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University of Twente NOC Destroyed
JanJoost writes "Around 08.00 CET today the University of Twente Network Operations Center, which amongst other things hosts a SURFnet PoP as well as security.debian.org and non-us.debian.org, caught fire.
The UT, which hosted the HAL in august last year is completely unreachable and is not likely to come back up any time soon. The fire department has given up every hope on protecting the server area and is now trying to protect the surrounding buildings.
More information can be found at the Telegraaf,
Planet Internet and Twentsche Courant.
Pictures can be found here and here.
It's a shame to see a great infrastructure go down in flames like this."
are in "pending" state currently?? A lot, I know for sure. Timothy and Michael are just waiting for Taco to start checking them out. Timothy, Michael and others don't seem to have permission to publish certain kind of stories. Only Taco can make the decision. And Taco will start publishing stories within like 1 hour. It looks like other slashdot editors are pussies! They are fucking afraid of Taco! Un-fucking-believable.
CNN claims it's a deliberate act of arseonism. Click here for details.
MUHHAMMADS REVENGE!
Suck it debian loving cocksmoking pud.
The world doesn't revolve around Lunix mirrors.
You people will survive. Get over it.
Don't be such a lazy asshole.
Use a fucking translator.
"It's a shame to see a great infrastructure go down in flames like this."
... I do hope that they will be back online again soon.
That's why we have our servers located in REAL datacenter with pro active fire protection, etc.
I wouldn't call it "great" when their entire serverpark can be destroyed by a single fire - a lot of companies today still have their servers located in their own building and often in rooms without any kind of fire extinction
Not a problem really, less yanks can only be a good thing
"I expect there are more CO2 systems going in now, with lots of alarms to make sure people get out before the atmosphere gets unlivable."
As opposed to say, fire and smoke making the area unlivable.
Only too bad the UT is in the Netherlands, soo probably only dutchies.
Hopefully Bruce Perens was in the building at the time.
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
who was the fucking genius that put a NOC in a fucking building that doesnt have any fire protection?
Yes lets put a critical security server in a fucking wooden firetrap!
That shit makes a lot of sense!
Quit assuming these backwards countries have the same capabilities as Americans. They have enough trouble paying social costs for those who are too lazy to work.