Unisys Smoking Hot Demo at Linux World Boston 178
This year's LinuxWorld Boston started off with a bang...and a fair amount of smoke. Unisys apparently had a few problems launching their first demo, as our own Robin "Roblimo" Miller reports over at Newsforge (also owned by VA Software). From the article: "Less than an hour after the show floor opened at the 2006 edition of the Boston LinuxWorld Expo today, fire alarms went off and a plume of smoke arose from the server cabinet in the Unisys display. "I knew we had a magician scheduled," said one rattled Unisys employee,"but this isn't what I expected." Indeed, this was an unexpected event. It was a real fire -- or at least a considerable smolder, complete with firemen, evacuation orders (soon rescinded), and other hoopla. Photos and a video clip included."
Included link? (Score:5, Funny)
Someone fall asleep at work again?
Unisys switched to intel? (Score:1, Funny)
Sounds like they were using... (Score:3, Funny)
Casue of Fire (Score:2, Funny)
New Unisys motto. (Score:3, Funny)
In soviet russia... (Score:4, Funny)
Name for next system (Score:5, Funny)
Go Slashdot! (Score:2, Funny)
Or is this a new trick to get me to subscribe for your "journalism"?
Re:Link? (Score:5, Funny)
Look but don't touch (Score:5, Funny)
In case of slashdotting: (Score:5, Funny)
\|/ <-----Smoke
+--+
| | <-----Server
| |
+--+
Odd... (Score:5, Funny)
Smoking Not Allowed... (Score:5, Funny)
ObBOFHref (Score:5, Funny)
Mr Smiles likes the words "Fast", "Top of the Line" and "Expandable". He runs over to a machine surrounded in glitter and advertising and gestures at it. "This is probably what you want then. The latest thing. There's only two in the country and luckily we have one here today"
"Yes yes, but will it talk to my laptop?"
"THIS baby will talk to ANYTHING. What's the interface, ethernet?"
"No, a SCSI-1 Interface. My machine pretends to be a disk, ID 3. But lots of machines kill my machine's powersupply with inductive transience backflow due to a non-standard SCSI interface...
*DUMMY MODE ONE*
He practically BEGS me to try the new machine out. Which I've been waiting for. I drag out my luggable, which is, admittedly, a bit of a beast.
"Wow! That IS old!! And *ungh!*.. quite heavy too. I guess you're quite attached to it?"
I mumble about legacy data, only use it at home, sentimental value and irreplaceable software while he plugs it in and starts the host machine.
"Okay, let's see what we can see" he says, and presses the power-on switch on my "portable" The 31 hefty nicad batteries that make up almost the entire inside of my "laptop" pour grunt into a tripling inverter which in turn supplies RICH, CHUNKY VOLTS to alternate pins on the "SCSI" bus, whilst emitting a dull "uuurk" sound.
"My Laptop!" I cry, reaching for it, just as smoke starts pouring out the back of the display machine. Mr Smiles dives for the demo machine weeping, while I exit, in "anguish"....
Wait, evacuation? (Score:3, Funny)
It's all OK, this is Unisys, They Have the Way Out! [google.com]
Don't worry.. (Score:4, Funny)
A little late though
BURN ALL GIFS DAY! (Score:4, Funny)
Linux plans ahead (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Great Video Clip! (Score:2, Funny)
Anybody knows if they are going to patent server fire?
Let's just hope... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ROFL (Score:2, Funny)
So then I guess it can't run Linux? (Score:2, Funny)