Full Moon For 2010 LAN

[JasonPowers]

It's been known for a long time that a Full Moon " brings out the insanity in people ".. Hospitals and local Police add extra staff when the Full Moon falls on a weekend. Just so happens that this next LAN will have a perfect Full Moon. Let the insanity begin...

Click : 2010 Moon Phase Calendar



Average Weather for the 2010 Event :

[Gina]

Does this mean that you guys will be eating more pizza ??

[Nyagu]

its going to be hot >_< good thing we have AC running cold xDD

[JasonPowers]

good thing we have AC running cold xDD

Cold ??

Below are a couple of pics that might bear witness to the frigid environment at our events. Top pic is from the '06 LAN. Next to that server is a wall mounted 8,500 BTU AC. Note the temp on that unit. All of the AC's at this event (6 total) are typically running in the low 60's. Next pic is from the '08 LAN. That's yungryder playing with a comforter wrapped around his entire bod. Third pic shows the wall mounted AC's in the "Texas Room". Each one of those units is 12,000 BTU's.

Why keep it so cold ? Worst thing to have happen at a LAN is for computers to overheat. This is why server rooms are so cold. Really has nothing to do with us trying to keep ppl chilled. And it's a constant battle to stay ahead. I remember one year when some girl turned up our main AC b/c she was cold. By the time we figured out what happened, the temp had risen to the point where we never did catch up.

At the '04 CPL, I was wandering around the BYOC and saw this maintenance guy who told me how they do things at the Gaylord Texan regarding AC's. He wouldn't take me to see the huge chillers they use (security issue) but told me they each were 12 million $$ units, and they had 10 of 'em running to keep the BYOC chilled (2500 computers that year). Pricetag per hour to run those massive units ? $6500 Even at our small event, just four days of cranking the AC's tips the electrical bill up an additional $150.

[MadMax]

At Pharacon's LAN last July we were set up in the garage using box fans and no A/C. WIth 16 people in there it turned into an oven pretty quickly. People were constantly having problems with their computers overheating and shutting down as it was probably 110 in there before the sun went down.

That night it dropped to 80 degreees in there. I had two overheat shut downs that day and was praying I didn't get HD problems from it. I should've gotten pictures of the box fan suspended from the ceiling blowing into the circuit panel to keep them cool.

The next time he threw one it was in January and we had the opposite problem. Everyone was freezing their ass off. It was maybe 40 degrees in there and after a while your feet were frozen from leaving them on the concrete even with your shoes on. Not that I'm complaining; his LANs have been a lot of fun.

The LAN I threw at my house I turned my AC down to 60 the day before and left my AC running the whole time. I think it got up to the mid 70s durinng the day (August) and leveled off at that temp all night. Either way it was a $98 spike in my average billing for electricity for that one day.

I didn't think the '09 LAN was that cold. The first day when I walked in it was pretty chilly, but as everyone got their computers running and the door was being opened to unload stuff it wasn't so bad. It was chilly, but it wasn't something that was uncomfortable.

[yungryder]

I wasnt cold...That was my cape...

[Nyagu]

Good I like it cool xD, i'll make sure to bring warmer clothes though

[JasonPowers]

Weather lookin' pretty good for the LAN... 7 Day Forecast