I can ping it, but I can’t see it!

Posted on March 4th, 2005 | by admin |

Oldie but goodie:

The University of North Carolina has finally found a network server that, although missing for four years, hasn’t missed a packet in all that time. Try as they might, university administrators couldn’t find the server. Working with Novell, IT workers tracked it down by meticulously following cable until they literally ran into a wall. The server had been mistakenly sealed behind drywall by maintenance workers.

I want that kind of uptime…

  1. 2 Responses to “I can ping it, but I can’t see it!”

  2. By Danki on Mar 5, 2005 | Reply

    That’s almost like V-Ger from the first Star Trek movie.

  3. By Harrison Holland on Mar 9, 2005 | Reply

    I had heard about that, funny as shit. It’s like the ultimate physical security system for your computer, just build it into the wall.

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