ship (Score 2, Interesting)

putting together a lan on a US cruiser in the mid 1990's, our server was secured to the deck with twine so it wouldn't slide across the room when the ship rolled. once, the ship's firefighting system was activated and the entire space was filled with 4 inches of salt water. our mail connectivity consisted of a 14.4 modem connected to a satelite phone which only worked when it was sunny.