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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: 12 Oct 2024 02:07:31 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: <lmu3v2F3dsbU2@mid.individual.net> References: <pan$96411$d204da43$cc34bb91$1fe98651@linux.rocks> <971448126.749088380.092448.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <vd5195$edas$1@dont-email.me> <59CJO.19674$MoU3.15170@fx36.iad> <vd6vto$r0so$1@dont-email.me> <iJEJO.198176$kxD8.81657@fx11.iad> <3hOdnWpQ649QMGr7nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vd8doi$15q07$1@dont-email.me> <vd8eg7$15v1j$2@dont-email.me> <cxicnVzg_cn_eGX7nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vdapbn$1kp35$5@dont-email.me> <lltpunF4fseU2@mid.individual.net> <vde36e$268qv$21@dont-email.me> <vdf6u1$2cn51$16@dont-email.me> <slrnvftfn4.51us.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <vdn5nd$3ssv4$16@dont-email.me> <slrnvfu75g.t6vq.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <kMedne0I3JBuxmL7nZ2dnZfqnPgLyJ2d@earthlink.com> <slrnvgdhcc.2nfc6.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <ve6pfp$2p1hd$8@dont-email.me> <ve8612$33lq0$3@dont-email.me> <ve9vga$3cbkr$4@dont-email.me> <mIdOO.204988$1m96.63811@fx15.iad> <vec4l3$3q4ms$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net /IbUD1U2hzO1lYCyPHfFUQ1OMbZFPhLm3Bkf66VTZPJegADABD Cancel-Lock: sha1:fT+Xe7T7rYLg8xrXqFtadpMvAyE= sha256:7WXdKCFyOi/L2/YqH1QtW5516Zo9H6A9iDRRG7qzGs4= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2585 On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:17:23 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > The servers that I am responsible for run boring Debian Stable > installations, but even they are not really ugly (noisy and hot, yes, > but that’s another matter); the server makers decided decades ago that > they had to hire industrial designers to make their products look at > least minimally photogenic, so photos of racks and racks of > blinkenlights were actually worth taking, and using to spice up boring > articles and presentations, instead of making them even more boring. When I was at CostCo yesterday I took the aisle past the computer stuff since there was less traffic than the main aisle. I passed something with a plexiglas enclosure and blinkens. Kept on moving. It was bad enough when IT got a batch of fans with LEDs. Knowing how they operate they were the cheapest selection on NewEgg.