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What is this thing?

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Outside a local school window.
I'm guessing it has to do with networking but I'm curious about why they're outside, especially as they're not that high off the ground and can easily be tampered with from the street.
Stickers on them read "ROCK" and "ROLL".

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[–] Omega_Jimes 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It means that the IT person is a Mega Man fan!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Long ago I had a bunch of servers under my command that I named after the bosses. Drillman, Dustman, Pharaohman, etc. and the main machine I connected from was Dr. Cossack. Everybody else I knew was using the typical Greek or Egyptian god names, I couldn't abide.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

I've got two DEI Surveillance Vans in range. Yes, it was very funny a decade ago, when someone else did it.

There's also a DEI Surveillance Sedan which I do give credit for, that's a decent riff.