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7 responses to “Is/was it only a Sun Microsystems thing to refer to zip/cable ties as ‘rat tails’”

1. 2013/01/19

   isa56k

   Disposable Handcuffs 🙂

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2. 2013/01/19

   Stephen Smoogen

   I heard it in West Coast data centers in the 2000’s so it might have been a bit more ubiquitous but I don’t hear it called that any more..

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3. 2013/01/20

   Dave Walker

   After 11.5 years at Sun (much of which was spent in datacentres and server rooms), I think this is the first time I’ve encountered the term…

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   1. 2013/01/20

      alecm

      perhaps just a PSEMEA thing, then!

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      1. 2013/01/20

         Richard

         More likely a PSUK thing. Here at PSNL we just called them tie wraps.

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4. 2013/01/20

   alecm

   Not just us:

   http://www.gw3vvc.freeserve.co.uk/carolina.htm

   > The balun is laid parallel against the top of the pole and held in place using strong cable-ties (rat’s tails).

   http://sciroccoregisterforum.co.uk/carforum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=280&hilit=unplugging

   > You will also find that some wires are bundled together with rat-tails or cable-ties.

   http://www.ukgser.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-235843.html

   > rat tails, rubber glue, open eye needle, small round file or similar, 2x gas cyls with valve bit or small bike pump (better but harder work)

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5. 2013/01/20

   fatals

   I remember the term, but as I worked at Sun in the UK at the same time as you, that’s not really very surprising. However, I’ve always called them cable-ties.

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