--- On Tue, 1/12/10, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
In all seriousness, people, be
careful when moving this stuff, and
remember that mechanical physics can be either your best
friend or
worst enemy.
Definitely. And the last thing we need is to have one of us get killed because a disk
array fell off a forklift or something. And, don't underestimate how heavy smaller
items are too. Even moving something one-person-liftable can be dangerous to your back. I
recently got a back brace for doing repeated lifting of heavy objects (specifically,
computer floor tiles). It really does reduce the strain of lifting things.
That being said, I will now solicit for help this week
end
in
Schenectady, where I will be unloading three Cybers plus a
400 Hz M-G
set. I have already roped one person in, but another would
be welcome.
Food and drinks on me.
Ooh, man, that's not going to be fun unloading in the cold. I feel sorry for that poor
sap you talked into helping you. Wait... Schenectady... right.... That's me, isn't
it. Doh!
<grin>
Actually, in all seriousness, the weather is looking to be nice this weekend (as nice as
it gets in New York in the winter). And with planning, everything should go well. And if
anyone wants to bask in the glory of a complicated ECL computer system (and, of course,
help move it), stop on by!
-Ian