[53627] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Even the New York Times withholds the address
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Howe)
Tue Nov 19 14:04:46 2002
From: "David Howe" <DaveHowe@gmx.co.uk>
To: "Email List: nanog" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:59:29 -0000
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
at Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:43 PM, blitz <blitz@macronet.net> was
seen to say:
> One last addition to this idiotic water idea.. since the water
> doesn't get up there to the reservoir on the roof by itself, add your
> costs of huge pumps, plus the cost of pumping it up there, and a less
> than 100% efficiency in converting falling water to electricity.
> Also, add heating it in the winter to keep it liquid instead of
> solid, decontamination chemicals (cant have any Leigonella bacillus
> growing in there in the summer) Its all moot, as the weight factor
> makes this a non-starter.
Nah, you just have to think about placement; find a convenient
reservoir, dig a big hole in the stone to one side of the dam, and put
your datacenter there.
now, about that anti-flooding insurance.... :)
