[ale] Datacenter on a truck

[Jim Kinney]

unsubscribing Geoffrey....

:-)

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Geoffrey Myers <lists at serioustechnology.com
> wrote:

>
> On Jul 31, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Jeff Lightner wrote:
>
> > That was udderly ridiculous…
>
> don't even respond, he's sure to milk it for all it's worth.
>
> >
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> > Sid Lane
> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:59 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Datacenter on a truck
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > anyway, the advent of the "COW" led to all kinds of horrific puns to
> > describe legitimate, COW-related transactions:
> >
> > the "cowboys" - engineers/techs who delivered/setup & worked on the
> > things
> > the "corral" - where the undeployed COWs were kept
> > the "cattle drive" - deploying multiple COWs for a special event
> > (golf tournament, 96 Olympics, etc).
> > 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)
> >
> > and those are just the ones I remember...  :D
> > 2008/7/30 Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> > http://www.rackablesystems.com/products/icecube.aspx?nid=datacenter_0
> >
> > In case anyone has a need for 22,400 cores and 7.1 PB storage all
> > squished into a 40' shipping container...
> >
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> > James P. Kinney III
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