[Noisebridge-discuss] VA machines

[Andy Isaacson]

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:43:27PM -0700, Matt Peterson wrote:
> > What I'm planning on doing in the short term is setting these up at
> > the same place the DL380s went for the key cracking experiment.  I'll
> > have to run them only at night so the power is cheaper and I can use
> > outside air to cool them.  After that, I have a few ideas:
> 
> Where did these go?

I don't know, and I don't see as it really matters all that much.

> It would seem equipment donated to NB should reside at NB, right?

Not necessarily; Noisebridge is not limited to one physical location.
If space elsewhere can be acquired by donation, then there's no reason
to insist that gear be in a specific location.  We already have multiple
virtual machines running in donated space in various colos.  Some of
them are donated by the systems' owners, some of them are paid for out
of members' pockets without going through the hassle of Noisebridge
budgeting.

(Asking Noisebridge to pay to rent space elsewhere, OTOH, is probably
not worth the hassle of dealing with the consensus process.)

Noisebridge is a doocracy -- if members are interested in managing
donated hardware in donated space, I'm fully in favor of doing so.  My
philosophy has been that, so long as the activity is not actively
dangerous, I try not to tell members *not* to do things.

-andy