• NoneRightNow (unregistered) in reply to Andrew R

    I guess it's easier for the mice to get a little square so they can wipe afterward.

  • tieTYT (unregistered) in reply to Dev
    Dev:
    If it is just a server who cares where it goes? Servers are typically accessed by clients that are somewhere else.. no?

    I've owned rats and if they're anything like mice, they like to chew through things. Especially cables.

  • daqq (unregistered)

    Uhm...this article is the second thing I've seen on the web that left me speechless...

    The first one was the Kansas law to outlaw teaching of darwinism...

  • Max (unregistered)

    might hit the fan. literaly!

  • Patrick (unregistered)

    Maybe they could give it the host name, "matron"

    captcha = null (is that a wtf or what?)

  • Erzengel (unregistered) in reply to Was Anders
    Was Anders:
    Next time I expect Don Q will add to his instructions. Something like "non-corrosive environment" perhaps. And a supply of spare cables for when the mice eat through the first set. Perhaps also something about not using the server as a makeshift saw horse...

    Perhaps he should also make a "For Dummies" specification. "If you did not understand the previous instructions and/or are considering using the men's (or women's) restroom as a location for the server, please read the following "For Dummies" booklet:"

    If we want to be thorough, we need to make sure it's secure, well ventilated, free of water or other liquids, in a non-corosive environment, and in a low-radiation zone.

  • Max (unregistered)

    are sticky i'm not applying for a job as an admin there!

  • whardier (unregistered) in reply to Jimbo

    Hehehehe.. uh.. yeh.. durh it be cold in here I wunder why..

  • (cs) in reply to daqq
    daqq:
    Uhm...this article is the second thing I've seen on the web that left me speechless...

    The first one was the Kansas law to outlaw teaching of darwinism...

    Kansas never did that.

  • (cs) in reply to Patrick

    If it was a Compaq, it would be in the perfect location. I know some of us do our best thinking on the ivory throne, but isn't this taking it a bit too far?

  • akatherder (unregistered)

    Sure that's a bad location. But given the size of a construction trailer and the fact that pretty much every inch of real estate is going to be in use already... whattayagonnado? Do they need communications and power? That would offer some more limitations. Do you really think the construction guy was told to setup a computer and ding "I'll put it in the bathroom!" This was the result of no better options.

    The consultant should bring a monitor, mouse and keyboard with him. When he leaves the footprint of the server is reduced significantly. It also stops construction workers from looking at NSFW and playing games. This is under the assumption that the server is only accessed remotely of course.

  • Grrr (unregistered) in reply to akatherder

    Okay, the actual location is quite the WTF, but I don't even get why would you want to install an expensive (or any other for that matter) server anywhere NEAR an apparently active construction site, regardless of the actual room chosen...

  • KattMan (unregistered) in reply to Pap
    Pap:
    daqq:
    Uhm...this article is the second thing I've seen on the web that left me speechless...

    The first one was the Kansas law to outlaw teaching of darwinism...

    Kansas never did that.

    Actually, they did: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/fortasepperson.html

  • KattMan (unregistered) in reply to KattMan
    KattMan:
    Pap:
    daqq:
    Uhm...this article is the second thing I've seen on the web that left me speechless...

    The first one was the Kansas law to outlaw teaching of darwinism...

    Kansas never did that.

    Actually, they did: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/fortasepperson.html

    And if you really want to know how big this issue is try this link to start wondering how much science has to fight to stay alive.

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4630737

    I know it's NPR, but it will give you a place to start your own research.

  • (cs) in reply to KattMan

    My mistake. I actually remember that Scopes trial now. For a second I thought daqq was confusing the Kansas School Board and Intelligent Design thing with state law.

    Luckily, they didn't do this:

    http://www.theonion.com/content/node/55807

  • ? (unregistered) in reply to lol

    Dry is usually a bad thing for electronics because it increased the chances of static discharge. Ideally you want as high of humidity as possible without it condensing on components.

  • Joe (unregistered)

    Cool, my server runs this: http://muvy.org

  • (cs) in reply to Tom Gellhaus
    Tom Gellhaus:
    I'm not an expert but I DO know that having physical access to a server makes hacking, or installing rootkits etc, MUCH easier (than attempting to break in from a "remote" location).

    Here are just a few of the fun things you can do with physical access:

    (1) Reboot it with a boot disk that gives you root access to the hard drive (2) Steal the entire box, take it home, hack at it at leisure (3) Smash the entire box to pieces

  • (cs) in reply to James Schend
    James Schend:
    Why do I have to click 4 times just to see the comment with articles? Man, I understand trying to increase pageviews for advertising purposes, but that's plain ridiculous. Why not just show one word at a time with "Next Word >>" at the bottom? It'd be quicker.

    Bwa? Click "## Comments", then "Expand text". Two clicks.

  • Me (unregistered) in reply to KattMan
    KattMan:
    Pap:
    daqq:
    Uhm...this article is the second thing I've seen on the web that left me speechless...

    The first one was the Kansas law to outlaw teaching of darwinism...

    Kansas never did that.

    Actually, they did: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/fortasepperson.html

    Scopes was in Tennessee... and this one was in Arkansas... so when did Kansas make this law?

  • (cs) in reply to Saladin
    Saladin:
    Dev:
    If it is just a server who cares where it goes? Servers are typically accessed by clients that are somewhere else.. no?
    I hope this is a troll. If not...

    What part of "men's room in a construction site trailer" implies "secure" to you?

    It could be the most secure, or at least dry location at the construction site. Except for the toolboxes left hanging from the crane overnight

  • 00101010 (unregistered) in reply to emurphy
    emurphy:
    James Schend:
    Why do I have to click 4 times just to see the comment with articles? Man, I understand trying to increase pageviews for advertising purposes, but that's plain ridiculous. Why not just show one word at a time with "Next Word >>" at the bottom? It'd be quicker.

    Bwa? Click "## Comments", then "Expand text". Two clicks.

    You forgot the 2 Back Spaces to get back to the main paige to get to the second post of the day.

    Oh yeah... and the clicks and typing to comment on your comment on his comment!

  • Pietto vasco (unregistered)

    My server was also in the bathroom, during the interview they showed me the server in the bathroom and I started laughing, I remember saying "What happens if the toilet overflows? there goes $400,000 worth of transactions/daily down the toilet" I still got the job

  • (cs) in reply to ?

    Does having it sitting in a pool of water whenever the toilet overflows count as water "condensing on components"?

  • jrockway (unregistered) in reply to Dave (not that one)

    Yeah, but on the bright side it makes flushing the cache very easy.

    Don't you mean "taking a database dump"?

  • overstressed admin (unregistered)

    Hey, someone stole the urinal!

  • Ninjo (unregistered)

    Why hasn't it occured to anyone that maybe Don was a total A##HOLE on the phone and acted like a shithead and the crew on the site made sure to teach him a lesson by putting his crap where it belonged.. IN THE CRAPPER!!

  • mr_daemon (unregistered)

    Anyone noticed they're out of toilet paper? This means people have indeed been taking shits in front of the server.

    I'd be offended.

  • jc (unregistered)

    What I dont understand... is why no one has made the obvious connection of a 17" flat screen, high speed internet, pr0n and a "secure location" (the mens room).

  • Hank Miller (unregistered)

    I'm just glad I did not see a webcam in that picture.

  • Why? (unregistered) in reply to Hank Miller

    Hope the administrator washes his hands before loggin on :)

  • codemoose (unregistered) in reply to Why?
    Why?:
    Hope the administrator washes his hands before loggin on :)

    AND after logging off.

  • (cs) in reply to codemoose

    btw, the captcha on my last was, of course...

    craptastic

  • jbange (unregistered) in reply to jeb
    jeb:
    The contractor must have figured: "hmm... Secure. There's that bathroom that needs a key--that's secure. Ooh, hey, and there's a FAN in there--that must be what he means by ventilated."

    No, look on the wall above the server "platform". That's their phone system (a Norstar MICS w/NAM that costs as much as that server). Network and phone are usually co-located. What they were thinking was "if it's good enough for the phone system, it's good enough for the server". This thought is entirely correct. The only flaw in that line of reasoning is that it's not a good place for the phone system in the first place...

  • James Schend (unregistered)

    I guess it's three clicks. Click to get the full article on the main page, then click to see the comments, then click to expand the article (which inexplicably made itself invisible when I viewed the comments.)

    Either way, it's ridiculous compared to the 1 click it was last week to get the same result.

  • (cs)

    Clearly it's been put in the right place... It's a Dell box running Windows. What better place for such a collection of crap?

  • sharon (unregistered) in reply to CleverShark

    Ha Ha that is the funniest yet. I love reading these comments ;-}

  • Soulbender (unregistered) in reply to akatherder
    akatherder:
    Sure that's a bad location. But given the size of a construction trailer and the fact that pretty much every inch of real estate is going to be in use already... whattayagonnado?
    You haven't ever actually spent any time on a construction site, have you? They DO have office trailers that are in every aspect (locked, ventilated, not wet) more suitable for this purpose. Where do you think they keep the floor plans? In the medicine cabinet?
  • cklam (unregistered) in reply to Volmarias

    Yeah - some throneroom. There is not even toilet paper on the roll - a typical men's room.

    What suprises me though that all appears to be quite clean - must still be new.

  • cklam (unregistered) in reply to ?
    ?:
    Dry is usually a bad thing for electronics because it increased the chances of static discharge. Ideally you want as high of humidity as possible without it condensing on components.

    Construction site => dust. dust + humidity => gunk/goo. gunk/goo forming in server => clogging up of server air inlets and fans.

  • Me (unregistered) in reply to mr_daemon
    mr_daemon:
    Anyone noticed they're out of toilet paper? This means people have indeed been taking shits in front of the server.

    I'd be offended.

    You're the second to point it out, and the second to be wrong. Look down. Next to the toilet. On the floor.

  • D (unregistered)

    You have to admit - It is secure... from 1337 female hax0rs, since it's in the men's room.

    captcha whiskey.

    Yeah, baby.

  • Joey (unregistered) in reply to danixdefcon5

    At a certain military facility, apartments for married enlisted personnel include a restroom which is just as wide as the door. The door opens inwards and is stopped at 90 degrees by the toilet. Nearly flush with the non-hinge-side of the doorway is the counter and sink. This means that you must climb on the counter in order to close the door in order to clear the way to the toilet.

  • Prinks (unregistered)

    Proves the point.... The project managers brains are in the toilet.. shucks.....cant believe some buffoon really did this..

  • Mike (unregistered)

    for a Windows server it is in the right place.... haha

  • Mucky (unregistered)

    That's the sh*ts !

  • John (unregistered) in reply to Tom Gellhaus
    Tom Gellhaus:
    I'm not an expert but I DO know that having physical access to a server makes hacking, or installing rootkits etc, MUCH easier (than attempting to break in from a "remote" location).

    Do you seriously think construction workers know how to "hack"?

  • Sisig_on_Friday (unregistered)

    Notice no men's urinal?... must be the Ladies!.. so I'm cool. I'd probably say... "that's OK, just pretend I'm not here".

  • Raw (unregistered)

    Just add an old style tractor feed printer and it's perfect! We've found the solution to the "out of toilet paper"-problem!

  • Dan (unregistered)

    nasty

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