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The title text is a joke that all the other servers in the rack would think the web server is being childish. <tt>/var/log/syslog</tt> is where Linux (used by the vast majority of servers) and other POSIX systems store their system log messages. The 'trying to start conversation' comment is probably a joke on {{w|Address Resolution Protocol|ARP}} discovery packets that are sent out to the network to see who is who. All servers send out ARP packets to see what other machines are on the network, but some machines send them out every 5 minutes, which can be extremely annoying for someone monitoring network traffic logs. The server rack shown has the machine involved set in a deliberate gap in an otherwised packed rack, which occasionally can be done for ventilation purposes (although this can also be disadvantageous to airflow in a closed-door cabinet) or for other organisational/logistical purposes, though physical position rarely actually matters for operational purposes as much as which cables and installation configuration it uses. In this case, however, the spacing is apparently so that there are no similarly anthropomorphic adjacent machines forced to closely listen to this server's inanely simple and over-cheery chatter. | The title text is a joke that all the other servers in the rack would think the web server is being childish. <tt>/var/log/syslog</tt> is where Linux (used by the vast majority of servers) and other POSIX systems store their system log messages. The 'trying to start conversation' comment is probably a joke on {{w|Address Resolution Protocol|ARP}} discovery packets that are sent out to the network to see who is who. All servers send out ARP packets to see what other machines are on the network, but some machines send them out every 5 minutes, which can be extremely annoying for someone monitoring network traffic logs. The server rack shown has the machine involved set in a deliberate gap in an otherwised packed rack, which occasionally can be done for ventilation purposes (although this can also be disadvantageous to airflow in a closed-door cabinet) or for other organisational/logistical purposes, though physical position rarely actually matters for operational purposes as much as which cables and installation configuration it uses. In this case, however, the spacing is apparently so that there are no similarly anthropomorphic adjacent machines forced to closely listen to this server's inanely simple and over-cheery chatter. | ||
β | The coffee comment is another jab at web servers. Some websites use {{w|Java (programming language)|Java}}, or other {{w|JVM}} based languages ({{w|Apache Groovy}}, {{w|Scala}}, etc.) as the back end of the website, as opposed to using {{w|PHP}} or {{w|Active Server Pages|ASP}}. Of course, java is another word for coffee (moreover, | + | The coffee comment is another jab at web servers. Some websites use {{w|Java (programming language)|Java}}, or other {{w|JVM}} based languages ({{w|Apache Groovy}}, {{w|Scala}}, etc.) as the back end of the website, as opposed to using {{w|PHP}} or {{w|Active Server Pages|ASP}}. Of course, java is another word for coffee (moreover, a logo of Java is a cup of coffee), so a web server running on coffee is likely to be well-caffeinated, and well-caffeinated people tend to bounce off the walls with enthusiasm. |
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