The distance between bolts (the two flanges on the front of the case have holes for bolts) is 18 5/16" on a standard rack, therefore the MAXIMUM width of a server is 17 3/4" or it does not slide in.
FYI:
http://www.server-racks.com/19-rack.htmlClearly I'm looking at the dimensions of an abnormal server rack (maybe an open rack?), then. Anyway, I sent an e-mail.
No, I believe you have been given the incorrect dimensions by someone who was careless and also knows nothing about what "standards" are in the industry or they would have caught their error. This does not inspire confidence.
Not to be a total dick here, but if they have decided to hire you as the go between for them and the forum, you need to have a slotted time each day to ask questions on the telephone. Emailing a company that is non responsive to email is not helpful.
At this point right now that would mean basically not getting any answers, as my e-mails go to one of their PR people and then it gets bounced to people all over apparently in the search for answers. I can ask my contact for their phone number or skype or something if you want, but if I was on the phone with them it'd probably be, "Okay, I'll go send a message to so and so about this question."
Does anyone know a consumer protection lawyer or do you want me to go to one?
I do want you to go to one.
I tried to contact something like 10 lawyers in the state of California Saturday but have yet to hear back from even a single one. Maybe the fact that every contact form had the same pattern could be the reason, but i would really like anyone to help me contacting a lawyer.
Everybody just light up a bowl, pop a cork, pull a tab, whatever is legal is your jurisdiction... we will hear from Hashfast soon enough... although hopefully tomorrow (Tuesday, there at the practical end of the world's timezones in California).
While I was not impressed by the stupid advertising raffle, I still think that Hashfast are fundamentally decent folks and will do right, that they intend to do what it takes to ensure that MPP customers, especially in Batch 1, make it through this delay intact. HF can't roll back the difficulty or instantly conjure up extra boards, but they have other options already discussed here, and probably some that haven't occurred to us. So let's see what they do. I'm optimistic that it will work.
everyone would, if there where reasons to think so. Such as like pictures of the pcbs, real deadlines, not the middle november one that will be missed, real feedbacks from them, not them hiding behind fantasies and non existent NDAs, etc.
