[tech] Centre table...

[Grahame Bowland UCC]

On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 02:35:13AM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2003, Bernard Blackham wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 09:49:09PM +0800, Davyd 'proXy' Madeley wrote:
> > > We could have one power, and one ethernet cable come out from the
> > > machine room, plus we could tuck them up neatly so we could minimise the
> > > problems.
> > 
> > Ideally, it'd be marginally safer if the network/power came down
> > from above like the old phone line used to. Hence there'd be
> > absolutely nothing to trip over except yourself...
> > 
> 
> Or, you know, clearing a space on a desk which is equipped with power
> points and _stressing_ that the ethernet ports and power ports are
> for that desk. No extension leads, no long ethernet cables.
> 
> Because, lets face it, us UCCans are a lazy bunch of geeks.
> Perhaps some usage rules, along with enforcing them, may go
> a long way. Its mmeant to be fun, but fun for everyone.
> 
> So, my vote, incidentally, is to clean the entire workbench between
> the machine room and the door for user machines and perhaps a single
> windows machine. The rest of the space should be -kept- clean.
> 
> (Although, if one can't expect to find the bins clean, ..)

We're pretty much full up with working terminals for users though. Hence
my reference to wireless - I mean, we've even stolen the UCC monitor on
Chas' box to put it on Nautilus.

I hadn't thought about this much. I'm still guessing the easiest way is 
wireless, that's what it's there for.