[ale] Datacenter on a truck

[Geoffrey Myers]

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...
>
> -- 
> -- 
> James P. Kinney III
>
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