Network Dictionary — Paperweight
November 3, 2008 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
Paperweight — term used to describe a piece of network equipment has no power, no purpose and thus does nothing. Useful only as a paperweight.
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Network Dictionary — Heater
Heater — term used to describe a piece of network equipment that is powered up, but does nothing or has no purpose.
Now that electricity actually costs real money, people are actually finding the heaters and removing them from the network, especially those old servers. It wasn’t so long ago that it wasn’t worth bothering to shut them off as the cost of labour exceeded the cost of leaving them running. This lead to tons the “crop rotation” model of data centres where you moved to a new data centre rather than fix the existing one.
Funny how things come around isn’t it.
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Term: Unicorn Tears.
Common use: “bathed in Unicorn Tears”
Term used to describe a product that slices, dices, give you support where you need it, will last a lifetime, has amazing properties .…. and that’s not all, it’s also bathed in Unicorn Tears.
Alternate Use: When some piece of kit is having problems and there is no solution, it’s time to sprinkle it with Unicorn Tears. (compare with RITA)
Suggested Usage:
“Yes, Customer, our product is so awesomely brilliant you will want it. And, for your reassurance, we have bathed it in Unicorn Tears to ensure it’s purity and quality.”
In a product strategy meeting: “the company claims that their product is bathed in Unicorn Tears, which makes me doubt …
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