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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>That was udderly ridiculous…</span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sid Lane<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:59
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ale@ale.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Datacenter on a
truck</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>when I worked for a
cellular carrier in the 90s there emerged one of the funnier acyronyms I've
come across in my career: the "COW", or Cell(site) on Wheels,
which was devised as a "quick strike" response weapon against the
wireless industry's archnemesis, the NIMBY, or "not in my
backyard!!!" (you know, those nice folk who complain when their .6w
handset drops a call but show up at zoning meetings w/torches & pitchforks
if you try to build a cellsite within 5 miles of their house).<br>
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anyway, the advent of the "COW" led to all kinds of horrific puns to
describe legitimate, COW-related transactions:<br>
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the "cowboys" - engineers/techs who delivered/setup & worked on
the things<br>
the "corral" - where the undeployed COWs were kept<br>
the "cattle drive" - deploying multiple COWs for a special event
(golf tournament, 96 Olympics, etc).<br>
the "moo-nine" - the capital request form (technically M00-9) regions
had to submit before buying COWs (ironically the M00-9 predated the COW by
several years)<br>
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and those are just the ones I remember... :D</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2008/7/30 Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.rackablesystems.com/products/icecube.aspx?nid=datacenter_0"
target="_blank">http://www.rackablesystems.com/products/icecube.aspx?nid=datacenter_0</a><br>
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In case anyone has a need for 22,400 cores and 7.1 PB storage all squished into
a 40' shipping container...<br clear=all>
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-- <br>
-- <br>
James P. Kinney III </span></font></p>
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