Man, there's a great /. article about bizarre IT setups. Almost as good as Daily WTF.
Here's just one of the great posts:
QuoteA few months back during the summer, I was enjoying the lovely AC of a rather large server room at my university. On top of a rack in the midst of the farm sat a much abused radio, likely discarded even by the janitors, splattered with paint, and employing a rather frightening extension to its antenna. Its tuner was taped into position, and its headphone jack was connected to one of the machines.
This, of course, supplies the world with a live stream of the campus radio station.
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