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Open Compute Developing Wider Rack Standard
1sockchuck writes "Are you ready for wider servers? The Open Compute Project today shared details on Open Rack, a new standard for hyperscale data centers, which will feature 21-inch server slots, rather than the traditional 19 inches. "We are ditching the 19-inch rack standard," said Facebook's Frank Frankovsky, who said the wider design offered better heat removal and a unified approach to power, including a 12 volt busbar. The Open Compute Project, developed by Facebook to advance open source hardware design, believes an open approach can avoid the mistakes of blade server chassis design."
> Open Compute Developing Wider Rack Standard
Well, programmers have been getting fatter over the years. I suppose this applies to the female ones, too.
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Arguing metric vs. imperial units is pretty much the epitome of bikeshedding.
We can do arithmetic nowadays.
We can do, but people (even rocket scientists!) still get it wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
Technical issues should use SI units.
Actually, I think deliberations over the color of a bike shed is the epitome of bikeshedding.
"Here Lies Philip J. Fry, named for his uncle, to carry on his spirit"