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   Cable Day (a.k.a. removing Quadrics)

 
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Once the Myrinet hardware arrived, we needed to remove the Quadrics stuff. The bulk of the work was in removing the cabling.

Erik commanded the operation with his troop of three minions. These four brave young men set forth on a journey they will not soon forget.


Happy minions

Our minions began the day bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to perform any task that was uttered by their fearless leader.


Andrey, Paul, and Pump pulled cables while Erik took pictures and yelled out commands.

Andrey in action Paul pulling
Pump pulling

Tug o' war

It took a tug o' war, but we finally got all the cables out.

Cables are finally out

Due to the fire hazard, we had to move it next door (which required a small bit of untangling).

Untangling the cables
Pile 'o cables and cat 5
Garbage

We finally packed the boxes of cables. Pump was pooped and nearly got sealed in the box and shipped off to Myricom.

Pump naps

Erik in the cable box

Before shipping it off, we took a few goofy pictures for scale. Erik is 5' 10". Sung is 5' 1".

Sung next to the cable boxes

 
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