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Speed-Assembling Servers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the summon-precision-and-a-crown-and-coke dept.

Nieriko writes "The Planet is holding competitions to speed-assemble rack-mounted servers. It's like watching latter-day Marines field-strip and assemble their weapons. There is a video on YouTube about this incredible contest. Looks pretty challenging."

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  1. Re:Uh yeah... very speedy. by flosofl · · Score: 4, Informative
    Wow Nierko (the submitter), way to plagiarize BoingBoing. Cory Doctorow used this exact same phrase in his post last night about this event.

    The Planet is holding competitions to speed-assemble rack-mounted servers. It's like watching latter-day Marines field-strip and assemble their weapons.

    Seriously, you couldn't come up with something original?

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  2. latter-day marines? by bunhed · · Score: 5, Informative

    "It's like watching latter-day Marines field-strip and assemble their weapons."

    umm...no, it was not like that at all. It was more like watching a guy plug in a usb cable.