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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This used to be IT in the early 2000s

Beige as far as the eye could see (in a data centre)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I'm waiting for it come back in to style. I've pitched getting beige racks with this on the side https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(design)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, I came here to air my hypothesis that lab hardware trends lag behind consumer computers by about 25-30 years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

So it's almost time for teal, orange et other fun colors, mixed with translucent plastic lab équipement?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

In 5 years hardcore researchers will be modding their lab equipment and installing plexiglass glass sides. Just like I did to my PC in 1999-2000ish

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are you saying there used to be woodgrain lab hardware?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

There definitely was. I've seen it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think it was so ugly it was beautiful.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

There is also this particular tone of light brownish green which is on so many industrial tools like drill presses, table top saws and so on. I kinda dig it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Ooh, never thought of that as so ugly it's pretty but I can kinda see it now

[–] jaybone 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Were we still using 3.5” floppies in the early 2000s?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Oh yes, I was using a 3.5" floppy disk drive with a USB connector in 2007 to kick off imaging on desktop machines as no one could get the ghost boot server working.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Why not just use a thumb drive at that point?