Kill

Intel sent me a brand new machine for benchmarking. I plugged it in and got a system error about “processor speed mismatch.”

I got on the phone with the hardware guy that they’ve assigned to me, and he asked right away if I had both power supplies connected. I said “no.” He said that the system will throttle the CPUs if only one power supply is connected.

While this is good to know today, it also would have been useful knowledge a month ago, I think.

Also: I tore my jeans on the sharp metal corners on our racks in the machine room. Wah. Cold breezes up the pants for me on the way home.