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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
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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.