[wellylug] we're (by proxy) number two!

Andrew Stephen andrew.stephen at gmail.com
Fri Dec 10 11:23:30 NZDT 2004


On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:50:04 -0800 (PST), Brent Wood <pcreso at pcreso.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > Heh - personally I wouldn't refer to machines with 512 CPUs
> > > > each as off-the-shelf, even though they technically speaking
> > > > may be stocked somewhere ;)
> > >
> > > The CPU's are "off-the-shelf".
> >
> > The screws and capacitors probably are, too...
> >
> 
> But the shelves are not. Special shelves required for such off-the-shelf systems...

I thought the whole point of off-the-shelf systems was that they
didn't have shelves?  Otherwise they'd be an on-the-shelf system.

Or something.


I'll get my coat.

-- 
Andrew Stephen
http://www.evil.geek.nz/




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