Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

What Bizarre IT Setups Have You Seen?

Posted by Cliff on from the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction dept.

MicklePickle wonders: "I was talking to a co-worker the other day about the history of our company, (which shall remain nameless), and he started reminiscing about some of the IT hacks that our company did. Like running 10BaseT down a storm water drain to connect two buildings, using a dripping tap to keep the sewerage U-bend full of water in a computer room, (huh?). And some not so strange ones like running SCSI out to 100m, and running a major financial system on a long forgotten computer in a cupboard. I know that there must be a plethora of IT hacks around. What are some you've seen?"

2 of 874 comments (clear)

  1. this is a classic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I used to intern at the geek compound. There was a lot of hardware...some of it sent to review, which we never did, some of it from VA Linux, some of it from UMich computer sales... a real manegarie of cutting edge and classic hardware. Since it was free/low cost and there was new stuff showing up weekly, we went crazy rigging up weird interfaces. I remember one day, I walked in and found (Cowboy)Neal and (Cmdr)Taco fucking Hemos up the butt. They just grinned and asked if I wanted to go next. I quit that very day, but I got to keep an Alpha AXP box. I still use it to run linux.

  2. Re:Coat Hangers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Interesting stories, but for your information, you sound like a dick.