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Sven Olaf Kamphuis wrote: 7 - compressed air can to clean dust dust?!?!? sounds like time to find a whole new colo and move everything out of there haha. i've -never- encountered one with dust in it. that stuff usually gets sucked out before it gets the idea to land on anything should it e

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- Original Message - > From: "Dale Shaw" > What about something like this? > > http://www.comsol.com.au/SL-PCC-01 While they might not sell to the US, that's roughly equivalent in formfactor to the Lantronix spider to which I posted a link... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth

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On Thu, 1 Mar 2012, Dale Shaw wrote: Hi Jon, On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Jon Lewis wrote: Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a device about the size of a netbook that could be hooked up to otherwise headless machines in colos that would give you keyboard, vi

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G'day Nathan, On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote: > > Neat.  But, apparently comsol does not sell outside of the US. I didn't read the entire thread properly before posting my last message (w/ link to Comsol site). Someone else had already posted links to the same device on

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> Neat. But, apparently comsol does not sell outside of the US. > > I obviously need more coffee - I meant they do not sell *into* the US. Apologies for the double-mail.

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> What about something like this? > > http://www.comsol.com.au/SL-PCC-01 > > cheers, > Dale > Neat. But, apparently comsol does not sell outside of the US.

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Hi Jon, On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Jon Lewis wrote: > > Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a device about > the size of a netbook that could be hooked up to otherwise headless machines > in colos that would give you keyboard, video & mouse.  i.e. a folding > netbo

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> I thought they already existed: http://gearomat.com/ Yeah, that's correct. You can see the first version of the series production at CeBIT Hannover this year (Hall 6 Booth K45) - the show will take place between 6th - 10th of march. We also have some free tickets for the show. If you plan to

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http://www.sol.net/tmp/nanog/toolbox2.jpg A sweet memoriesthe 3COM/USR screwdriver. Nice to see someone still has one. -- Jim Wininger On Feb 18, 2012, at 9:41 AM, "Joe Greco" wrote: >> Do you guys ride your bike to the colo and show up in shorts and a >> t-shirt? Who goes to the

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On 22-Feb-12 10:34, Gary Buhrmaster wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 08:09, Joel jaeggli wrote: >> If we just stop printing things the problem goes away. > I think Xerox promised me a paperless office (starting in the 1980s?). I am > still waiting. That's an odd thing to expect from a company t

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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 08:09, Joel jaeggli wrote: ... > If we just stop printing things the problem goes away. I think Xerox promised me a paperless office (starting in the 1980s?). I am still waiting.

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On 2/22/12 07:50 , Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:02 AM, Tim Franklin wrote: > >>> PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!?!? >> >> PC LOAD LETTER is not the issue. >> >> One country that insists on using different paper sizes to everyone else, >> but also happens to set a lot of hardware and softwar

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On 22/02/2012 15:50, Owen DeLong wrote: > While there is some truth to this, in reality, if everyone else would > just use 8.5" x 11", then, the US would no longer be different. :p There are still two other countries in the world which only use imperial measurements: Burma and Liberia. I can see

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On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:02 AM, Tim Franklin wrote: >> PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!?!? > > PC LOAD LETTER is not the issue. > > One country that insists on using different paper sizes to everyone else, but > also happens to set a lot of hardware and software defaults is the issue :( While there is some

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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:02 AM, Tim Franklin wrote: >> PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!?!? > PC LOAD LETTER is not the issue. > One country that insists on using different paper sizes to everyone else, but > also happens to set a lot of hardware and software defaults is the issue :( LC LOAD A4 then. -- -

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> PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!?!? PC LOAD LETTER is not the issue. One country that insists on using different paper sizes to everyone else, but also happens to set a lot of hardware and software defaults is the issue :(

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On Feb 21, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > - Original Message - >> From: "Robert Hajime Lanning" >> On 02/21/12 08:39, Mike Gatti wrote: >>> The 30lb sledge hammer should be in the parking lot in a >>> enclosure with a front glass that reads "Break in case of >>> extreme frustrat

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- Original Message - > From: "Robert Hajime Lanning" > On 02/21/12 08:39, Mike Gatti wrote: > > The 30lb sledge hammer should be in the parking lot in a > > enclosure with a front glass that reads "Break in case of > > extreme frustration" right next to the dumpster for > > recycling hardw

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Back in college we had a fund raiser as a club where we laid out a bunch of computer parts and a sledgehammer. We charged by the swing. It was Office Space style fun. It's profitability far exceeded our expectations. On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Robert Hajime Lanning wrote: > PC LOAD LET

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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Matthew Petach wrote: > Seeing as how most laptops have a VGA connector > and a keyboard/mouse connector on them, albeit > wired in the wrong direction (VGA connector feeds I see that Epiphan makes a $400 KVM2USB dongle. http://www.epiphan.com/pdf/products_br

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PC LOAD LETTER?!?!?!?!? On 02/21/12 08:39, Mike Gatti wrote: > The 30lb sledge hammer should be in the parking lot in a > enclosure with a front glass that reads "Break in case of > extreme frustration" right next to the dumpster for > recycling hardware. > > You could make a living just with that

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The 30lb sledge hammer should be in the parking lot in a enclosure with a front glass that reads "Break in case of extreme frustration" right next to the dumpster for recycling hardware. You could make a living just with that business, replacing the front glass. -- Michael Gatti main. 949.37

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The Trendnet TU-S9 (works on 32 and 64bit), it uses the prolific chip and it's pretty cheap, making it fit for a vending machine. Trendnet could actually use the Franks Hot Sauce commercial on TV to advertise, the one that the old lady says "I put that s$@t on everything". P.S.: I don't work f

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t;> information technology services bh-188 >>> california state university, long beach >>> >>> -----Original Message- >>> From: Jon Lewis [mailto:jle...@lewis.org] >>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:35 AM >>> To: nanog@nanog.org >>> Sub

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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:16:28PM -0800, Chaim Rieger wrote: > Apple stickers I've got half a sheet of NeXT stickers left. Is that a reasonable substitute?

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nformation technology services bh-188 california state university, long beach -Original Message- From: Jon Lewis [mailto:jle...@lewis.org] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:35 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, John Osmon wrote: At my $JO

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for us. > > > matthew black > information technology services bh-188 > california state university, long beach > > -Original Message- > From: Jon Lewis [mailto:jle...@lewis.org] > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:35 AM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: WW: C

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On Feb 20, 2012, at 7:34 AM, Jon Lewis wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, John Osmon wrote: > >> At my $JOB[-1] they laughed at me when I pulled a Wyse out of the >> trash bin and stuck it on a spare crash cart. >> >> Then I fixed something while they were still looking for USB-Serial, >> etc. > >

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1. A blow-up mattress and pillow set. 2. A magic wand 3. A highly caffeinated Noc-Tech > On Feb 17, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > >> Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a >> vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't >> le

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Apple stickers -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Randy McAnally wrote: Cage nuts. Sent from my IPhone (pardon the typo's) On Feb 17, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a > vendin

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Cage nuts. Sent from my IPhone (pardon the typo's) On Feb 17, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a > vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't > let vendor specificity scare you off. > > Ch

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> From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi@nanog.org Mon Feb 20 09:40:44 > 2012 > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:34:58 -0500 (EST) > From: Jon Lewis > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine > > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, John Osmon wrote: > > >

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- Original Message - > From: "Leo Bicknell" > This reminded me of another gizmo I'd like to have... > > How about a Bluetooth to Serial adapter? Routers don't (yet) have > iLO, but I have this fantasy about being able to walk into a colo > with a handfull of small adapters that I simply

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Ive wished this for years. Seems like it could be easy to achieve in theory. -Mario Eirea On Feb 20, 2012, at 11:55 AM, "Matthew Petach" wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Jon Lewis wrote: >> Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a device about >> the size of a

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- Original Message - > From: "Jon Lewis" > Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a device > about the size of a netbook that could be hooked up to otherwise headless > machines in colos that would give you keyboard, video & mouse. i.e. a > folding netbook shaped VG

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On Friday, February 17, 2012 01:44:57 PM Jay Ashworth wrote: > 2) Power cords: C19 to L6-15, C19 to C20, C13 to C20 (latter 2 for 208V PDUs) > (If you don't have your own C13 to L6-15 cords, you're in the wrong biz) An interesting thread. I'd say if you had, instead of a C13 on one end, a

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On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Joe Greco wrote: I must admit that our planning and preparedness is designed around a multi-level strategy to avoid having to go on-site to a site nearly a thousand miles away, so we've probably instrumented things a bit more heavily than many networks, but when the cost dif

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On 2/20/12 09:55 , Leo Bicknell wrote: > In a message written on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 09:51:59AM -0800, Joel jaeggli > wrote: >> Things with legacy ports on them are on the way out. given an ipmi >> manager that doesn't suck there should be no reason to connect to the >> machine at all, to console

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In a message written on Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 09:51:59AM -0800, Joel jaeggli wrote: > Things with legacy ports on them are on the way out. given an ipmi > manager that doesn't suck there should be no reason to connect to the > machine at all, to console in. the rats nest is a lot more tractable > w

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On 2/20/12 08:54 , Matthew Petach wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Jon Lewis wrote: >> Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a device about >> the size of a netbook that could be hooked up to otherwise headless machines >> in colos that would give you keyboard, vid

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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:34:58AM -0500, Jon Lewis wrote: > Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a > device about the size of a netbook that could be hooked up to > otherwise headless machines in colos that would give you keyboard, > video & mouse. i.e. a folding netbook

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> Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a device > about the size of a netbook that could be hooked up to otherwise headless > machines in colos that would give you keyboard, video & mouse. i.e. a > folding netbook shaped VGA monitor with USB keyboard and touchpad. I kn

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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Jon Lewis wrote: > Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a device about > the size of a netbook that could be hooked up to otherwise headless machines > in colos that would give you keyboard, video & mouse.  i.e. a folding > netbook shaped V

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@lewis.org] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:35 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, John Osmon wrote: > At my $JOB[-1] they laughed at me when I pulled a Wyse out of the > trash bin and stuck it on a spare crash cart. > > Then I fixe

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[mailto:jle...@lewis.org] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:35 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, John Osmon wrote: > At my $JOB[-1] they laughed at me when I pulled a Wyse out of the > trash bin and stuck it on a spare crash cart. > >

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On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, John Osmon wrote: At my $JOB[-1] they laughed at me when I pulled a Wyse out of the trash bin and stuck it on a spare crash cart. Then I fixed something while they were still looking for USB-Serial, etc. Speaking of that sort of thing, I'd really LOVE if there were a devi

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Just give me a gumball machine with RJ45 ends and a crimper on a chain. I'll find some wire that can be shorter. -- Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474

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On 2/18/2012 11:41 PM, Chris Adams wrote: > "Dumb" terminals are sometimes very smart. Well, yeah, unless you're ever in one of those spots where you need to xmodem an IOS image... (Makes you appreciate those newfangled ones that can mount USB drives ...) Jeff

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Once upon a time, John Osmon said: > At my $JOB[-1] they laughed at me when I pulled a Wyse out of the > trash bin and stuck it on a spare crash cart. We have a VT-510 in the data center and at least one VT-420 sitting in a closet. I have a VT-102 (well, a C.Itoh CIT-101 rebadged by Intergraph)

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 07:12:01PM +1100, Julien Goodwin wrote: > The old colo at $JOB[-1] used to have an old Wyse 50 kicking around > which I was happy enough to use (yes they can still be made to snarf > credentials, but it's less likely) once or twice when I forgot my > USB-Serial. At my $JOB[

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On 17/02/12 18:35, Jay Ashworth wrote: Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't let vendor specificity scare you off. Cheers, -- jra I thought they already existed: http://gearomat.com/ That

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> Do you guys ride your bike to the colo and show up in shorts and a > t-shirt? Who goes to the colo without things like their laptop? Quite frankly, when the colo is 800 miles away and you've flown out to do something important, only to be tripped up by a lack of some stupid $something, and it's

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2012/2/17 Jason Baugher > Do you guys ride your bike to the colo and show up in shorts and a > t-shirt? Who goes to the colo without things like their laptop? > > Nope but sometimes you can forget some things. I usually try to take everything to cover my needs while on site but it can happens you

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On 18 Feb 2012, at 01:46, "Owen DeLong" wrote: > I have, on occasion been away from my laptop and gotten the call to go to the > colo and deal with XYZ hardware problem and the colo was either: A in the > opposite or orthogonal direction from my house and significantly closer or B > the colo

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C14 to "laptop usable" power cord Iron Solder key set for standard rack (IBM, APC, etc.) International power adapter Multipurpose all-in-one portable ethernet router/firewall/switch On 02/17/2012 11:15 PM, Pierre-Yves Maunier wrote: 2012/2/17 Jay Ashworth Please post your top 3 favorite compo

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On 18/02/12 18:42, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 05:39:34PM -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: >> In such cases, I will occasionally stop by the colo without going home to >> retrieve the laptop. 90% of the time it works out OK. 10% of the time I >> end up leaving the colo, going home, r

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 05:39:34PM -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: > In such cases, I will occasionally stop by the colo without going home to > retrieve the laptop. 90% of the time it works out OK. 10% of the time I > end up leaving the colo, going home, retrieving the laptop and returning > to the co

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On 2/17/12 5:17 PM, Sven Olaf Kamphuis wrote: I still long for the day when someone makes a true 16550 based USB to serial adapter... Some of the stuff I need to reprogram at the shop at times does not like the cheapie chips that are most common - I've bricked an APC network manager card at leas

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On Feb 17, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Aled Morris wrote: > On 17 February 2012 18:43, Eric Tykwinski wrote: > >> +1 for GBICs, SFPs >> >> > You'll need to be carrying a lot of loose change then :-) > > My ideal vending machine would dispense Cat5e by the foot, the more you > pull the more you pay, RJ

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On Feb 17, 2012, at 3:23 PM, david raistrick wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Pierre-Yves Maunier wrote: > >> 6 - plastic cable clamps (don't know the exact english term for that but I >> mean this --> >> http://www.hellopro.fr/images/produit-2/9/3/8/serre-cables-261839.jpg) > > also known as "zip

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I have, on occasion been away from my laptop and gotten the call to go to the colo and deal with XYZ hardware problem and the colo was either: A in the opposite or orthogonal direction from my house and significantly closer or B the colo was between my present location. In such cases, I will o

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2012/2/18 Justin M. Streiner > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Sven Olaf Kamphuis wrote: > > 7 - compressed air can to clean dust >>> >> >> dust?!?!? sounds like time to find a whole new colo and move everything >> out of there haha. >> > > I also hope that duster can would not be used by someone who is a

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On Feb 17, 2012, at 12:24 PM, Leigh Porter wrote: > > On 17 Feb 2012, at 20:10, "Peter Kristolaitis" wrote: > >> On 12-02-17 03:05 PM, Leigh Porter wrote: >>> Did anybody say beer yet? >>> >> >> Don't forget the 30lb sledgehammer for those times when, ah, "percussive >> maintenance" is the

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > - Original Message - >> From: "Aled Morris" > >> On 17 February 2012 18:43, Eric Tykwinski >> wrote: >> >> > +1 for GBICs, SFPs > >> You'll need to be carrying a lot of loose change then :-) > > In fact, vending machines with builtin

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Hi, On Feb 18, 2012 5:35 AM, "Jay Ashworth" wrote: > > Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a > vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't > let vendor specificity scare you off. Similar topic with mostly useful ideas here: http://lis

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On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Sven Olaf Kamphuis wrote: 7 - compressed air can to clean dust dust?!?!? sounds like time to find a whole new colo and move everything out of there haha. I also hope that duster can would not be used by someone who is attempting to clean fiber end-faces. Incredibly b

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rfid scanner for billing through the datacenter bill with your access card. (which is linked to your customer id anyway ;) On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, George Bakos wrote: Key features required: Running an OS that can be patched/updated by someone other than the machine vendor Deployment in a screen

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My ideal vending machine would dispense Cat5e by the foot, the more you pull the more you pay, RJ45 plugs in pairs, and a crimp tool on a long chain (like the way you buy chain in a hardware store) Aled except for that -usually- when you -need- the crimp tool, you only know at which position

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7 - compressed air can to clean dust dust?!?!? sounds like time to find a whole new colo and move everything out of there haha. i've -never- encountered one with dust in it. that stuff usually gets sucked out before it gets the idea to land on anything should it even get in in the first pla

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I still long for the day when someone makes a true 16550 based USB to serial adapter... Some of the stuff I need to reprogram at the shop at times does not like the cheapie chips that are most common - I've bricked an APC network manager card at least once for that specific reason... says

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- Original Message - > From: "George Bakos" > Key features required: > > Running an OS that can be patched/updated by someone other than the > machine vendor I assume you mean the machine proper. Hopefully that will be a stock unit; I don't really want to get into building vending mach

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- Original Message - > From: "Aled Morris" > On 17 February 2012 18:43, Eric Tykwinski > wrote: > > > +1 for GBICs, SFPs > You'll need to be carrying a lot of loose change then :-) In fact, vending machines with builtin card readers and radio credit card validation are stock items the

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> Do you guys ride your bike to the colo and show up in shorts and a > t-shirt? Who goes to the colo without things like their laptop? fools who are willing to type passphrases on others' laptops? randy

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On 2/17/2012 6:32 PM, Aled Morris wrote: > Though wax string is nicer. > http://www.repsole.com/ProductGroup.asp?PGID=254 Or in less static environments, velcro ties, e.g., http://www.cabletiesandmore.com/velcro.php Jeff

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Key features required: Running an OS that can be patched/updated by someone other than the machine vendor Deployment in a screened subnet, not trusted by the rest of the administrative net (^^I've run into NT4.0 on a vending machine in a physical DMZ!) RFC 2324 implementation g On Fri, 17 Feb

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On 17 February 2012 23:23, david raistrick wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Pierre-Yves Maunier wrote: > > 6 - plastic cable clamps (don't know the exact english term for that but I >> mean this --> >> http://www.hellopro.fr/images/**produit-2/9/3/8/serre-cables-**261839.jpg

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On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Pierre-Yves Maunier wrote: 6 - plastic cable clamps (don't know the exact english term for that but I mean this --> http://www.hellopro.fr/images/produit-2/9/3/8/serre-cables-261839.jpg) also known as "zip tie" or "plastic cable tie" more generically -- david raistrick

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On 17 February 2012 18:43, Eric Tykwinski wrote: > +1 for GBICs, SFPs > > You'll need to be carrying a lot of loose change then :-) My ideal vending machine would dispense Cat5e by the foot, the more you pull the more you pay, RJ45 plugs in pairs, and a crimp tool on a long chain (like the way y

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2012/2/17 Jay Ashworth > Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a > vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't > let vendor specificity scare you off. > > Cheers, > -- jra > > 1 - As previously said : LC/SC couplers + patchcords 2 - fibre

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On Feb 17, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Jason Baugher wrote: > Do you guys ride your bike to the colo and show up in shorts and a t-shirt? > Who goes to the colo without things like their laptop? > Think of it as one less thing to carry to carry to the colo :-) > > On 2/17/2012 4:22 PM, Rodrick Brown

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Do you guys ride your bike to the colo and show up in shorts and a t-shirt? Who goes to the colo without things like their laptop? On 2/17/2012 4:22 PM, Rodrick Brown wrote: On Feb 17, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see i

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On Feb 17, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a > vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't > let vendor specificity scare you off. > atom based 10" laptop with serial interface and cable. $

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On 2/17/2012 3:06 PM, Peter Kristolaitis wrote: Don't forget the 30lb sledgehammer for those times when, ah, "percussive maintenance" is the only possible solution. ;) My previous job had me managing our presence in a data center. For several months, in the row of racks across the hot aisle

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Leigh Porter wrote; > On 17 Feb 2012, at 20:10, "Peter Kristolaitis" wrote: > > On 12-02-17 03:05 PM, Leigh Porter wrote: > >> Did anybody say beer yet? I think it's safe to say that the Datacenter operators generally want customer visits to be as un-beer-able as they can make it. > > Don't fo

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On 17 Feb 2012, at 20:10, "Peter Kristolaitis" wrote: > On 12-02-17 03:05 PM, Leigh Porter wrote: >> Did anybody say beer yet? >> > > Don't forget the 30lb sledgehammer for those times when, ah, "percussive > maintenance" is the only possible solution. ;) > > (Might be a bit hard to fit int

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Direct phone number of a 2nd level TAC that speaks English and doesn't read from a transcript :) Lots of good mentions, I might add two... (1) Snap-on multitool plier (or linesman equivalent), combination plier/diags/various screwdrivers, etc. (2) Universal power brick On the last one above, I a

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Don't forget the lube. Mario Eirea From: Leigh Porter [leigh.por...@ukbroadband.com] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:52 PM To: Jay Ashworth Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine On 17 Feb 2012, at 18:37, "Jay Ashworth" wrote:

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On 2/17/12 11:55 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote: USB->Serial adapters. Preferably selected so they are driverless on both OSX and Windows.:) If you preinstall the Prolific PL-2303 (either commercial or open source driver version, at least on Mac) or MOSChip, you'll have drivers for 99% of the USB to

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On 12-02-17 03:05 PM, Leigh Porter wrote: Did anybody say beer yet? Don't forget the 30lb sledgehammer for those times when, ah, "percussive maintenance" is the only possible solution. ;) (Might be a bit hard to fit into a vending machine though... maybe the colo staff could just rent one

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Did anybody say beer yet? -- Leigh On 17 Feb 2012, at 18:37, "Jay Ashworth" wrote: > Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a > vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't > let vendor specificity scare you off. > > Cheers, > -- jra

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

You must have a pre-dotcom bubble datacenter... Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2012, at 10:52, Leigh Porter wrote: > > On 17 Feb 2012, at 18:37, "Jay Ashworth" wrote: > >> Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a >> vending machine at your colo; please be as sp

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

Sven Olaf Kamphuis writes: > 3.5" HD floppies (yes, they're still around ;) Really? I thought Deutsche Bahn was last company using them: "Unfortunately we can't display reservation information." Okay, knowing Deutsche Bahn the disks might not be 3,5". ;-) Jens --

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

there is, you can have a pci-bridge or isa-bridge on usb... and then have a normal rs232 card in it *grin* so far for wintendo :P (yes it does understand the concept of having a usb-connected pci interface :P On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Jens Link wrote: Leo Bicknell writes: USB->Serial adapter

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

Leo Bicknell writes: > USB->Serial adapters. Preferably selected so they are driverless on > both OSX and Windows. :) ^^^ Wahahahaha There is no such thing. I've seen people reinstalling their Windows after trying to use another USB->Serial adapter. I also have seen peo

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

1. BNC tees 2. FDDI cables 3. AUI to BNC adapters. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Tom Perrine wrote: > On 2/17/12 10:52 AM, Leigh Porter wrote: > > > > On 17 Feb 2012, at 18:37, "Jay Ashworth" wrote: > > > >> Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a > >> vend

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

Original Message - > From: "Jay Ashworth" > To: "NANOG" > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:35:15 PM > Subject: WW: Colo Vending Machine > > Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in > a > vending machine at your colo

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

if a pop doesn't come with a hotel with a bar in front of the door, or at least around the corner, and preferably free beer, coffee, etc in the cantina as well, we're not a customer of theirs haha. headace tables are good.. but then again, with noise protectors you would not get the headace in

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

1. patch cables. MMF and SMF, LC and SC and LC/SC to include LC and SC couplers so one can mix-and-match 2. Velcro wraps. 3. cage nuts/bolts -b On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a > vending machine at y

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

On 2/17/12 10:52 AM, Leigh Porter wrote: > > On 17 Feb 2012, at 18:37, "Jay Ashworth" wrote: > >> Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a >> vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't >> let vendor specificity scare you off. > > Pizza

Re: WW: Colo Vending Machine

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote: > In a message written on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 01:35:15PM -0500, Jay Ashworth > wrote: >> Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a >> vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't >> let

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