos Santana have covered Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love".
     
  14. legoman

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    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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  17. Mister_Tad

    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    Today I learned that unicycle hockey is a thing.
     
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  18. The_Crapman

    The_Crapman World's worst stuntman. Lover of bit-tech

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    It's an international thing. Taco Bell's product placement contract was for a fixes term, which has now expired. Pizza Hut then bought the new rights.
     
  19. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    I prefer space-hopper jousting.
     
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  20. Mister_Tad

    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    But they're under the same parent company... Surely it was just a case of greater relevance.
     

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