Saturday, August 12, 2006
Taiwan: Insect Encrusted Paradise?
Back when I worked in receiving at The Renovator’s Supply, we’d get containers full of boxes of parts from Taiwan, and all you could smell was pesticides. It was as if the cardboard had been soaked in it, then had a chance to dry during shipping.
By the time we were done unloading, we’d smell of it too. Ugh.
It was never as bad with any other international shipments, though granted, none were as large at a time.
So it was that I knew the place of manufacture of the two new UPS units I unpacked today at the office, for temporary use setting up new servers, then coming home to protect these machines. The smell was unmistakable, and more concentrated than I remember it ever being before.
The second one actually had white pesticide residue crusted on the power cord. Ick.
Soooo glad they’ll have an extensive opportunity to air out there before coming home. Especially at the rate I am getting these servers deployed, but that’s another story. Somehow I got the idea it was fairly easy to upgrade NT4 to Windows 2003 Server. Ha! I might actually have to buy another computer to use as a bridge unit, and while I could use a new one, now’s not the best of times. But I digress.
Are insect escapees really that much of a problem coming from Taiwan as opposed to other places?