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

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

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

   

   Jonathan

   18 Nov 09 at 1:37 pm
2. That looks just like some code I’ve had to maintain.

   

   ScottJ

   18 Nov 09 at 2:42 pm
3. Ah, the CAR room. Happy memories trying not to trip, get trapped or freeze to death

   

   John Warlow

   18 Nov 09 at 3:04 pm
4. And don’t forget the big hole in the floor just behind where I’m standing!

   

   Stu

   18 Nov 09 at 3:07 pm
5. Does someone need to have just a little tidy? Looks nice and warm and full of interference, though

   

   lordhutton

   18 Nov 09 at 6:03 pm
6. Spaghetti, anyone?

   

   Jan

   18 Nov 09 at 6:40 pm
7. Looks like round the back of our telly

   

   Rich

   18 Nov 09 at 7:14 pm
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 8:16 pm
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 8:48 pm
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 9:24 pm
11. can’t they just get one really thick wire?

    

    sweavo

    19 Nov 09 at 2:31 am
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 8:41 am

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