[ale] Datacenter on a truck

[Scott Castaline]

Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Jeff Lightner wrote:
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>> That was udderly ridiculous…
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> don't even respond, he's sure to milk it for all it's worth.
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>> 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...
>>
>> -- 
>> -- 
>> James P. Kinney III
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