The Problem with Addiction
Ever seen anyone fight over a power socket? It is getting close to that here! There are 450 phycisists here, and I'd say about 60% of them have a lap top. Of those about 90% of them don't have batteries that will make it through the day. Combine that with a room designed with only a few wall sockets and you get.... fight! The organizers have supplied a few power strips, but no where near enough to statisfy demand.
I spent the first part of lunch walking around the area finding a hardware store (the lunch line was still there when I got back). When I asked for the power strip the guy behind the counter laughed. Apparently there have been a few requests. ;-) When I got back I plugged it in, and it looked like this:
When I came back with food, 20 minutes later, already every single socket was in use (it is like a parking space in New York!):
That got me wondering around the rest of the conference hall looking for crazy setups.
At various places you could find people skipping lunch and trying to get some work done...
This fellow knew his power might be removed if he left it alone. I was tempted to open it up and see what he was running...
One of the back bleachers had a real mess of cables -- it extends both to the left and right off the edge of the picture. It was all supplied by a single wall socket (the stright cord in the picture above). That group must have had about 8 or 9 portables running.
Another group working. Three computers, one socket.
We can't live without the power!
Solar power just got a lot more practical. :)
Posted by: Aaron | June 09, 2005 at 01:28 PM
Sadly, this is all indoors! :(
Posted by: Gordon Watts | June 10, 2005 at 02:01 AM
Bwahahahahahaha!
/LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYY JENKINS!
//or something like that.
Posted by: Gordon Stangler | June 20, 2005 at 11:02 PM