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Since all the search engines have died - does anyone remember the story of the IBM coffee mug?

I can't find any of the info and I'm looking for:
1) one of them
2) just the history

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in reply to silverwizard

chiasm
chiasm
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Wasn't it MIT? And a coffee pot rather than a mug? or am I thinking of a different story?
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chiasm
chiasm
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That is what I was thinking of. What's the coffee mug story?
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silverwizard
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@chiasm legend (and old school IBM techs) speak of a coffee mug which was immune to spilling, the only thing that could be drunk from in IBM DCs. IBM developed and patented a design for a sippy cup for nerds in order to save computers.
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chiasm
chiasm
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oh wow, first I've heard of *that*. 😄 I hope you find a reference!
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silverwizard
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@Kicou do you have any leads? I swear this was a thing I've heard of, and you might know?
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Kicou
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you were probably thinking of the Amdahl coffee mug?

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silverwizard
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@Kicou I had never heard this story, but it doesn't jive with my memory of the datacenter sippy cup, but I like it
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