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Episode 46: Behind the nerd curtain

June 15, 2017

Why doesn't my computer work?

What is a server in computer networking? (lifewire)
What does a server technician do? (wiseGEEK)
Server (Wikipedia)
A rack of servers (wiseGEEK)
A movie starring Johnny and a rack of servers (Vimeo)
Inside the internet: Google allows first ever look at the eight vast data centres that power the online world (Daily Mail)
What is server redundancy? (Techopedia)
What is a hot swap? (TechTarget)
Hot swapping (Wikipedia)
What is a firewall? (CISCO)
Firewall (Wikipedia)
Bladerunner: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe (YouTube)
Super-secret Google builds servers in the dark (Wired)
Google uncloaks once-secret server (C|NET)
Following Google's lead, Facebook starts building its own networking gear (Wired)
Like Google & Facebook, Twitter designs its own servers (Wired)
What is a service-level agreement? (Wikipedia)
Server room (Wikipedia)
Why keeping the data centre cool is important (BizTech)
Microsoft puts cloud in the ocean to help with cooling (Microsoft)
Some people listen to server room noise to relax (YouTube)
What is change control? (TechTarget)
War Games: Turn your key, sir! (You Tube)
Incident priority (IT Process Maps)
Incidents versus problems (Concept Solutions Corporation)
Microsoft Minesweeper (Wikipedia)
Australian census meltdown to cost $30 million (The Australian)
Revealed: IBM error caused NAB outage (IT News)
The Borg Hive Mind (Borg Collective)
The basics of server monitoring (spiceworks)
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