who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?

Mon Mar 15 14:09:31 UTC 2004

Ken Diliberto wrote:

> Something else I just remembered:
> 
> Connecting so much equipment in our dorms creates a fire hazard.  The 
> are only two or three outlets (what I've been told) in a room shared by 
> two or three students.  Add to the computer equipment a TV, stereo, DVD 
> player, alarm clocks, cordless phones, etc., etc., etc. and you have the 
> makings for newspaper headlines.  Hasn't happened yet to my knowledge, 
> but it could and students don't consider these things.

If you were willing to live in a place where an electrical overload
caused a fire (as opposed to tripping a circuit-breaker or blowing a
fuse), you have not correctly identified your worst problem, or the
the University's.

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