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a datacenter exploded due to fume build up in the backup power fuel tanks and we called it a rapid expansion of air
by solotronics 9y ago
a datacenter exploded due to fume build up in the backup power fuel tanks and we called it a rapid expansion of air
- lb1lf 9y agoDoesn't Elon Musk refer to it as a RUD - Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly - event whenever a launch vehicle opts out of existence? I love these euphemisms.
- jballanc 9y agoNot just Elon Musk, that's a fairly common "euphemism" in the world of rocketry.
- lb1lf 9y agoIn my line of work - subsea handling equipment - the going phrase when things go really, really bad appears to be "EEE - Entropy-Enhancing Event" Looks much better in the post mortem reports than the equivalent "Sh-t just blew up on us!!!"
- user5994461 9y agoActually, that's how an explosion is defined in the dictionaries, it's a rapid expansion of air.
- Retric 9y agoNo, I actually looked at a few and Air is not part of the definition. Which is reasonable as a supernova is a large explosion without Air being involved.