I have, on occasion been away from my laptop and gotten the call to go to the colo and deal with XYZ hardware problem and the colo was either: A in the opposite or orthogonal direction from my house and significantly closer or B the colo was between my present location.
In such cases, I will occasionally stop by the colo without going home to retrieve the laptop. 90% of the time it works out OK. 10% of the time I end up leaving the colo, going home, retrieving the laptop and returning to the colo. Obviously, if there was a loaner laptop available for a $15 rental in the colo as described, it would probably be worth $15 to me and/or my organization to avoid the delay and bother of the round-trip between colo and home. Owen On Feb 17, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Jason Baugher wrote: > Do you guys ride your bike to the colo and show up in shorts and a t-shirt? > Who goes to the colo without things like their laptop? > > > On 2/17/2012 4:22 PM, Rodrick Brown wrote: >> On Feb 17, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Jay Ashworth<j...@baylink.com> wrote: >> >>> Please post your top 3 favorite components/parts you'd like to see in a >>> vending machine at your colo; please be as specific as possible; don't >>> let vendor specificity scare you off. >>> >> atom based 10" laptop with serial interface and cable. $15 day charge would >> rock! >> >> 4 Port 10/100/1000 hub. $20? >> >> USB sticks 2/4/8GB >> >> Cage nuts various common sizes. >> >> Vending machine should double as wireless AP with open Internet access $5 >> should give you AP code and min 8 hour access time. >> >> Sent from my iPhone. >> >>> Cheers, >>> -- jra >>> -- >>> Jay R. Ashworth Baylink >>> j...@baylink.com >>> Designer The Things I Think RFC >>> 2100 >>> Ashworth& Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover >>> DII >>> St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 >>> 1274 >>> >> >
