I'm sitting ten feet away from a large
metal box-shaped object the size of a small car. This imposing object has a large,
heavy switch on one side, and bears the logo and name of the Liebert
Corporation. Inside are
noxious acids and
heavy metals even
you would
hesitate a moment to feed to your
siblings. The Liebert, as it is called, is a giant
lead-acid battery. It hums (it doesn't know the words). It
rumbles. It shakes. If
the power goes out, it
thunders.
And the lights stay on.
More
importantly, the computers stay on.
Personally, I think that having two hundred and eighty eight cubic feet
of lead-acid battery looming a few feet away from me is somewhat neat.