Server Attention Span
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[[single blade in a server rack]]
Server: Hi! I'm a server! Who are you?
[[mobile device with a web browser]]
Browser: I'm a browser. I'd like to see this article.
Server:Oh boy! I can help! Let me get it for- ..whoa! You're a *smartphone* browser?
Browser: Yeah.
Server: Cooool! Hey, I've got this new mobile version of my site! Check it out! Isn't it pretty?
Browser: Sure, but this is just your mobile site's main page. Where's the article I wanted?
Server: What article?
Browser: The one I-
Server: Who are you?
Browser: I-
Server: Hi! I'm a server!
{{Title text: They have to keep the adjacent rack units empty. Otherwise, half the entries in their
var
log
syslog are just 'SERVER BELOW TRYING TO START CONVERSATION *AGAIN*.' and 'WISH THEY'D STOP GIVING HIM SO MUCH COFFEE IT SPLATTERS EVERYWHERE.'}}