Tag: software
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Google “ Corkboard ” Server, 1999 | National Museum of American History
Currently on display in 1 WestIn 1998 Stanford University graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched Google, a web-search company, in a garage in Menlo Park, California.To maximize searching at the lowest cost, Page and Brin built thirty racks of servers, including this one, from cheap parts. Each server row used corkboard insulating pads—hence…
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Without question, those 19th century bound books with marbled edges are truly marvelous to behold, and depending on their content, they might provide for hours of “ inner-fun. ” 😉 I bet they smell pretty good too! 🙂 Anyway! I came upon this particular image via this poster, and quickly found the source thereafter. I…