When Servers Explode

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Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 19, 2009 @05:27AM from the smash-it-up dept.

1sockchuck writes "Have you ever lost your patience with a server? We're not sure who was the first person to intentionally blow up a server, but plenty of others have followed in their footsteps, and many seem to have captured the event on video. The Gallery of Exploding Servers documents the sometimes incendiary relationship between man and machine. Those who prefer a kinder, gentler disposition may prefer the guide to Flying and Crashing Servers."

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It happens sometimes by greg_barton · 2009-02-19 05:28 · Score: 4, Funny

Servers just explode. Natural causes.
1. Re:It happens sometimes by mc1138 · 2009-02-19 05:43 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Just like when people spontaneously combust... perfectly natural...
  
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2. Re:It happens sometimes by jetsci · 2009-02-19 05:58 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Servers just explode. Natural causes.
  Psst....you're doing it wrong...
  
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Yeah, I guess we all stole something today. by oodaloop · 2009-02-19 05:29 · Score: 5, Funny

No. I stole something else.

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1. Re:Yeah, I guess we all stole something today. by Spazztastic · 2009-02-19 05:46 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  No. I stole something else.
  Like the websites bandwidth? Slashdotted already. (And yes, I get the reference.)
  
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2. Re:Yeah, I guess we all stole something today. by doti · 2009-02-19 06:09 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Stole your working time, by posting here?
  
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A Little Late to the Game by damn_registrars · 2009-02-19 05:44 · Score: 4, Funny

I was tossing decommissioned servers off the roof of my work back in 2000 and 2001. We just didn't have a Youtube to show off on.

There aren't many things (you can do at work) that are as satisfying as throwing an NT box off a roof...

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1. Re:A Little Late to the Game by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-19 07:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  My boss and I at a previous job tossed over 50 old WYSE dummy terminals (that had been sitting in a back room for years) in to a long dumpster to free up storage space. Shot putting old terminals was a great work out, made spectacular shattering noises, and made for great sport seeing who could toss them the furthest. Yes, the dumpster was marked for hazardous waste disposal, before anyone asks.
  Whole company shoulda been marked for hazardous waste disposal too, but that's another story.
2. Re:A Little Late to the Game by ddusza · 2009-02-19 07:32 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  "Damn it feels good to be a gansta"
  
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3. Re:A Little Late to the Game by ElmoGonzo · 2009-02-19 08:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The J Geils Band perfected this concept long ago and were so detail-oriented that when throwing TV's out of hotel room windows they made sure the extension cord was long enough to reach the ground because it was important that the TV be ON when it hit so that it could experience the terror all the way down.
Never blown up a server... by AmazingRuss · 2009-02-19 05:45 · Score: 5, Funny

...but I've taken two printers out in the driveway and smashed the living crap out of them.
My new neighbor saw the second one...I was swinging it over my head by the power cord screaming "DIE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" when she came up with a mis-delivered package, and got to watch it shatter into a million pieces when I slammed it into the retaining wall.
She's still scared of me.
1. Re:Never blown up a server... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-19 07:26 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Did it say 'PC LOAD LETTER'?
Re:Snow crashes? by telchine · 2009-02-19 05:46 · Score: 2, Funny

Sometimes programs would lose their minds.
Don't do that Dave.
Re:Fight fire with fire? by Spatial · 2009-02-19 05:48 · Score: 3, Funny

It's slashdotted already, so it looks like we've ironically exploded one hosting a gallery of exploding servers. Or maybe it just got depressed and offed itself.
I guess it qualifies as a server by JesseL · 2009-02-19 05:57 · Score: 3, Funny

This was a single board computer that I determined was unrepairable:
Before
During
After
I love Tannerite.

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When Servers Explode: Two Words by adh72 · 2009-02-19 06:06 · Score: 3, Funny

Woot Off
Number 1 Rule when Dealing with Servers by srussia · 2009-02-19 06:19 · Score: 2, Funny

Be nice to whoever is handling your food!

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Re:Raidcontroller by hummassa · 2009-02-19 06:27 · Score: 2, Funny

use one of these when nobody else is watching. Problem solved.

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Re:Snow crashes? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-19 07:20 · Score: 0, Funny

CRCulver is a junior boy who acts or has acted as a servant ("Fagging") to a senior boy at a British independent school? What does that have to do with exploding servers?
Re:Flames by MichaelSmith · 2009-02-19 10:18 · Score: 2, Funny

My wife had this PC with an oldish power supply which had a power output so you could power other devices like a monitor. Years ago I built a power board so I could use the PC to switch on speakers, lamp, printer etc. All low power stuff. One cold day she plugged a 2400 watt fan heater into that power board....

No more power supply after that though the rest of the system was okay.

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