The case of the 500-mile email (2002)

Re:The case of the 500-mile email (2002) by moepstar on Sunday November 14, 2021 @02:13AM (#29215867)

Heh, i remember a story of a server somewhere in train-station in Russia (iirc) - that'd sometimes spontaneously reboot...

Turns out, this always happens once a train with radioactive waste on it passes by - causing a few bits to flip in memory and a subsequent crash...

Can't seem to find the story online tho...

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Re:The case of the 500-mile email (2002) by qznc on Sunday November 14, 2021 @07:49AM (#29216904)

Crash Cows: http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/lore/crash_cows.html

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Re:The case of the 500-mile email (2002) by beebeepka on Sunday November 14, 2021 @08:18AM (#29217011)

What a crazy and horrible story.

Best wishes to everyone who was ok with providing irradiated cows to the plebs.

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Re:The case of the 500-mile email (2002) by rini17 on Sunday November 14, 2021 @06:06AM (#29216552)

Had a customer next to railway tracks, who had some desktop computers freeze/reboot when train passed by. No radioactivity fortunately but apparently infrasound vibrations. Bought new computers with differently shaped towers or laptops and it was ok.

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