On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 07:54:49PM -0500, Eben King wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Chad Perrin wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 06:05:15PM -0500, Eben King wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Chad Perrin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 05:35:12PM -0500, tom smith wrote:
>>>>>> Innovative concept of fire prevention in data centers.
>>>>>> Smitty
>>>>>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129918/article.html
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure how I'd feel about having to wear an oxygen mask while
>>>>> working on servers in the datacenter, though.
>>>>
>>>> Blurb says it's breathable; I guess the assumption is that nobody's going
>>>> to do calisthenics in the machine room anyway.
>>>
>>> I've essentially had to do calisthenics -- or at least lug around
>>> servers a lot -- in the datacenter when I was working for the Wikimedia
>>> Foundation.
>>
>> True, but that wasn't in a reduced-oxygen atmosphere. Might they have made
>> more severe assumptions than usual for this?
>
> That was sorta my point -- that "calisthenics", or at least the
> equivalent activity, is not rare in datacenters. A prohibition against
> that because of oxygen levels would be . . . prohibitive.
Point. Maybe they're counting on PHBs buying their system, not reading
the fine print, and getting a nasty surprise shortly after it arrives?
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