A Look At One of Blizzard's Retired World of Warcraft Servers 116
MojoKid writes "At last count, Activision Blizzard pegged the number of World of Warcraft subscribers at 10.2 million. It takes a massive amount of gear to host all the different game worlds, or realms, as they're referred to. Each realm is hosted on its own server, and in late 2011, Activision Blizzard began auctioning off retired server blades from the days of yore to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. They sold around 2,000 retired Hewlett-Packard p-Class server blades on eBay and donated 100 percent of the proceeds (minus auction expenses) to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which seeks to advance the treatment and prevention of catastrophic diseases in children. This article has a look at one of those retired server blades."
For the...! (Score:5, Funny)
For the Horde, I mean, FOR THE CHILDREN!
Re:For the...! (Score:5, Funny)
If you've taken care of children for any reasonable amount of time, you don't recognize a difference in those two words.
Well, at least I can't.
Re:Blades (Score:5, Funny)
Hipster IT admins, ASSEMBLE!
"Blades are so mainstream. People in the know use a CPU with buttloads of cores. I'd tell you what brand, but it wouldn't matter, you've never heard of it."
"Sure, 10-speeds save physical space, but they add complexity, cost, points of failure, and the heat they generate is the same. That's why I prefer fixies."
"Why mess with blades? You can't even put a bird on them. [youtube.com]"
Re:For the...! (Score:5, Funny)
For the Horde, I mean, FOR THE CHILDREN!
So, for the Alliance, then.
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Re:For the...! (Score:5, Funny)
I worked at an after-school program with 60 kids from grades K-5.
I think if we ever entered a serious war I would rush to the front lines. I no longer fear death, for I have seen all there is to be seen.