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<background>We have a server alarm system that plays a heartbeat noise when a server bombs, thanks to a cheeky Edgar Allen Poe loving coworker...(I love Poe too, but The Telltale Server is taking it a bit far. :-P)
I wasn't informed when this noise was first changed from an electric shock noise that tended to put me on edge after 8 hours of hearing "ZZT!" every 3 seconds. I wandered into the data center, where the speakers are much more powerful and better sounding, plus have a sub sitting on the raised floor (that's important) to replace a dying hard drive. We use a cold/hot aisle setup in our data center, so most of the data center is hot, but the fronts of the servers are behind big doors, and that's where the AC is piped to.
Under the raised floor: "LUBDUB"
Me: "...what the..."
Under the floor: "LUBDUB"
*poke my head out of the cold aisle, see nothing and noone, go back to swapping drives*
Under the floor: "LUBDUB"
Me: O_O "I swear I didn't mean it Box276! You were so old! You had to be replaced!"
Under the floor: "LUBDUB"
*runs for the NOC*
Apparently the sub sitting on the floor used the hollow space between raised floor and concrete slab as a resonance chamber, making me hear the sound from under the floor, instead of by the computer. :-D
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We also have a few servers that play mind games with me, will ring once, and quit by the time I glance over, or will ring for no real reason. I'm learning that being abusive works far better than a coworker's method of sweet talking the server into submission, for example:
Box: "LUBDUB"
Coworker: "sshhh...it's alright...be quiet..."
box: "LUBDUB"
Coworker: (Even more soothingly) "sshhhh...it'll be ok."
Box: "LUBDUB"
Me: "Oh f*cking shut the hell up!"
Box: "..."
Example 2:
Box: "LUBDUB"
Me: "No! Shut the hell up!"
Box: "..."
I wasn't informed when this noise was first changed from an electric shock noise that tended to put me on edge after 8 hours of hearing "ZZT!" every 3 seconds. I wandered into the data center, where the speakers are much more powerful and better sounding, plus have a sub sitting on the raised floor (that's important) to replace a dying hard drive. We use a cold/hot aisle setup in our data center, so most of the data center is hot, but the fronts of the servers are behind big doors, and that's where the AC is piped to.
Under the raised floor: "LUBDUB"
Me: "...what the..."
Under the floor: "LUBDUB"
*poke my head out of the cold aisle, see nothing and noone, go back to swapping drives*
Under the floor: "LUBDUB"
Me: O_O "I swear I didn't mean it Box276! You were so old! You had to be replaced!"
Under the floor: "LUBDUB"
*runs for the NOC*
Apparently the sub sitting on the floor used the hollow space between raised floor and concrete slab as a resonance chamber, making me hear the sound from under the floor, instead of by the computer. :-D
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We also have a few servers that play mind games with me, will ring once, and quit by the time I glance over, or will ring for no real reason. I'm learning that being abusive works far better than a coworker's method of sweet talking the server into submission, for example:
Box: "LUBDUB"
Coworker: "sshhh...it's alright...be quiet..."
box: "LUBDUB"
Coworker: (Even more soothingly) "sshhhh...it'll be ok."
Box: "LUBDUB"
Me: "Oh f*cking shut the hell up!"
Box: "..."
Example 2:
Box: "LUBDUB"
Me: "No! Shut the hell up!"
Box: "..."
The computers and anything electronic in our assorted households (mom/dad/relatives) always seem to respond better to my snarling at them than anybody else sweet-talking the things. Dad's computer will mysteriously start behaving when he calls me up....of course, since this means an error will never duplicate itself when I'm able to see it that box still has a few issues we're both not sure what's going on.
In fact, after having to constantly fix my father's Crapaq, I did beat the shit out of it. What can I say, other than I got tired of getting yelled at because it "wasn't working right." Well, duh...that's what happens when you don't update your virus defs, and have 50% of your browser filled with useless toolbars. I salvaged what I could, and then beat the shit out of it. Why not? 
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