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Rat’s Nest

Wednesday 18th November

I was looking through some old photos and found one of the rat’s nest of a machine room I used to have to occasionally make sense of…

Rat's Nest

Rat's Nest

Rat's Nest

Rat's Nest

My current IT requirements are a desktop, a server and a laptop. Much easier.

Written by Stu

November 18th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

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  1. Ah, that’s nothing. You should try working in a University machine room! :O

    Jonathan

    18 Nov 09 at 13:37

  2. That looks just like some code I’ve had to maintain.

    ScottJ

    18 Nov 09 at 14:42

  3. Ah, the CAR room. Happy memories trying not to trip, get trapped or freeze to death :-)

    John Warlow

    18 Nov 09 at 15:04

  4. And don’t forget the big hole in the floor just behind where I’m standing! :)

    Stu

    18 Nov 09 at 15:07

  5. Does someone need to have just a little tidy? Looks nice and warm and full of interference, though

    lordhutton

    18 Nov 09 at 18:03

  6. Spaghetti, anyone?

    Jan

    18 Nov 09 at 18:40

  7. Looks like round the back of our telly

    Rich

    18 Nov 09 at 19:14

  8. Tsk, where are the rats?

    Also, you seem to have managed to get into the building! A certain overseas telecomms company don’t like to throw anything away… or sweep the floor

    http://alistairtesting.no-ip.org/New%20Folder/1.jpg
    http://alistairtesting.no-ip.org/New%20Folder/2.jpg
    http://alistairtesting.no-ip.org/New%20Folder/3.jpg
    http://alistairtesting.no-ip.org/New%20Folder/4.jpg
    http://alistairtesting.no-ip.org/New%20Folder/5.jpg

    spamkarma will probably eat that won’t it…

    Alistair

    18 Nov 09 at 20:16

  9. A while back, I posted on my blog about a comms “cabinet” I came across in a university building… http://blog.jonathangazeley.com/2009/07/the-worst-cabinet-ever/

    Jonathan

    18 Nov 09 at 20:48

  10. pfft, call that a messy patch panel?

    scale that up about 500 times and you get the level of impenetrable granny knotted mess of a Caribbean national telephone exchange

    Alistair

    18 Nov 09 at 21:24

  11. can’t they just get one really thick wire?

    sweavo

    19 Nov 09 at 02:31

  12. Ah, that’s nothing. You should try working in a University machine room! :O

    I have, and it wasn’t like that one…It actually wasn’t too bad.

    @stu: Love the improvised cable tray and overhead cable.

    @seavo: I have had people say about a cat5 cable: “Surely that’s not thick enough for all that data”.

    chrisb

    19 Nov 09 at 08:41