Flooding would be my big concern...
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The agency I work for has a data center about
80 feet underground too. (Not in rural
Michigan, but in downtown Washington DC, I should
point out.) The biggest worry the insurance
underwriters have is flooding - not so much from
a natural disaster as a goof in the plumbing
above our heads. Moisture detectors everywhere
under the false floor. When I spilled coffee
in one of the machine rooms a couple of weeks ago
I saw the swiftest response by building
maintenance I've ever witnessed!
Taking out the computers that run a $10Billion
peripheral is pretty bad for your business plan,
it turns out!
Finally the lawyers sent a bill for
4686 DM (German Marks, approximately
2000 dollars) not counting value added tax
Lawyers actually believe they add *value*
by sending a threatening letter?
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The agency I work for has a data center about
80 feet underground too. (Not in rural
Michigan, but in downtown Washington DC, I should
point out.) The biggest worry the insurance
underwriters have is flooding - not so much from
a natural disaster as a goof in the plumbing
above our heads. Moisture detectors everywhere
under the false floor. When I spilled coffee
in one of the machine rooms a couple of weeks ago
I saw the swiftest response by building
maintenance I've ever witnessed!
Taking out the computers that run a $10Billion
peripheral is pretty bad for your business plan,
it turns out!
If so, is it time to break out all the wax cylinder recorders that would slip under the Iron Curtain of Massacussets law?
What other technologies are available? Were there any non-electronic disk-recording dictaphones?
Finally the lawyers sent a bill for 4686 DM (German Marks, approximately 2000 dollars) not counting value added tax
Lawyers actually believe they add *value* by sending a threatening letter?